Program Map

Kinesiology - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Program Map

Kinesiology - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Associate in Arts for Transfer
Fall 2025
  • Health and Wellness

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks

If you have an interest in fitness and desire a career in the health sciences, consider pursuing a degree in kinesiology. Kinesiology is the study of the body's movement. Kinesiology specialists use their knowledge of human physiology and movement to help recover patients' mobility and improve their lives through exercise. You would want to earn this degree if you intend to transfer to a Cal State University (CSU) to complete a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.

Students completing the degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major.

Kinesiology majors have many different career options, such as:

  • Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
  • Physical Education Instructors
  • Certified Athletic Trainers
  • Personal Trainers
  • Strength and Conditioning Specialists
  • Group Exercise Instructors
  • Sports Coaching
  • Physical Therapists

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
15 units
BIOS 41
Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences (Active)
4.0
Counts towards List A and is prerequisite for BIOS 42
Statistics course (MTH 43 or PSY 5 recommended)
 
GE
4.0
Counts towards List A and Math General Education Requirement
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Physical Education Activity Course #1
 
1.0
Select one unit from any emphasis area under Major Requirements List below
1PSY 1 recommended
Semester 2
 
15 units
BIOS 42
General Human Anatomy (Active)
5.0
Required Core Course
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 3
 
15 - 16 units
Chemistry Course (Choose one)
 
4.0-5.0
CHEM 30A
Introductory and Applied Chemistry I (Active)
4.0
Counts towards List A
OR
CHEM 1A
General College Chemistry I (Active)
5.0
KINE 1
Introduction to Kinesiology & Physical Education (Active)
3.0
Physical Education Activity 2
 
1.0
Select one course from a second emphasis area from Major Requirements list below.
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
1Counts towards List A and is prerequisite for BIOS 43
Semester 4
 
15 units
BIOS 43
Human Physiology (Active)
5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
HLTH 1 or NUTR 1 recommended
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Physical Education Activity 3
 
1.0
Select from a third emphasis area on the Major Requirements list below.
List A
 

Select two courses (8-10 units)

16 - 18 units
Statistics course
 
GE
4.0
STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics (Active)
4.0
OR
PSY 5
Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Active)
4.0
OR
BUS 19
Business Statistics (Active)
4.0
BIOS 41
Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences (Active)
4.0
Chemistry Course
 
4.0-5.0
CHEM 30A
Introductory and Applied Chemistry I (Active)
4.0
OR
CHEM 1A
General College Chemistry I (Active)
5.0
Physics course
 
4.0-5.0
PHYS 3A
College Physics A (Active)
4.0
OR
PHYS 4A
General Physics I (Active)
5.0
Major Requirements
 

Movement-Based Courses ( 3 units minimum). Select one course maximum from three of the following areas. Each movement course MUST be at least one unit. 

5 units
Aquatics (only one unit courses may be used)
 
1.0
PEAC AQA1
Aqua Aerobics (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC LSF1
Introductory Lap Swimming for Cardiovascular Fitness (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC SMLP
Lap Swimming for Cardiovascular Conditioning (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC SWM1
Beginning Swimming (Active)
1.0
Dance (only one unit courses may be used)
 
1.0
DANC BAL1
Introduction to Ballroom Dance (Active)
1.0
Fitness (only one unit courses may be used)
 
1.0
PEAC WOW1
Women's Weight Training 1 (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC WEI1
Introduction to Weight Training (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC WLK1
Walking for Fitness (Active)
1.0
Individual Sports (only one unit courses may be used)
 
1.0
PEAC ARH1
Archery 1 (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC TEN1
Introduction to Tennis (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC BAD1
Introduction to Badminton (Active)
1.0
Team Sports (only one unit courses may be used)
 
1.0
PEAC BSK1
Introduction to Basketball (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC FFL1
Flag Football League (Active)
1.0
OR
PEAC SOC1
Introduction to Soccer (Active)
1.0
Total Units: 60.0-61.0