KIN 160 - Introduction to Kinesiology

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
Study of human movement from humanities, behavioral science, and life science perspectives. Overview of career opportunities in field of kinesiology.

Equivalent Quarter Course: KIN 1610 or KIN 1611.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-D1-2 - Lower Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Define kinesiology and discuss its importance as well as its objectives.
Critically analyze theories used in kinesiology.
Describe and understand the various kinesiology disciplines and areas of study.
Delineate the numerous career opportunities associated with kinesiology, and how each of these careers can make a meaningful difference.
Utilize critical thinking skills, through analysis of video and print media.
Apply learned theoretical principles to everyday experiences.
Evaluate and discuss national and other organizational recommendations for exercise and fitness within the US.
Explain the principles of kinesiology research.

D1-2. Lower-division Social Science Electives Learning Outcomes

specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.