Academics
Kinesiology
Contact: Ms. Polly Rich - Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Address:
The Department of KinesiologyP.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone: 336.334.5308
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/ess/
Catalog: Catalog Information
Programs:
- Aquatic Instructor Leadership (BS) U423
- Aquatics for Therapy/Rehabilitation (BS) U424
- Community Youth Sport Dev (BS) U422
- Fitness Leadership (BS) U412
- Physical Education K-12 (BS) (Lic) U409
- Sports Medicine (BS) U421
What's unique about the Exercise and Sport Science Program at UNCG?
- The Fitness Leadership and Sports Medicine concentrations equip students for careers in preventive and rehabilitative exercise and fitness. These concentrations may be tailored to prepare for advanced study in athletic training, medicine, occupational therapy, or physical therapy, and for entry-level positions in the fitness industry, e.g. aquatic leadership, personal training, cardiac rehabilitation.
- The Physical Education Teacher Education concentration leads to K-12 licensure to teach physical education in North Carolina and most other states. There are opportunities for observation, participation, assisting, and teaching experiences with public school students, including those with special needs.
- The Community Youth Sport Development concentration prepares students to teach and work in community-based youth serving agencies. Students gain competence in teaching, program design, implementation and evaluation of these programs. This is a non-licensure concentration.
- The Minor in Sport Coaching reflects the eight domains of sport coaching competence recognized by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education in the publication “National Standards for Athletic Coaches, 1995”. The minor incorporates a coaching practicum and certification from the American Sports Education Program. Students interested in coaching will find this minor advantageous.
A Brief Message from the Department Head
"The Department of Exercise and Sport Science can provide a path to many different career options, from traditional physical education teaching in public and private schools to sports medicine and the fitness industry. Many students with a degree in exercise and sport science use it as a gateway to additional education in physical or occupational therapy schools, medical or physician's assistant schools." Dr. Kathleen Williams, Head, Exercise and Sport Science
Special Help for Students
One scholarship is available to freshmen:
- Carol Jean Eiserer Memorial Scholarship: awarded to a graduate of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland who is planning to major in exercise and sport science. The scholarship provides for out-of-state tuition, fees, on-campus room and board for four years contingent upon satisfactory progress.
The following scholarships and awards are available to majors who are upperclassmen:
- Susan Stout Memorial Award, Mary Channing Coleman Memorial Fund Award, June Galloway Scholarship in Teacher Education, Nathan Taylor Dodson and June Galloway Scholarships, NASPE Outstanding Physical Education Major of the Year Award, Betsy Umstead Undergraduate Scholarship, PE Class of '75 Hielscher Teaching Scholarship.
Graduates/Careers
- Career options include athletic trainer, personal trainer, physical education teacher, and aquatics instructor.
- Graduates of the program have pursued careers with major employers like Bank of America, Guilford County Schools, City of Greensboro, Medic Computer Systems, Moses H. Cone Health Care System, Riverside Wellness, NC State University, Bermuda Retirement Resort, Carolina Spine Center, United Healthcare. Graduates also pursue careers as personal trainers for companies like World's Gym and Gold's Gym.
- Many graduates extend their degrees by entering master's and doctoral programs at schools with post-baccalaureate programs like UNCG, ECU, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Career Experience through Internships
- A six-semester hour internship offering practical experience in professional/community settings provides experience appropriate to the student's career goals.
- Professional development opportunities include leadership seminars and conventions.
- Undergraduate Research Assistantships support students as they gain valuable research experience.
Academic Clubs and Organizations
- Project Effort: a program that promotes physical fitness and sports programs for children and adolescents.
- UNCG HOPE: a program that promotes physical activity in adults over 50 years.