Kinesiology Courses

Summer Session 2024

Summer 2024 Kinesiology Courses

 

UConn’s Department of Kinesiology offers Kinesiology courses to help you get ahead, save money, or catch-up. Kinesiology classes are taught by UConn instructors.

If you are a student from another school, you can take UConn summer classes and transfer them to your home institution (you should check with your home institution to ensure transferability). With UConn’s Kinesiology summer courses, you’re attending classes at one of the nations top-ranked public institutions.

You are welcome to browse our complete Summer 2024 course listing here.

If you require any assistance registering for an kinesiology course or have questions please reach out to us using the Need Help button.

Exercise & Wellness for Everyone (1100 KINS)

KINS 1100

Overview of the five pillars of health (exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress and relationships); role of exercise in health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan; impacts of exercise in leisure time, culture, community, careers and the workplace.

3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to Athletic Training (KINS 2200)

KINS 2200

An introduction to basic principles of the athletic training profession. Content includes history of the athletic training profession, sports medicine team concepts and applications, environmental influences, health assessment screenings, basic injury and illness assessment, management and treatment, protective equipment, strength and conditioning concepts, and health risks related to the physically active. An overview of athletic training professional organizations and the role the athletic trainer plays in the health care system is introduced. Risk factors associated with blood-borne pathogens (BBP) and common diseases that affect the active population are investigated. Concepts of universal precautions and BBP training will also be provided.

3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded

Exercise Prescription (KINS 2227)

KINS 2200

Addresses the Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type or FITT principle of exercise prescription for apparently healthy adults; healthy populations with special considerations such as children, older adults, and women who are pregnant; and special populations with chronic disease and health conditions such as overweight and obesity, and cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and musculoskeletal disease. CA 3.

3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded

Mind, Body, and Sport Performance (KINS 3222)

KINS 3222

Examines the impact that sport performance can have on the athlete’s mind and body as they devote time, energy, and effort into developing their skills in their given sport. Student-athletes navigate unique stressors and can be at greater risk to experience a negative impact on their mental health and well-being. Topics to be covered may include athlete identity, personality disorders, disordered eating, substance abuse, body dysmorphia, and other psychiatric disorders.

3.00 credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 1100.
Grading Basis: Graded

Exercise Physiology (KINS 4500)

KINS 4500

An organ systems approach to optimal human performance including metabolism, energy transfer, nerve transmission, muscle contraction, endocrine control, and cardiopulmonary physiology.

3.00 credits
Prerequisites: PNB 2264 and 2265.
Grading Basis: Graded