COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SCIENCES

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 nine additional hours) to complete the major:

• KINE 420: Sports and Society
• PSYC 205: Child Psychology or PSYC 206: Adolescent Psychology or PSYC 208: Developmental Psychology or PSYC 308: Human Growth and Development
• COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling 

If a student majors in Health and Physical Education, they must take the following courses (worth nine additional hours) to complete the major:

• PSYC 102: General Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
• PSYC 218: Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology or PSYC 418: Abnormal Psychology
• COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling 3 Semester Credit Hours

If a student majors in Exercise and Health Promotion, they must take the following course worth three additional hours to complete the major:

• COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling 3 Semester Credit Hours

If a student majors in Psychology, they must take the following courses (worth 12 additional hours) to complete the major:

• KINE 202: Foundations of Kinesiology 
• KINE 316: Sport and Exercise Psychology
• KINE 420: Sports and Society
• COUN 400: Introduction to Counseling