Kinesiology and Sport Studies

Department website: https://psychology.du.edu/kinesiology

Office: Ammi Hyde Office 108
Mail Code: 2450 South Vine St. Denver CO 80210
Phone: 303-871-2908
Web Site: https://psychology.du.edu/academics/kinesiology

The Kinesiology and Sport Sports (KINE) undergraduate program delivers a comprehensive, flexible, and progressive curriculum with challenging teaching and learning strategies to a community of diverse learners, alumni, and networks. We aim for our graduates to be well-prepared, curious, and ethical scholar-practitioners and leaders who integrate diverse ways of knowing to solve personal problems, address social issues, and live meaningful lives.  

With a progressive and innovative curriculum, we introduce students to a variety of knowledge and skills, professional organizations, graduate school opportunities, and careers spanning kinesiology, sport, exercise, fitness, wellness, and more. Our intentionally multidisciplinary program focuses on the psychological, sociological, historical, and applied physiological and biomechanical aspects of sport, human movement and the human body, and physical activity.  

We offer a major and minor in KINE. All students are eligible for the major and minor. There is no application process.  

Kinesiology and sport careers vary greatly. Therefore, so do corresponding job requirements and preferences, and career development pathways into these varied positions. Designed with this in mind, the KINE major and minor are flexible and prepare students for a wide range of careers, such as: collegiate, professional, or national-team sport coaches, scouts, managers, and administrators; certified mental skills consultants; strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, health and wellness coaches, group fitness instructors, exercise or sport scientists; and coaches in k-12 settings, for-profit businesses, or non-profit and government settings including community recreation centers and military (e.g., tactical strength and conditioning facilitator), and graduate or professional schools (e.g., athletic training, physical therapy, sport psychology, sports medicine).  

With an emphasis on experiential learning and the integration of knowing and doing, the major develops students to be scholar-practitioners in diverse kinesiology and sport fields and contexts. Our curriculum was designed in alignment with the American Kinesiology Association’s (AKA) standards for university undergraduate degree programs and we maintain active membership with AKA. Also, the major prepares students for nationally recognized, needed, and leading certifications, such as the National Strength & Conditioning Association’s Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Performance & Sport Scientist (CPSS), and Tactical Strength & Conditioning Facilitator (TSAC-F).