Kinesiology (BAS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (baS) |
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DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Professional Studies | 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 | 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) | 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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