Degree programs

B.S. in kinesiology / honors option

M.A. in kinesiology

M.Ed./professional studies in applied kinesiology

Ph.D. in kinesiology

Freestanding minor in human factors/ergonomics

Certificate/licensure programs

Certificate in coaching

Initial licensure in physical education

Licensure/Additional licensure in developmental and adapted physical education

Research

Gait and Posture Laboratory

Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL)

Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory

Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology

Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES)

Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport

Kinesiology in the news

Kailee Stoughton, graduate of the BA program in Kinesiology, was featured in a Star Tribune spot “How I Got My Job” on June 1, 2007, as a professional personal trainer at the downtown Grand Hotel's LifeTime Fitness club. Stoughton credits her scholastic preparation in exercise physiology, sports, and rehabilitation for her success.

Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology director and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, will be interviewed the morning of Friday, June 22, by KSTP television for the evening news. In addition, she will be on MPR Mid-Morning from 11am-12pm also on June 22 speaking with Mike Edgerly. She will be talking about the 35th anniversary of Title IX.

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Students take measurements during a
treadmill test at the Human Performance
Teaching Laboratory.

New teaching lab gives undergraduates hands-on experience

The School of Kinesiology opened a new teaching lab this fall to provide undergraduate students with hands-on experience measuring and assessing human motion and exercise. The Human Performance Teaching Laboratory is located in 141 Mariucci Arena. Supported in part by a grant from the College and funds from student technology fees, the new lab enhances the learning experience for undergraduate students in biomechanics, exercise physiology, and motor control and learning. Kinesiology faculty Don Dengel, Jürgen Konczak, and Tom Stoffregen, who bring expertise from each of the three emphasis areas, run the lab collaboratively. The testing equipment consists of metabolic carts, cycle ergometers and eight computerized workstations for measuring physiological parameters of human performance. For example, students learn the relationship between muscle force and the recruitment of muscles fibers by measuring the strength of their grip while recording the electromyographic activity of their own muscles.

"This is not a research lab," says Konczak. "It's a teaching facility that gives undergraduate students the chance to use what they're learning during lecture. Our vision is to have teaching facilities for both undergraduate and graduate students that will expose them to how the human performance and human motion can be measured."