Human Kinetics Department

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This course provides students with an overview of the many and varied aspects of the study of human movement and physical activity to include; the sociocultural domain, the social science domain and the exercise sciences domain. Additionally, the fields of child growth and development, personal health, adaptive physical activity and sport management will be included. Lastly, students will learn reading, writing and analytic skills in class and through their lab work. Three credits and lab.

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This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of sport and exercise psychology. Topics include a variety of psychological constructs and theories (e.g., personality, motivation, anxiety, diversity, group dynamics) and how they apply to teaching/consulting, coaching, and fitness instruction. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 136 or HKIN 236. Three credits and lab.

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This course serves as an introduction to the philosophical and socio-cultural dimensions of sport. Topics include the nature of sport, rules and values in sport, and further study of sport in the humanities. Issues to be addressed include the conceptualization of sport, the significance of sport, knowledge in sport, excellence in sport, the beauty of sport, right and wrong in sport, and the morality of sport. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 150 or HKIN 250. Students take HKIN 150 or HKIN 154, not both. Restricted to first-year HKIN students. Three credits.

The human body is able to operate by the intricate coordination of multiple systems. Each has a purpose, and is regulated at cellular, tissue, and organ levels. The focus of this course is to understand the structure, function, and organization of major systems. Individual and combined functions will be outlined for the nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems. Students will explore these concepts in complementary laboratory activities. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 151 or BIOL 251. Three credits and lab.

The human body is able to operate by the intricate coordination of multiple systems. Each has a purpose, and is regulated at cellular, tissue, and organ levels. The focus of this course is to understand the structure, function, and organization of major systems. Individual and combined functions will be outlined for the cardiorespiratory, urinary and digestive systems, among others. Students will explore these concepts in complementary laboratory activities. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 152 or BIOL 252. Prerequisite: HKIN 151. Three credits and lab.

This course will introduce students to some of the main themes, topics and issues in the ethics of sport. The course is designed to provide an introduction and critical analysis of classic and contemporary readings in the ethics of sport. We will explore issues such as fair play and cheating, doping, equity and gender, the use of animals in sport, violence, and disability. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 154 or HKIN 254. Students take HKIN 154 or HKIN 150, not both. Restricted to first-year HKIN students. Three credits.

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This course provides students with a general understanding of how humans control movement and learn new motor skills. This course is divided into two parts. Part I will be dedicated to learning about the production and control of human movement. Part II will focus on the processes that underlie motor skill acquisition and the factors that enhance and inhibit an individual’s capability to perform motor skills. Three credits and lab.

A study of the injuries that occur in popular physical activities, including the nature, course, prevention, and non-medical management of these injuries. Prerequisite: BIOL 251 or HKIN 151. Three credits and lab.

This multidisciplinary and self-reflective course addresses personal health of university students. Topics include healthier living and behaviour change, mental health and illness, communication, dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behaviours, drugs, the environment and sexuality. Three credits.

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This course will guide students through the health-related aspects of exercise, physical activity, and physical fitness from the perspective of epidemiology. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of primary research that evaluates the use of physical activity promotion methods in the context of common chronic diseases (e.g. obesity, cardiovascular disease). Discussion will focus on the impact of health-research and epidemiologic trends on public health guidelines. Prerequisites: HKIN 151 and 152. Three credits.

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This course serves as a metaphysical inquiry into the nature, meaning, and existential significance of sport. The advancement of a philosophy of existential fitness represents a central feature of the curriculum. Modules include the methodological foundations, conceptual foundations, and ontological foundations of sport philosophy. Main topics include being-in-the-zone, the game of our life, sport as a mental and spiritual health practice, sporting intelligence, and the relationship between game playing and the ideal of existence. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 253 or HKIN 353. Three credits.

This course provides students with a sociological interpretation of sport in contemporary Canada and North America. By contextualizing sporting practices, the course challenges dominant ideas about sport in society and positions sport as an institution that both liberates and limits possibilities. Students will examine issues in sport, its link to other institutions, and its role in constructing values that benefit those already in power in Canadian society will be emphasized. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 264 or HKIN 331. Three credits.

An introduction to the responses and adaptations (acute and chronic) of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems to potential challenges to homeostasis due to muscular activity. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 265 or HKIN 365 or HKIN 398 (2019-2020). Prerequisites HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252. Three credits and lab.

An in-depth study of the assessment and management of athletic injuries. Students will learn proper assessment protocol, advanced assessment techniques, and specialized taping techniques. Prerequisites: HKIN 151 or BIOL 251; HKIN 222. Three credits.

Explores the role of women, men, femininity, and masculinity in sport and physical activity from a historical, philosophical, and sociocultural perspective. This course covers embodiment, objectification, equity, racism, homophobia, politics of difference and identity. Cross-listed as WMGS 332. Three credits.

An introduction to exercise program prescription and leadership. Students will learn techniques for prescribing, following, and leading exercise programs; participate in and analyze exercise activities and programs; design and lead group, individual, and periodized exercise programs. Students will be prepared to meet national criteria for recognition as a certified personal trainer. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 345 or HKIN 446. Prerequisites: HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265. Three credits and lab.

This course will provide upper level HKIN students with an interest in further pursuing rehabilitation therapy as a career, a guide to understanding, designing, implementing and supervising rehabilitation programs for sports related injuries. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 347 or HKIN 447. Prerequisites: HKIN 222, 321. Three credits.

An overview of a history that has shaped physical culture and sport in what is currently Canada. Using the forces of class, ethnicity, race and gender as an interpretative foundation, the course will examine the complex and contradictory context and social conditions under which individuals and the state have created, refined, participated in and given meaning to sport and physical culture. Three credits.

This course serves as an existential inquiry into the moral significance of sport. The advancement of a philosophy of moral excellence represents a central feature of the curriculum. Modules include methodological foundations of sport morality, the moral ideal of man, and the moral ideal of sport. Main topics include the relationship between game playing and morality, moral achievement in the game of our life, and developing moral virtue in the games we currently play. Three credits.

An in-depth study of the changes in exercise capacity and sport performance that occur beyond adulthood. The role of physical activity and exercise training in minimizing aging-related losses in performance capacity and physical conditioning is addressed through experiential learning with older adults. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 357 or HKIN 398 (2017-2018). Prerequisites: HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265. Three credits.

Students will be exposed to the concepts of kinetic analysis of motion through the application of Newton’s Laws. The course will provide the mechanical information necessary to enable the student to objectively criticize any human movement which the student may one day have to teach, coach or ergonomically evaluate. Three credits and lab.

Future educators learn about advocacy, the philosophy and application of inclusion as well as the nature of various physical, intellectual, developmental and emotional disabilities. Students translate theoretical knowledge into practice forming collaborative partnerships with local schools, families and peers, designing individualized education plans and participating in the Motor Activities with X applied lab alongside people with disabilities. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 385 or HKIN 395. Three credits and lab.

This applied course focuses on clinical research design in the field of disability, health and community rehabilitation. Emphasis is placed on implementation science, barriers and facilitators, as well as the social, behavioural and physical characteristics of diverse populations. Evidence-based service learning allows students to gain community and rehabilitation experience with vulnerable populations including autism, Down syndrome, intellectual disability, orthopaedic impairment, mental health, deafness, and rare disorders. Credit granted for only one of HKIN 395 or HKIN 385. Three credits.

An overview of the scientific method of problem solving. The course covers problem identification, hypothesis testing, data collection, and analysis of research findings. A detailed examination of experimental design assists the student in conducting research, writing the proposal and the report, and critically analyzing published literature. Restricted to upper year students; required for third-year honours students. Three credits.

An overview of qualitative research methodologies, including the major theories, methods, and approaches (i.e. case studies, content analysis, interviews, observations, and ethnography). Problem identification, literature review analysis, research design, theoretical and empirical analysis, and dissemination are the major focus of this course. Practical experience will be included. Restricted to upper year students; required for third-year honours students. Three credits.

Motor control research presents important principles that can provide guidelines to rehabilitation professionals. This course will primarily focus on the contributions of the central nervous system in the generation of purposeful, coordinated actions. Humans will be characterized as information processors that encode sensory input, manage information, and produce motor output. Students will learn about internal models, two visual systems and the impact that mirror neurons and neuroplasticity have had on the study of motor control. Prerequisite: HKIN 215. Three credits and bi-weekly lab.

This course covers the physical growth, maturation, and development in children. The implications of changes in structure and function related to children’s physical growth will be applied to physical education, physical activity, and physical fitness. This course is not eligible to fulfill the 400-level HKIN elective requirements for students completing a major or honours in kinesiology. Prerequisites: HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265 or 365. Three credits and lab. Service learning option.

This course introduces the basic concepts and topics associated with physical and mental health specific to children and their health education. Emphasis will be placed upon the application of these concepts to the promotion of health in the school system and more broadly in the community. This course is not eligible to fulfil the 400-level HKIN elective requirements for students completing a major or honours in kinesiology. Service learning option. Three credits.

Designed to create an interdisciplinary learning experience for nursing, human nutrition and human kinetics students, this seminar course is an introduction to public policy change for health. The objective is to develop a fundamental understanding of healthy public policy development, analysis, and change from interdisciplinary and social justice perspectives. Issues such as healthy public policy, social and ecological determinants of health, social justice, health equity, and interdisciplinary/cross-sectoral and citizen lead policy action are explored. This course would be beneficial for students pursuing professions in the policy for health or healthcare delivery. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 433 and NURS 495, HKIN 495, HNU 495. Cross-listed as NURS 433 and HNU 433. Three credits.

This advanced seminar course is designed to provide opportunities for students to critically examine the Olympic Games and the modern Olympic Movement. Students will examine the Olympic Games from a sociocultural interdisciplinary approach and create research projects. Restricted to third and fourth year HKIN students. Prerequisites: one of HKIN 253, 264, 332, 352 or 354. Three credits.

Future educators explore both traditional and alternative teaching and learning strategies in order to promote inclusive practices. Students later apply this theoretical knowledge while teaching physical activity classes to diverse learners using a variety of instructional strategies. The lab features collaboration with local schools and Indigenous communities. HKIN 445 is strongly recommended as an HKIN elective for the pre-education path. Three credits and lab.

This course is designed provide theory and practical experience as you administer a variety of exercise science specific related protocols and techniques that are used in assessing an individual’s current level of physical activity and fitness. Students will be able to understand the theoretical principles that underpin these various fitness assessment protocols and be able to develop simple and appropriate training plans based on specific individual results. Components of this course are intended to provide students with the necessary background information to pursue personal trainer certification through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology. Prerequisites: HKIN 265 or 365; HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252. Three credits and lab.

This course examines various interventional techniques to enhance athletic performance. We will review commonly applied sport psychological skill training techniques, such as imagery, self-talk, goal setting, and confidence enhancement. In addition, new technologies to train perceptual-cognitive elements of athletic performance will be explored. Students will be asked to design applied workshops. The application of training to exercise, and occupations settings (e.g. health care) will be discussed. Prerequisite: HKIN 136 and third year standing. Three credits.

This course examines several chronic diseases prevalent in our society, which are positively influenced by regular exercise or physical activity, and include: obesity, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension and heart failure. The nature of the disease, methods of assessment, the role of exercise in the possible prevention, treatment and/or rehabilitation of these diseases are considered. Restricted to fourth-year students. Prerequisites: HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265 or 365. Three credits and lab.

This course will further the student’s understanding of the qualitative approach to biomechanics, and provide the necessary skills for conducting a quantitative biomechanical analysis of human motion. Students will be introduced to several techniques used in biomechanics research. Emphasis will be placed on the collection and analysis of biomechanical data. Concepts will be illustrated with examples taken from areas of sport and exercise with a special focus on the practical applications to golf. Prerequisites: HKIN 376; MATH 106 or 126 and PHYS 102 recommended. Three credits and bi-weekly lab.

Students will prepare, propose, and defend a thesis based on original research conducted under the supervision of a Human Kinetics Faculty member. Students must meet all department deadlines and requirements. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 490 and HKIN 493. Restricted to honours students. Required for honours students. Prerequisite: One of HKIN 374, 396 or 397. Six credits.

An in-depth study of the metabolic adaptations (acute and chronic) by the human body to potential challenges to homeostasis caused by muscular activity. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 492 or HKIN 392. Prerequisites: HKIN 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265 or 365. Three credits.

Designed for students with high academic standing who wish to pursue a directed, in-depth study in a selected topic. See section 3.5. Three credits.