KINES Suggested Courses: Movement Science (MOVSC) Option (2025)
KINESIOLOGY (KINES) – Movement Science (MOVSC) Option NSO Enrollment Guide
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Important Websites
- LionPATH: https://www.lionpath.psu.edu/ Links to an external site.
- KINES website: https://hhd.psu.edu/kines/kinesiology-undergraduate-program Links to an external site.
Entrance to Major Requirements
- 29.1 or more earned credits
- 2.0 cumulative GPA
Course Recommendations
- Summer: Choose 2 courses (6–7 credits overall) *
- *LEAP Students: Be sure not to choose courses for the fall that you are taking this summer.
- Fall: Choose 5–6 courses (15–17 credits overall)
Major (select 1)
- KINES 100: The Cultural and Behavioral Foundations of Kinesiology
- KINES 101: Biophysical Basis of Kinesiology
First-Year Seminar
- KINES 123S (1 credit) —AND— PSU 14: First-Year Seminar (1 credit)
- Students can take any of the thematic courses offered by the HHD departments including: BBH 123S (1), CSD 297(1), HPA 123S (1), HM 297(1), HDFS 101S (3), KINES 123S (1), NUTR 123S (1) or RPTM 120S (3).
- BBH 102S (varsity athletes only, to be registered later, 3 credits, fulfills FYS requirement)
- LEAP and Aurora enrollment are approved subs for FYS. Students enrolled in those programs do not have to schedule a First-Year Seminar and thematic course
Writing/Speaking (GWS) (select 1)
- Recommended: ENGL 15, ENGL 15A, ENGL 30 or ESL 15: Rhetoric and Composition
Natural Science (GN) (select 1)
- BIOL 161: Human Anatomy and Physiology I —AND— BIOL 162: Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
- BIOL 110: Biodiversity
- CHEM 110: Chemical Principles (see ALEKS Score) and CHEM 111: Chemistry lab
Exploration (GS) (select 1)
- May include GN, GA, GH, GS, Inter-Domain, World Language (3 units max – 12th unit and beyond)
Social/Behavioral Science (GS) (select 1)
- PSYCH 100: General Psychology
Arts (GA) (select any 1)
- Student Choice, any 3-credit course
Humanities (GH) (select any 1)
- Student Choice, any 3-credit course
Integrative Studies (GH) (select 1)
- Student Choice, any 3-credit course
Quantification (GQ) (select 1)
- MATH 4, 21, or 22 (only if needed per ALEKS score)
- MATH 26: Plane Trigonometry – required
- PHYS 250: Introductory Physics I
NOTES to Consider:
- ALEKS score lower than 61 will need to take MATH 22 —AND— MATH 26 for future PHYS 250 enrollment even though MATH 26 is only required for the major.
- Students with qualifying ALEKS scores may select Math 40, 41, 110* or 140*.
- Please note that the pass rate for 1st semester HHD students who take 110 or 140 is approximately 50%.
- The KINES department strongly encourages students to re-take ALEKS that score below a 61
Health and Wellness (GHW) (select 1)
- NUTR 251: Introductory Principles of Nutrition (delay if no recent biology and chemistry)
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