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 – Theory of Motor Behaviour and Motor Learning

KNPE 265 – Psychology of Sport and Exercise

KNPE 300 – Community-Based Practicum 

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 – Field Course in Kinesiology & Health Studies 

KNPE 339 – Advanced Exercise Metabolism (Not offered in 2023-24)

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

KNPE 346 – Strength and Conditioning Field Placement

KNPE 349 – Sports Nutrition

KNPE 352 – Research Skills Development Internship

KNPE 353 – Experiements in Neuromechanical Kinesiology

KNPE 354 – Occupational Biomechanics and Physical Ergonomics (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 355 – Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Assessment Laboratory

KNPE 356 – Exercise Prescription (Not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 363 – Team Dynamics in Sport: Theory and Practice

KNPE 365 – Motivational Interviewing for Physical Activity Behaviour Change (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 366 – Race, Sport and Physical Activity

KNPE 367 – Fitness, the Body and Culture (Not Offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 397 – Special Topics in Kinesiology (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 400 – Professional Issues in Allied Health

KNPE 425 – Physiology of Stress (Not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 429 – Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control During Exercise (Not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 430 –  Athletic Therapy Internship

KNPE 433 – Global Sport and Disability (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 436 – Advanced Placement in Disability and Physical Activity

KNPE 439 – Critical Appraisal and Translation of Muscle Physiology Research  (Not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 446 – Strength and Conditioning Internship

KNPE 447 – Advanced Exercise Physiology Laboratory *new course

KNPE 449 – Advanced Protein Metabolism

KNPE 450 – Ergonomics

KNPE 453 – Locomotor Neuromechanics

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 (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 465 – Sport Participation and Performance

KNPE 473 –  Sport and Culture (not offered in 2023-24)

KNPE 491 – Special Project in Physical Education and Kinesiology

KNPE 493 – Special Topics in Kinesiology – Sensorimotor Control Fall 2023

KNPE 493 – Special Topics in Kinesiology I –Interventions in Sport Psychology Winter 2024

KNPE 493 – Special Topics in Kinesiology II – Clinical Exercise Science Winter 2024

KNPE 595 – Honours Thesis in Physical Education or Kinesiology