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Kinesiology Department

Overview

A program equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, professors with extensive experience as educators, coaches and researchers, and courses covering athletic training, coaching, exercise physiology, fitness leadership, physical education, teacher preparation, sport and exercise psychology, sport management, and pre-professional training for the allied health fields.

Health Sciences

For additional Health Sciences specializations in athletic training, chiropractic, occupational therapy, and/or physical therapy, visit our Health Sciences Program.

Health Sciences

Majors, Minors & Specializations

Kinesiology Major

For students interested in developing expertise in human movement—in the many skeletal, muscular, and neural systems that combine to help us move through space.

Kinesiology-Chemistry (Exercise Chemistry) Dual Major

For a more comprehensive course of study of chemistry’s effect on the body’s many ways of working.

Kinesiology Major with an Education Minor

Offers specialized training for those passionate about teaching or coaching.

Athletic Training Minor

A strong foundation in human anatomy, fitness, health, and exercise physiology.

Kinesiology Minor (for non-majors)

An excellent complement to an alternate science major such as biology, biochemistry or health sciences.

Performance, Fitness and Conditioning Minor

An opportunity to develop expertise in conditioning, speed, agility, performance optimization, and the principles of strength development.

Sports Coaching Minor

A targeted program for students who want to pursue professional opportunities in coaching.

Sports Management Minor

A targeted program for students who want to pursue professional opportunities in sports management.

Headshot of Tracey Ackah.

Meet our students Class of 2022: Tracey Ackah

Tracey Ackah, Kinesiology major with a minor in Psychology, honed her skills in classes like Developmental Psychology and as a student teacher at Robert Moton Elementary School for an Adapted Physical Education course. She'll take those skills with her when she graduates and pursues her plan to become an occupational therapist.

Read "Class of 2022: Tracey Ackah"
McDaniel College alumna Emma Ardolino ‘10

Impressive Outcomes Former scholar athlete finds perfect career fit as physical therapist Career Ready

There’s not much McDaniel College alumna Emma Ardolino ‘10 enjoys more than watching patients in her physical therapy practice achieve their goals and get back to their pre-injury function.  

Read "Former scholar athlete finds perfect career fit as physical therapist"

Connect With Us

Dr. Jennifer McKenzie

Department Chair

Phone: 410-386-4001

Office: Gill Center 032

Location

Gill Center

McDaniel College
2 College Hill
Westminster, MD, 21157
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