KINS 1001–1441. Physical Activity Classes. Activities in Sports, Dance,
Aquatics, and Body Mechanics. Designed for the general university student. Instruction
offered at all levels of skill; emphasis upon the development of total fitness and
recreational skills for leisure use. Personal equipment and clothing for most activity
courses must be supplied by the student. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1031. Bowling. Classes in tenpin bowling for all skill levels are held
at a local bowling establishment.
KINS 1051. Golf. Classes for beginning and intermediate skill levels are
held on the TWU 18 hole golf course.
KINS 1441. Scuba Diving. (PHED 1151) Course includes work in the TWU indoor
swimming pool and a check–out dive at a lake. Prerequisites: Satisfactory swimming
ability and absence of disqualifying health problems.
KINS 1502. Practicum in Advanced Sports. Experiences in advanced techniques
and strategies. Ten laboratory hours a week. Credit: Two hours. May be repeated for
additional credit.
KINS 1573. Kinesiology: An Evolving Discipline. Identification and development
of an understanding of the evolving discipline of kinesiology. Foundational to the
undergraduate curricula in Kinesiology. The student will develop a repertoire of
delivery styles; ability to use specific terminology and behavior that promote wellness
and motor skill learning. Historical, philosophical, and current trends in the
discipline will be explored. Corequisite KINS 1583 practicum. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
KINS 1581. Fitness Through Selected Activities. Selected activities designed
to promote physical fitness; critiquing and planning contemporary fitness programs,
research, and tests. Achievement of an acceptable fitness/skill standard in the
coursework is required for entrance into all technique courses. Prerequisite:
Kinesiology Department major or permission of instructor. Three laboratory hours a
week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1583. Introductory Practicum in Kinesiology. Introductory practicum
experience for all Kinesiology majors. One hundred and thirty–five hours of observation
and hands–on experience with diverse populations within kinesiology. Corequisite with
KINS 1573. Nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 1901. Fitness and Health Laboratory. Activities and laboratories designed
to illustrate and experience the balanced approach to fitness and health. HS/KINS/NFS
1902 Fitness and Health: Enhancing Personal Wellness must be taken concurrently. Three
activity/laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1902. Fitness and Health: Enhancing Personal Wellness. Introduces basic
concepts of fitness, health, and nutrition; develops understandings necessary for making
wise decisions and establishing individually appropriate practices that contribute to a
healthful lifestyle throughout the lifespan. Wellness issues that affect women and reflect
cultural values are addressed. HS/KINS/NFS 1901 Fitness and Health Laboratory must be
taken concurrently. Two lecture hours a week. Credit: Two hours.
KINS 1911. Tennis. Designed for the general university student. Instruction
offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical fitness and
recreational skills through participation in tennis. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit:
One hour.
KINS 1921. Aerobic Dance. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skill; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in aerobic dance. Three laboratory
hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1931. Weight Training. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in weight training. Three laboratory
hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1941. Jogging. Designed for the general university student. Instruction
offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical fitness and
recreational skills through participation in jogging. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit:
One hour.
KINS 1951. Aqua Aerobics. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in aqua aerobics. Three laboratory
hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1961. Beginning Swimming. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in beginning swimming. Three
laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1971. Swimming for Fitness. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in swimming for fitness. Three
laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 1981. Racquetball. Designed for the general university student.
Instruction offered at all levels of skills; emphasis on the development of total physical
fitness and recreational skills through participation in racquetball. Three laboratory
hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2023. Building Women’s Leadership through Wilderness Experiences. Explores
and challenges women’s relationships to nature and the environment through textual and
experiential learning as influenced by a range of female perspectives. Uses critical
thinking skills from both theoretical and practical perspectives, thus merging feminist
theory and practice. Fosters leadership skills by connecting tangible, physical experiences
in the outdoors with a thorough consideration of the existing literature. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 2031. Lifetime Sports Techniques. Designed for majors with intermediate
and advanced skills, and basic knowledge of strategy and rules; analysis of skills and
evaluative procedures utilized in golf, softball, and other selected lifetime sports;
techniques for integrating various populations. Prerequisite: KINS 1581. Three laboratory
hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2071. Racquet Sports Techniques. Designed for majors with intermediate
and advanced skills, and basic knowledge of strategy and rules; analysis of skills and
evaluative procedures utilized in tennis and badminton; techniques for integrating
various populations. Prerequisites: KINS 2551 and KINS 1581. Three laboratory hours
a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2101. Basic Dance and Developmental Gymnastics Techniques. Experiences in
developmental principles, body awareness and spontaneity in movement through basic dance
and developmental gymnastics skills. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2111. Basketball and Volleyball Techniques. Designed to develop the
teaching and/or coaching skills necessary to implement a class or team in basketball and
volleyball. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2121. Softball and Soccer Techniques. Designed to develop the teaching
and/or coaching skills necessary to implement a class or team in softball and soccer.
Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2131. Introduction to Outdoor Activities Techniques. Designed to teach
basic skills in open–deck kayaking and canoeing, orienteering, and challenge (ropes)
courses. Provide team work, and leadership opportunities through the use of outdoor
group activities. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2591. Kinesiology and Neurophysiology Laboratory. Laboratory experiences
for occupational therapy majors and others enrolled in KINS 2593. Two laboratory hours
a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 2593. Kinesiology and Neurophysiology. For majors in occupational therapy
and therapeutic recreation. Kinesiological, physiological, and anatomical aspects of the
nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems of the human body; psychomotor factors related to
motor performance; mechanical principles and their application to human motion.
Prerequisites: ZOOL 2043, or BIOL 1013. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3103. Secondary Physical Education Teaching Methods. Designed to provide
secondary physical education teachers will skill and knowledge to become effective
teachers. Lecture, discussion, experiential activities, and field observation/experience,
to gain a knowledge base of critical components and issues for teaching secondary physical
education. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3501. Practicum in Physical Education. Internship in specialized fieldwork
in physical education and related activities. Three laboratory hours a week. Corequisite:
KINS 3622. Credit: One hour. May be repeated for additional credit.
KINS 3503. Practicum in Physical Education. Internship in specialized fieldwork
in physical education and related activities. Nine laboratory hours per week. Credit:
Three hours. May be repeated for additional credit.
KINS 3563. Guidance of Children Through Physical Education Activities. Theory
and practice in appraisal of motor skill, postural needs, and fitness of children; methods
of teaching games, rhythmic activities, gymnastic/tumbling skills, and track/field activities.
Organization and administration of physical education in the elementary school. Prerequisite:
Junior standing. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3573. Developmental Movement for Children. Systems for promoting motor
skill acquisition and increased physical competency based on the developmental level of the
individual, factors influencing motor skill development, fundamental movement skill
development. Prerequisites: KINS 1573/1583, KINS 3591, and KINS 3592. Three hours of
lecture a week and 30 practicum hours a semester. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3591. Kinesiology and Biomechanics Laboratory. Corequisite: KINS 3592.
Two laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3592. Kinesiology and Biomechanics. Scientific study of movement;
analysis of fundamental movements and basic movement patterns; mechanical principles
and their application to human motion; application to teaching movement. Prerequisites:
ZOOL 2041 and 2043 or equivalent. Corequisite: KINS 3591. Two lecture hours a week.
Credit: Two hours.
KINS 3601. Physiology of Exercise Laboratory. Correquisite KINS 3602. Three
laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3602. Physiology of Exercise. Physiological effects of exercise upon the
human body; basic physiological concepts and their relationship to the kinesiology program.
Corequisite KINS 3601. Prerequisite Zoology 2051 and Zoology 2052. Two lecture hours a
week. Credit: Two hours.
KINS 3622. Adapted and Developmental Physical Education. Adapted physical
education service delivery in accordance with PL 94–142; characteristics of selected
conditions with implications for physical education; psychomotor assessment and
individualized educational programming; adapting mainstream physical education to meet
the needs of students with disabilities. KINS 3501 Practicum in Physical Education must
be taken concurrently. Two lecture hours a week. Corequisite: KINS 3501. Credit:
Two hours.
KINS 3633. Athletic Injuries. Physical conditioning of athletes; principles
and management of specific injuries; modalities; examination, immediate treatment,
rehabilitation, and taping methods for injuries. Prerequisites: ZOOL 2041, 2043, 2051
and 2052 or equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3643. Athletic and Fitness Program Management. The development of a
fundamental understanding of program management. To recognize and understand the many
intricate changes in the area of sport and fitness management through management theory,
goals and methodology. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3663. Evaluation of Athletic Injuries. Recognition, evaluation and
functional testing specific to individual athletic injuries. Factors relating to the
body’s response to physical trauma; signs and symptoms indicating a need for definitive
treatment. Prerequisites: KINS 3591, 3592, 3601, 3602, and 3633. Two lecture and two
laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 3701. Practicum in Senior Adult Fitness. Contemporary issues in senior
adult fitness as it relates to community physical activity and wellness programming. A
pre–internship practicum to introduce the practical experiences with older adults in a
supervised University/community setting. Can be taken concurrently with KINS 3602/3601.
Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3801. Practicum in Coaching. Internship in specialized athletic coaching
field work. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3802. Practicum in Coaching. Internship in specialized athletic coaching
field work. Six laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3803. Practicum in Coaching. Internship in specialized athletic coaching
field work. Nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 3811. Movement Activities for Children Internship. Internship in the
specialized field of elementary school physical education. Corequisite KINS 3573.
Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 4003. Low Ropes Experiential Activities. Experiential education model
applied to challenge course facilitation of low ropes. Processing skills, design and
creation of activities through which participants learn by doing physically challenging
group activities. Nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 4113. Contemporary Adapted Physical Education Concepts. Lectures on
contemporary issues and internships in numerous adapted physical education and sport
environments to apply concepts acquired in courses related to pedagogy, growth and
development, motor learning, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. One lecture hour
and six laboratory hours. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 4573. Motor Learning and Development. Changes and characteristics of motor
behavior from infancy to adulthood. Effects of the individual’s personality traits, and
generic and environmental factors on the learning of motor skills. Two lecture and two
laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 4593. Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education. Evaluation
procedures used by the profession; experiences in construction and administration of
tests; application of basic statistical techniques required for the interpretation of
results. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
KINS 4601. Advanced Exercise Physiology Laboratory. Corequisite KINS 4601.
Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 4602. Advanced Exercise Physiology. Study of lifestyle related diseases
and risk factors. Emphasis will be on the cardiovascular system. Basic ECG interpretation.
Corequisite: KINS 4601. Prerequisite: KINS 3602 and KINS 3601. Two lecture hours a
week. Credit: Two hours.
KINS 4701. Exercise Testing and Prescription Laboratory. To enhance careers
in cardiac rehabilitation or corporate fitness. Content centers around diverse
populations, but normal, healthy and special populations with a variety of abilities
and disabilities. Laboratory techniques of exercise testing with expectation that
students will perform exercise testing procedures. Skills and abilities pertaining to
ASCM Health Fitness Instructor certification. Corequisite: KINS 4702. Prerequisites:
successful completion of KINS 3602/3601. May be taken concurrently with 4602/4601.
Must be completed prior to internship registration and must achieve a C or better in
begin internships. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 4702. Exercise Testing and Prescription. Designed for the kinesiology
major, primarily Exercise Science track, who wish to pursue careers in cardiac
rehabilitation or corporate fitness. Content centers around diverse populations, both
normal, healthy and special populations with a variety of abilities and disabilities.
Course will familiarize students with basic knowledge about methodology of exercise
testing and exercise prescription. Prerequisites: successful completion of KINS
3602/3601. May be taken concurrently with 4602/4601. Must be completed prior to
internship registration and must achieve a C or better to begin internships. Two
lecture hours a week. Credit: Two hours.
KINS 4801. Adapted Aquatics and Sport Internship. Designed to provide a
student with enhanced information regarding aquatics and sport for individuals with
disabilities. Prerequisites: KINS 3622 and KINS 4593. Three laboratory hours a week.
Credit: One hour.
KINS 4811. Inclusion in Physical Education Internship. Designed to provide
a student with enhanced knowledge and experiences related to inclusionary physical
education programming. Prerequisites: KINS 3622. Three laboratory hours a week.
Credit: One hour.
KINS 4821. Motor and Physical Assessment of individuals with Special Needs
Internship. Designed to provide a student with enhanced information and experiences
regarding the assessment process of individuals with disabilities. Prerequisites: KINS
3622 and KINS 4593. Three laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour.
KINS 4933. Practicum in Exercise Science. Internship in specialized field
work in exercise science, athletic training, and related activities. Corporate fitness
majors must have completed 3701 and 4702/4701. Cardiac rehabilitation majors must have
completed 3701 and 4602/4601. May be repeated for credit. Nine laboratory hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
