Location:

Denton, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Doctorate

Specialty:

Kinesiology

Program Overview

Program Description:

Graduate courses in the Department of Kinesiology are designed to provide qualified individuals with the opportunity to pursue advanced study beyond the baccalaureate level. Objectives in the degree programs are: to ensure that students have a broad philosophical, educational, and scientific background on which to base their work as professionals; to acquaint students with current thinking, practices, trends, and problems related to physical education and Kinesiology; to prepare students to assume leadership roles in educational, industrial, business, public, or private agency settings; to provide students with the evaluative, statistical, research methodologies, and critical thinking strategies that will enable them to contribute to the advancement of the field; and to offer sequences of coursework leading to specialization in a particular subdiscipline of Kinesiology. The particular objective of non-degree graduate study is to provide personal and professional enrichment opportunities for the individual. For the persons who wish to become qualified to teach in the public schools of Texas, a certification program is also available.