Kinesiology

Effective: Fall 2022
Associate in Arts for Transfer Program Map
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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.

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Program Description

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.


What can I do with this 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

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Health and Wellness

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Critical Course = Critical Course Prerequisite for other courses = Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required = Prerequisite Required Required for Major = Required for Major GE = General Education

Semester 1

15 units

BIOS 41
Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences

4 units
Critical Course Prerequisite for other courses Required for Major
A course that explores basic principles of biology. Emphasis is placed on cell structure and function, cell division, cell metabolism, reproduction, genetics, taxonomy, the origin of life, evolution, animal tissues and development. The laboratory emphasizes the development of important laboratory skills, such as using the metric system, collecting data, graphing, interpreting data, preparing for and taking laboratory exams. Designed to prepare the necessary concepts and laboratory skills and experience that are needed to succeed in more advanced courses in biology. This course is intended for students who will study in health sciences fields including students intending to apply to schools of nursing , dental hygiene, and medical technologies. May not receive credit if BIOL 31 has been completed successfully. Counts towards List A and is prerequisite for BIOS 42
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53
  2. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

Statistics course (MTH 43 or PSY 5 recommended)

4 units
Required for Major GE
Counts towards List A and Math General Education Requirement
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General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term. 1

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

Physical Education Activity Course #1

1 unit
Required for Major
Select one unit from any emphasis area under Major Requirements List below
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  • 1 - PSY 1 recommended

Semester 2

15 units

BIOS 42
General Human Anatomy

5 units
Critical Course Prerequisite for other courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major
Examine the correlations between the structures and functions of the human body in both health and diseased states. Explore tissue and organ structure through both gross and microscopic examinations as well as organ and cadaver dissection. May not receive credit if ANAT 1 has been completed successfully. Required Core Course
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: BIOS 41
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: BIOL 31
    3. or
  3. Prerequisite: BIOS 21C
  4. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

English 1- Critical Reading and Composition

4 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

Semester 3

15-16 units

Chemistry Course (Choose one) 1

4-5 units
Critical Course Prerequisite for other courses Required for Major

CHEM 30A
Introductory and Applied Chemistry I

4 units
Critical Course Prerequisite for other courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major
Chemistry of inorganic compounds, atomic theory, bonding, equations, gas laws, solutions, acid-base theory and oxidation-reduction. Designed to meet the requirements of certain programs in allied health and technological fields and for general education. Counts towards List A
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTH 65
  2. Prerequisite: MTH 65B
    3. or
  3. Prerequisite: MTH 65L
    4. or
  4. Prerequisite: MTH 53
    5. or
  5. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
or

CHEM 1A
General College Chemistry I

5 units
Prerequisite for other courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major
Introduction to atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gases, matter and energy, oxidation-reduction, chemical equations, liquids and solids, solutions, chemical energetics and equilibrium. Laboratory includes both quantitative and qualitative experiments.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTH 55
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
  3. Prerequisite: CHEM 31
    4. or

KINE 1
Introduction to Kinesiology & Physical Education

3 units
Required for Major
The study of human movement from a social science, life science and humanities perspective. Topics will include sports history, biomechanics, exercise physiology, skill learning, psychological and social factors involved in kinesiology and physical education. Career opportunities within the field of kinesiology, physical education and dance will be explored.
Course Details:

Physical Education Activity 2

1 unit
Required for Major
Select one course from a second emphasis area from Major Requirements list below.
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General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

4 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE
  • 1 - Counts towards List A and is prerequisite for BIOS 43

Semester 4

15 units

BIOS 43
Human Physiology

5 units
Critical Course Prerequisite Required Required for Major
Human cellular and systemic body functions are studied. Emphasis is placed on physics, chemistry, and clinical concepts. Students will learn collection and analysis of data, extrapolations and conclusions. Working models, including human responses, and computer simulations are studied. Intended for students needing preparation for careers and program prerequisites in nursing, dental hygiene, physical therapy and other allied health sciences. May not receive credit if PHSI 1 has been completed successfully.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: CHEM 30A
    2. and
  2. Prerequisite: BIOS 42
  3. Strongly Recommended: CHEM 30B
    4. and
  4. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1
  • Transfers to CSU

    • General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE
    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.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Physical Education Activity 3

    1 unit
    Required for Major
    Select from a third emphasis area on the Major Requirements list below.
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    List A

    Select two courses (8-10 units)

    Statistics course

    4 units
    Required for Major GE

    MTH 43
    Introduction to Probability and Statistics

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion; elements of probability; tests of statistical hypotheses (one and two populations); correlation and regression; ANOVA; applications in various fields. Introduction to the use of computer software package to complete both descriptive and inferential statistics problems. May not receive credit if Mathematics 35 has been completed.
    or

    PSY 5
    Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Statistics as applied to the behavioral and social sciences. Applications using data from disciplines including psychology, social sciences, business, life science, health science, and education. The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics; probability and sampling distributions; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 54
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 54L
      6. or
    6. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      7. or
    7. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
      8. or
    8. Prerequisite: MTH 55L
  • Transfers to CSU
    • or

    BUS 19
    Business Statistics

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Introduction to concepts, methods and models employed in reasoning with numbers and in presenting cogent statistical arguments or solutions in the business field. Key topics include estimating confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, development of projections for inferential purposes in the business field, probability distributions (poisson, binomial, normal, student-t, chi-sq, F-distribution), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), estimating simple and multiple regressions.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 54
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 54L
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      6. or
    6. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
      7. or
    7. Prerequisite: MTH 55L
      8. or
  • Transfers to CSU

    • BIOS 41
    Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences

    4 units
    Prerequisite for other courses Required for Major
    A course that explores basic principles of biology. Emphasis is placed on cell structure and function, cell division, cell metabolism, reproduction, genetics, taxonomy, the origin of life, evolution, animal tissues and development. The laboratory emphasizes the development of important laboratory skills, such as using the metric system, collecting data, graphing, interpreting data, preparing for and taking laboratory exams. Designed to prepare the necessary concepts and laboratory skills and experience that are needed to succeed in more advanced courses in biology. This course is intended for students who will study in health sciences fields including students intending to apply to schools of nursing , dental hygiene, and medical technologies. May not receive credit if BIOL 31 has been completed successfully.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53
    2. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

    Chemistry Course

    4-5 units
    Prerequisite for other courses Required for Major

    CHEM 30A
    Introductory and Applied Chemistry I

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Chemistry of inorganic compounds, atomic theory, bonding, equations, gas laws, solutions, acid-base theory and oxidation-reduction. Designed to meet the requirements of certain programs in allied health and technological fields and for general education.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 65
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 65B
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 65L
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
    or

    CHEM 1A
    General College Chemistry I

    5 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Introduction to atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gases, matter and energy, oxidation-reduction, chemical equations, liquids and solids, solutions, chemical energetics and equilibrium. Laboratory includes both quantitative and qualitative experiments.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
    3. Prerequisite: CHEM 31
      4. or

    Physics course

    4-5 units
    Required for Major

    PHYS 3A
    College Physics A

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Introduction to the major principles of classical mechanics using calculus for students studying life sciences and architecture. Includes: the scientific method and social responsibility of the scientist, Newtonian mechanics, energy, gravitation, fluids, thermodynamics, and vibration waves.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 22
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 15
  • Transfers to CSU
    • or

    PHYS 4A
    General Physics I

    5 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Introduction to the principles of Newtonian mechanics using calculus as needed for STEM Majors. Physics 4A is the first course in the three- or four-semester sequence required for transfer in Engineering and Sciences. The course includes units, dimensional analysis, vectors, kinematics, velocity, acceleration, force, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotation, statics, and gravitation. May not receive credit if PHYS 7A has been completed successfully.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 2
    3. Strongly Recommended: PHYS 18

    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. 

    Aquatics (only one unit courses may be used)

    1 unit
    Required for Major

    PEAC AQA1
    Aqua Aerobics

    1 unit
    Required for Major
    A conditioning workout that emphasizes cardiovascular endurance activities in the pool. After sufficient warm-up, water exercises that develop increased aerobic efficiency will be performed by students. Student need not be a swimmer to participate in this class. Students will learn about training and prevention of metabolic syndrome through diet and exercise in this course
    Course Details:
    or

    PEAC LSF1
    Introductory Lap Swimming for Cardiovascular Fitness

    1 unit
    Required for Major
    Designed to develop cardiovascular fitness in the accomplished swimmer through aerobic non-stop lap swimming.
    Course Details:
    or

    PEAC SMLP
    Lap Swimming for Cardiovascular Conditioning

    1 unit
    Required for Major
    Designed to increase cardiovascular conditioning through swimming.
    Course Details:
      or

      PEAC SWM1
      Beginning Swimming

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Designed to teach proficiency in the basic strokes of swimming. No prior knowledge or skill in swimming is needed to join this course.
      Course Details:

      Dance (only one unit courses may be used)

      1 unit
      Required for Major

      DANC BAL1
      Introduction to Ballroom Dance

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Course will focus on the basic techniques, terminology and principles of ballroom and social dance.
      Course Details:

      Fitness (only one unit courses may be used)

      1 unit
      Required for Major

      PEAC WOW1
      Women's Weight Training 1

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Designed to provide introductory information on physical fitness and strength training through the use of progressive resistance exercises.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC WEI1
      Introduction to Weight Training

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Designed to teach the basic elements of weight training and prepare the student's body; i.e., muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints to endure weight training. Emphasis on developing muscle strength balances in the 3 different planes of motion and muscular endurance training. Circuit training will be utilized.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC WLK1
      Walking for Fitness

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      This course is for students of all fitness levels who would like to utilize walking as a fitness enhancing activity. Walking routes begin on campus and explore a multitude of nearby parks and trails. Topics to be discussed include: fitness and health assessment, equipment and safety, walking techniques, motivation, nutrition basics, program design and evaluation, volkssporting and more.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC STP1
      Introduction to Cardio- Step

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Designed to improve cardio-respiratory fitness utilizing a variety of choreographed and non-choreographed movement patterns. Proper stepping techniques, coinciding and non-coinciding arm and leg patterns, floor exercises and mat work, light hand weights with stretching, will be incorporated.
      Course Details:

      Individual Sports (only one unit courses may be used)

      1 unit
      Required for Major

      PEAC ARH1
      Archery 1

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      This beginning course in archery has an emphasis on safety, knowledge, and basic skill development in a variety of beginning archery activities.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC TEN1
      Introduction to Tennis

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Introduction to the game of tennis. The course will involve basic stroking methods, conditioning techniques, historical background, rules, scoring, as well as singles and doubles strategies.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC BAD1
      Introduction to Badminton

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Basic fundamental badminton techniques and strategies will be covered.
      Course Details:

      Team Sports (only one unit courses may be used)

      1 unit
      Required for Major

      PEAC BSK1
      Introduction to Basketball

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Designed to teach to the basic skills and mechanics needed to successfully play the game of basketball.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC FFL1
      Flag Football League

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      This course is designed to teach organized flag football. Basic play design and defensive schemes will be taught in a league structure.
      Course Details:
      or

      PEAC SOC1
      Introduction to Soccer

      1 unit
      Required for Major
      Emphasizes the fundamental skills and strategies of soccer. This course focuses on rules, etiquette, safety, and soccer skills, such as dribbling, passing, shooting and defending. Offensive and defensive positions and basic team strategies are also addressed. No previous soccer experience is necessary.
      Course Details:
      Total Units: 60-61 units
      This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.