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KINE 4369. Adapted Physical Activity. 3 Hours.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to adapted physical activity including sports and leisure for persons with disabilities across school, community, and clinical based programs. This course will provide information and knowledge on how to teach movement skills to persons with disabilities in various physical activity settings. Opportunities are provided to work with individuals with disabilities on-and off-campus.
Prerequisite: 60 credit hours.

Bachelor of Science, Major in Human Performance and Wellness Management

https://catalog.shsu.edu/undergraduate/colleges-academic-departments/health-sciences/kinesiology/bs-human-performance-and-wellness-management/
The BS in Human Performance and Wellness Management (HPWM) prepares students for careers in corporate, private, and commercial fitness, including strength and conditioning, high-performance athletic coaching, and fitness entrepreneurship. Future job prospects include strength and conditioning coach 1 , performance sports specialist, sports scientist, certified personal trainer 1 , wellness coordinator, and other fitness specializations. This degree also prepares you to continue into graduate school programs such as a master's or doctorate in Occupational Therapy, master's in Sport and Human Performance, Applied Sport Sciences, and other Kinesiology graduate programs.

Department of Kinesiology

https://catalog.shsu.edu/undergraduate/colleges-academic-departments/health-sciences/kinesiology/
The mission of the Department of Kinesiology is to advance students’ understanding of relationships among movement, exercise, and skill that occur in the contexts of development, learning, rehabilitation, production, training and research. The degree programs in the Department of Kinesiology seek to prepare future professionals for movement-related fields such as athletic training, physical education, sport coaching, sport management, athletic performance coaching and training, sport science, performance sport specialization training, fitness training, researching, medical and equipment sales specific to exercise science, and other careers in the fitness and wellness industries and allied health.  Learning occurs through the study of movement, injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, exercise processes, and/or sport industry settings within a framework that emphasizes the clinical and practical implications of theory and research.