Kinesiology & Exercise Science

Kinesiology & Exercise Science

About the Program

The Kinesiology & Exercise Science Program offers activities, life skills and health classes that are designed to prepare individuals to establish and maintain healthy life styles.

AWARD TYPES: Associate in Arts

AREA OF STUDY: Liberal Arts & Humanities

Degrees and Certificates

Learn more about the Degrees and Certificates offered by this program by visiting the HCC Catalog.

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Program Outcomes

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
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Students will perform physical skills to improve and enhance cardio-respiratory, strength, endurance, flexibility, and/or balance as measured with a departmental field exam.

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Students will develop broad content knowledge within the discipline of health/physical education associated with good health management, health risks and/or disease prevention.

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Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic safety/emergency procedures.

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Conduct a personal wellness appraisal and utilize data results to determine potential health impacts and appropriate intervention activities.

Program Information

About Kinesiology and Exercise Science

Classes are offered to our students to help improve their health and physical well-being as well as to give them goals for their future development of mind and body.

 

General Requirements

To be eligible for an Associate in Arts (AA), an Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT), or an Associate in Science (AS) degree from HCC, a student must successfully:

Complete at least 60 semester hours of credit as follows: (a) for the AA degree, 43 hours of required core courses and 17 hours of transferable electives, usually focusing on the student's transfer major (b) for the AAT degree, 44 hours of required core courses plus 16-18 hours of required pre-teaching courses (c) for the AS degree, 43 hours of required core courses plus six additional hours of mathematics, four additional hours of natural science, and 7 hours of transferable electives, usually focusing on the student's transfer major.

Complete a minimum of 18 semester hours toward the degree in the Houston Community College System. These hours may not be satisfied through credit by exam.
Have an overall 2.0 HCC grade point average.
Satisfy TSI requirements.
Resolve all financial obligations and return all College materials, including library books, to HCC prior to graduation.

 

Additional Degree Requirements

  • A student who has received an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution must meet specific requirements to earn an additional degree from HCC.
  • The student must complete a minimum of 18 semester hours at HCC for each additional degree. These hours may not repeat credit applied from a previous HCC degree. These hours may not be satisfied through credit by exam.
  • All additional hours must be applicable toward the additional degree. If the student has prior credit in required courses, appropriate substitutions may be arranged.
  • All courses required by the specific HCC program of the additional degree must be completed.
  • A grade point average of at least 2.0 must be earned on all hours since the previous degree.
  • Academic courses from previous degrees may be applied to an additional AAS degree required academic core where equivalent and appropriate, which waives the need for approval, except where program restrictions prevail.
  • If the first degree was an Associate in Arts, an Associate of Arts in Teaching, Associate in Science, a bachelor degree, or higher degree from an accredited educational institution in the United States, the student will be considered to be “Core Complete”, thus needing to complete only the requirement of 18 additional semester hours at HCC toward a new associate degree.
  • Each additional academic associate degree obtained from HCC must be of a different type. Thus, a student may only obtain one Associate in Arts, one Associate of Arts in Teaching, and/or one Associate in Science from HCC. For example, if one degree from HCC was an AA, then any additional degrees must be an AAT, AS, or AAS.
  • Multiple Associate of Applied Science degrees may be earned from HCC if all AAS program requirements are met including earning at least 18 additional semester hours at HCC, 12 of which must be earned in the major program of the additional degree. In most cases, however, there is only one AAS degree allowable per workforce program. See counselor or program chair for clarification.
  • Multiple workforce Certificates of Completion may be earned from HCC if all program requirements are met for each certificate including earning at least 9 additional unique semester hours at HCC toward the major program of the additional certificate.
  • All other state and institutional graduation requirements, including TSI policies and financial obligations, must be met.

 

Hybrid Programs Restrictions

Hybrid programs allow students to take a mix of online and face-to-face courses. Hybrid programs offer 50% to 85% of their courses online and the remainder of the curriculum is taken in-person on one of HCC’s campuses. Please contact your advisor for more information about specific program requirements.

Language Option Restrictions

Some hybrid programs require students to participate in foreign language courses as part of the program’s required curriculum. Please contact your advisor for more information about specific program requirements and available language options. If you would like to take courses in a language that is not offered online, you would have to do so on campus.

Elective Course Restrictions

Some hybrid programs may have a limited number of elective options available, based on which of the designated electives are currently offered online.  Please contact your advisor for more information about specific program requirements.

Required Course Restrictions

Hybrid programs require students to participate in campus-based courses as part of a given program’s required curriculum. Please contact your advisor for more information about specific program requirements. 

Potential Course Restrictions

Some online courses may have face-to-face requirements for exams, laboratory sessions, and other activities. Please review your course syllabus to determine if your online course has an on-campus laboratory or examination requirement.

 

Field of Study Curriculum

Health & Wellness Field of Study (FOS) Curriculum

Field of Study Coursework:

  • KINE 1304        Personal/Community Health
  • KINE 1346        Drug Use & Abuse
  • PSYC 2301        General Psychology
  • BIOL 2301        Anatomy & Physiology I (Lecture)
  • BIOL 2101        Anatomy & Physiology I (Lab)
  • BIOL 2302        Anatomy & Physiology II (Lecture)
  • BIOL 2102        Anatomy & Physiology II (Lab)

 

Fully Transferable: 

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has designated the Field of Study Curriculum courses as “fully transferable” to other public colleges and universities in Texas. Students planning on transferring to either private or out-of-state institutions should direct transfer questions to that college or university.  

For more information, refer to the HCC Catalog (https://www.hccs.edu/programs/catalog/ ) and Field of Study Curricula Approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board thecb.state.tx.us/institutional-resources-programs/public-universities-health-related-institutions/transfer-resources/field-of-study-curricula/

 

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Marketable Skills

Learn more about the marketable skills—skills valued by employers that can be applied in variety of work settings—so you can communicate these to potential employers. Click on the relevant award title below to see descriptions of marketable skills for that area.

Multidisciplinary Studies - Kinesiology & Exercise Science Major - Field of Study Curriculum Track, A.A.

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Resources

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Caprice Lynn Dodson, MA.E

Kinesiology and Exercise Science

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