Kinesiology

Opportunities for graduate studies

In the Department of Kinesiology,Health Promotion and Recreation at the University of North Texas, our focus is providing you:

• access to ongoing research, trends and professional literature in kinesiology
• an understanding of basic research methodology

Earning a Master of Science degree in Kinesiology enables you to pursue careers in the health and fitness industry and in education. It may also help you advance within your current career field.

Our faculty members have expertise in many areas such as:

• biomechanics
• health/fitness management
• history and philosophy of kinesiology
• kinesiology/sport administration
• physiology of exercise
• psychosocial aspects of sport
• school and community health
• therapeutic recreation

Current research projects include the study of physical activity, exercise and fitness in special populations, sociological profiles of sports performers, and the study of anxiety and motor skills, among others.

The College of Education’s graduate programs are rated fourth out of the nine public Texas universities rated by U.S. News and World Report in the 2010 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. The programs were rated third in total grant funded research and fourth in the average annual externally funded research expenditures per faculty.

Facilities

Our Center for Sport Psychology and Performance Excellence is a multidisciplinary center that combines the expertise of faculty in psychology and kinesiology to produce the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art sport psychology services available. It provides services to individuals, coaches and leaders, and teams and groups.

We also utilize classroom space, research labs and gymnasium space in the Physical Education Building and Bahnsen Gymnasium.

Financial assistance

Teaching fellowship opportunities

Teaching fellows teach in undergraduate program areas such as health related fitness, physical activity, health promotion and recreation classes.

Teaching fellows are paid a stipend of approximately $12,818 for nine months (20 hours per week appointment). Summer opportunities are often available. Teaching fellows must be formally admitted to one of our graduate programs and be enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours of course work in the fall and spring semesters. The graduate school and departmental admission requirements must be met before being appointed as a teaching fellow.

Departmental scholarships

We award several graduate scholarships each year. These scholarships are applied to tuition and fees for one year (two semesters). The amounts of the awards depend on the scholarship. For more information, visit our department’s web site, www.coe.unt.edu/khpr.

Admission requirements

You will need to complete the admission requirements for the Toulouse Graduate School as well as the following program requirements:

• have a minimum 3.25 GPA on the last 60 undergraduate semester
• hours or 3.0 on all undergraduate work
• complete the GRE,MAT or GMAT
• submit a 300-word typed candidate statement that includes career objectives, goals, area of interest and why you want to attend UNT

The admission requirements for the graduate school are outlined at graduateschool.unt.edu or catalog.unt.edu.

Degree requirements

Thesis option

• 15 credit hours of core curriculum in kinesiology
• 15 to 21 credit hours of additional elective hours (no more than 6 credit hours may be taken outside kinesiology)
• 6 credit hours of a master’s thesis course (KINE 5950)

Nonthesis option

• 15 credit hours of core curriculum in kinesiology
• 15 to 21 credit hours of additional elective hours (no more than 6 credit hours may be taken outside kinesiology)
• comprehensive exam or graduate project