KNPE Course Summaries

Course summaries expand on the official course descriptions by including additional information on textbooks, course objectives, course evaluation methods, the main topics in the course outline and they provide the name of the course instructor. The summaries posted below are based on the most recent offering of the specific course.

Notes

See also the Courses of Instructions section in the Arts and Science Calendar.
Access to all KNPE courses by degree plan can be found in the Draft Timetable (see Registration).

KNPE 125 – Introduction to Human Physiology

KNPE 153 – Introductory Biomechanics

KNPE 167 – Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Sport and Physical Activity

KNPE 203 – The Art and Science of Coaching

KNPE 225 – Advanced Human Physiology

KNPE 227 – Exercise Physiology

KNPE 237 – Child and Adolescent Motor Development

KNPE 251 – Introduction to Statistics

KNPE 254 – Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement

KNPE 255 – Physical Activity, Fitness and Health

KNPE 261 – Motor Control and Learning

KNPE 265 – Psychology of Sport and Exercise

KNPE 300 – Community-Based Internship

KNPE 327 – Exercise Physiology Laboratory

KNPE 330 – Athletic Therapy Field Placement

KNPE 331 – Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries

KNPE 335 – Healthy Aging

KNPE 336 – Community Field Placement in Disability and Physical Activity

KNPE 337 – Physical Activity Promotion for Children and Youth

KNPE 338 – Exploring Healthy Active Urban Communities

KNPE 339 – Advanced Exercise Metabolism

KNPE 345 – The Science and Methodology of Sport Training Conditioning Programs

KNPE 346 – Strength and Conditioning Field Placement

KNPE 352 – Research Skills Development Internship

KNPE 354 – Occupational Biomechanics and Physical Ergonomics

KNPE 355 – Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Assessment Laboratory

KNPE 363 – Team Dynamics in Sport: Theory and Practice

KNPE 365 – Motivational Interviewing for Physical Activity Behaviour Change

KNPE 367 – Fitness, the Body and Culture

KNPE 397 – Special Topics in Kinesiology

KNPE 400 – Professional Practice in Allied Health

KNPE 425 – Physiology of Stress

KNPE 429 – Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control During Exercise

KNPE 430 – Athletic Therapy Internship

KNPE 433 – Global Sport and Disability

KNPE 436 – Advanced Placement in Disability and Physical Activity

KNPE 439 – Critical Appraisal and Translation of Muscle Physiology Research

KNPE 446 – Strength and Conditioning Internship

KNPE 450 – Ergonomics

KNPE 454 – Clinical Biomechanics

KNPE 455 – Advanced Physical Activity and Health

KNPE 456 – Survey of Research and Literature in Physical Education or Kinesiology

KNPE 459 – Clinical Exercise Physiology

KNPE 463 – Community-Based Physical Activity Promotion

KNPE 465 – Sport Participation and Performance

KNPE 473 – Sport and Culture

KNPE 491 – Special Project in Physical Education and Kinesiology

KNPE 493 – Special Topics in Kinesiology

KNPE 493 – Topic ID: Locomotor Neuromechanics (Fall Term 2020)
KNPE 493 – Topic ID: Advanced Protein Metabolism (Winter Term 2021)

KNPE 595 – Honours Thesis in Physical Education or Kinesiology

Archive

KNPE 253 – Ergonomics and Human Factors (Last offered 2013-14)

KNPE 333 – Physical Activity for Persons with Disabilities (Last offered 2015-16)

KNPE 353 – Biomechanics (Last offered 13-14)

KNPE 397 – Topic ID: “Race”, Sports, and Physical Activities (Fall Term 2018)

KNPE 427 – Exercise, Nutrition and Metabolism (Last offered 2014-15)

KNPE 469 – The Olympic Games (Last offered in 10-11)

KNPE 495 – Special Topics in Physical Activity Epidemiology and Health Promotion (Discontinued 20-21)