Kinesiology
Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.
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Program Level:
Pre-Majors/Transfer
Department:
Fine Arts/Kinesiology
Institute:
Health & Biosciences
College:
SPC
What is the Kinesiology Pre-Major?
**Notice: Open Gym is Closed until Further Notice **
The Kinesiology program is designed to help prepare students to transfer to a university and major in Exercise Science, Physical Education, or Pre-Physical Therapy. The program also offers a variety of activity classes that focus on individual and group fitness and sports to help improve an individual’s overall health and wellness.
What will I learn?
Courses are designed to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge base relative to fitness related activities, lifetime sports, and physical education through the teaching profession.
What can I do with this course of study?
Pursue careers in a variety of areas: teaching and coaching, athletic training, personal training, recreation specialist, physical and occupational therapy and a host of other health professions.
For the student planning to enter the field of Kinesiology, St. Philip’s College offers the first 2 years towards a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. This may come in the form of an Associate of Arts in Kinesiology or completion of a transfer plan with the University of Texas at San Antonio or Texas A&M University at San Antonio.
What's special about the program?
Students are exposed to a learning-centered community that educates and inspires its students to understand and appreciate human movement for personal expression and wellness through the lifespan.
Anyone can take our activity classes. You do not need to be a Kinesiology major. See the Health & Fitness Center's Flickr gallery.
Download our Kinesiology class schedule and register for classes today!
We offer general activity classes for ALL students who want to improve/maintain fitness and/or learn new skills.
The Health and Fitness Center offers different equipment available to students registered for KINE classes and during open gym hours.
Degrees and Certificates
St. Philip's College programs offer the following degree(s) and certificate(s). View our Course Catalog for more information.
Contact Us
Rachael Taylor-Robinson Interim Program Director |
MLK : William Allen Hudgins Health and Wellness Building (WAH), 108 |
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Greg Steel Assistant Professor |
MLK : William Allen Hudgins Health and Wellness Building (WAH), 106 |
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Daniel Williams Administrative Specialist |
MLK : William Allen Hudgins Health and Wellness Building (WAH), 102 |
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Vincent Hardy Department Chair |
MLK : Watson Fine Arts Center (WFAC), 202 |