Academic Catalog
Bachelor of Arts in Sport Psychology
The Bachelor of Arts degree in sport psychology functions as a pre-professional program for graduate study in sport psychology, in sport and exercise physiology, and/or in counseling.
1. Specific Courses Required for this degree
Sport Psychology majors must complete the following core courses:
- KIN 100: Foundations of Kinesiology (3 hours)
- BIOL 112: Human Anatomy (4 hours)
- OR
- BIOL 205: Human Anatomy & Physiology (4 hours) AND BIOL 206: Human Anatomy & Physiology (4 hours)
- KIN 209: Care/Prevention Athletic Injur (2 hours)
- KIN 329: Exercise Physiology (3 hours)
- KIN 329L: Exercise Physiology Lab (1 hours)
- KIN 340: Kinesiology (3 hours)
- KIN 341: Human Motor Development (3 hours)
- KIN 327: Tech/Coach Strength Cond (3 hours) OR KIN 422: Exercise Eval & Fitness Manage (3 hours)
- KIN 450: Senior Capstone (3 hours)
Sport Psychology:
- KIN 190: Sports Psychology (3 hours)
- KIN 350: Methods of Coaching (3 hours)
- KIN 380: Diversity/Equity Sprt & Socty (3 hours)
- KIN 436: Applied Sport Psychology (3 hours)
Psychology:
- PSYC 205: Adolescent & Adult Development (3 hours)
- PSYC 211: Intro to Stats Lecture/Lab (4 hours)
- PSYC 245: Brain and Behavior (3 hours)
- COUN 312: Introduction to Counseling (3 hours)
- LS 225: Research Skills/Behavior Sci (1 hours)
- PSYC 355: Research Methods in Psychology (4 hours)
- PSYC 386: Psychology of Learning: Theories and Practice (3 hours)
- PSYC 410: Social Psychology (3 hours) OR PSYC 465: Theories of Personality (3 hours)
Completion of six hours of the following electives:
- PSYC 315: Multicultural Issues (3 hours)
- PSYC 316: Drugs,Society & Human Behavior (3 hours)
- PSYC 360: Psychology of Gender (3 hours)
- PSYC 375: Human Sexuality (3 hours)
- PSYC 380: Health Psychology (3 hours)
- PSYC 410: Social Psychology (3 hours) OR PSYC 265: Personalities in Perspective (3 hours)
- PSYC 458: Sensation and Perception (3 hours)
