As the times have changed, so has the Kinesiology program - transitioning from a primarily service-oriented, activity-based program to a content, research-driven curriculum with opportunities for students to enter careers vitally needed to winning the fight against childhood obesity and Type II diabetes in children and adults, as well as returning individuals to fully-functional lifestyles in cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy fields.
What you can do with this degree:
Fitness, Health Promotion, Physical Education (K-12), Physical Therapy, Recreation, Sport
Our graduates have gone on to work at 24-Hour Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Athletic Republic, Bally's Fitness, Baptist Health, Christus Schumpert, Fitness Together, Halliburton (Fitness Center), Kentwood Water, Methodist Children's Home, National Football League
Where have our students gone on to graduate school?
ULM - Exercise Science, St. Augustine, Texas Women's University, Duke University, Sacred Heart University, University of South Alabama, LSU, Auburn, California Baptist University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas