COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SCIENCES
Department of Kinesiology
The mission of the Department of Kinesiology is to prepare practitioners to promote health and wellness through the study and application of scientific principles of physical activity across the lifespan. This is accomplished by providing excellence in instruction, scholarship, and service through a multi-disciplinary approach that includes exercise science, health education, and professional practice.
The department offers undergraduate programs in Exercise and Health Promotion, and Kinesiology and Health Sciences as well as graduate concentrations in Sport and Exercise Psychology, and Sports Performance. Additionally, the department provides instruction in lifetime physical activity through a university wide activity program for undergraduate students and a Senior Adult Fitness Program for adults age 55 and older.
The Louisiana Tech University Department of Kinesiology is a member of the American Kinesiology Association.
Kinesiology Minors
The Department of Kinesiology offers a number of minors that can be added to other majors to help students create more marketable careers.
Minor in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Students can easily add the 21-hour minor in Sport and Exercise Psychology no matter their major. Those not majoring in Kinesiology or Psychology will take the full seven courses (21 total hours).
If a student majors in Kinesiology and Health Sciences, they must take the following courses worth 12 additional hours to complete the minor:
- KINE 420: Sports and Society
- PSYC 202: Advanced General Psychology
- PSYC 308: Human Growth and Development
- PSYC 205: Child Psychology or PSYC 206: Adolescent Psychology or PSYC 208: Developmental Psychology or COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling
If a student majors in Exercise and Health Promotion, they must take the following elective courses worth 12 hours as part of their 120-hour major. No additional classes are required to complete the minor.
- PSYC 102: General Psychology (social/behavioral science elective; prerequisite for PSYC 202)
- PSYC 202: Advanced General Psychology
- PSYC 205: Child Psychology or PSYC 206: Adolescent Psychology or PSYC 208: Developmental Psychology or COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling
- PSYC 308: Human Growth and Development
If a student majors in Psychology, they must take the following 12 elective courses of their 32 elective hours to complete their 120-hour major. No additional classes are required to complete the minor.
- KINE 202: Foundations of Kinesiology
- KINE 316: Sport and Exercise Psychology
- KINE 420: Sports and Society
- PSYC 205: Child Psychology or PSYC 206: Adolescent Psychology or PSYC 208: Developmental Psychology or COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling
Special Programs
The Department of Kinesiology offers opportunities for members of the Louisiana Tech University and Lincoln Parish communities to become involved in non-traditional classes to advance the health and wellness of the participants.
Senior Adult Fitness Program
For over 40 years the Department of Kinesiology has been offering quality and affordable exercise programs for individuals ages 55 and above. Classes offered include our traditional classes of Water Aerobics and Chair Exercise. For those who still work or might be looking for a little higher intensity program, we offer the Fitness After Five Class. All classes are led by professionals who have many years experience in their given area.
Not only do we offer exercise classes, we offer opportunities for other activities including our Annual Fish Fry held in April at the Argent Pavilion. Check out the program that your friends and family have been talking about for over 40 years! Better yet…come join us! For more information, please call Lacey Deal at 318.257.5458 or email her at ldeal@latech.edu.