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Kinesiology (BAS)

This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (baS)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Professional Studies
DBUE 2301PR - Lifelong Learning (S-L)

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List.

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)
BIOL 2405 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science

POLS 2301 American National Government

3

Total Core Experience

41

Additional Program General Education Hours

10

BIOL 2406 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II

Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List.

Choose one 3-hour course from LANG/BL Language Course List or HIST/FA/SS Course List.

Major Core

22

KNES 2305 - Contemporary Leadership in Sport, Athletics, and Recreation (S-L)

KNES 3302 - Research, Statistics, and Technology in Health and Human Performance

KNES 3303 - Anatomical Kinesiology and Orthopedic Injury

KNES 3326 - Motor Learning and Skill Development

KNES 4301 - Exercise Physiology (AGP-eligible)

KNES 4303 - Applied Biomechanics (AGP-eligible)

KNES 4336 - Internship in Kinesiology and Health Sciences I (S-L) (AGP-eligible)

Choose one additional 1000 Level (1-Credit) Activity Course

Electives*

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

18

29

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated. 

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours (Exception: Inverted Degree Program).

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0. 

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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