Kinesiology is defined as the study of human movement, but at Hope College it’s so much more than that.

As our faculty, staff and students move throughout the world, we challenge each other with the words of our fight song to be strong and true. We’re committed to use the study and practice of human activity to transform the mind, body and spirit for lives of leadership, character and service.  

In partnership with the Hope College Department of Education, we offer a secondary track in physical education (K–12) certified by the State of Michigan

The major in physical education consists of a minimum of 35 credits. Once a student has declared this as a major field of study and has been accepted into the department, he/she will be given a course/objective matrix prepared by both the Departments of Kinesiology and Education so the student may be intentional about constructing his/her own knowledge base in kinesiology and physical education.