Kinesiology

Kinesiology: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Kinesiology and Physical Education

Degree Programs

Kinesiology

MA, MSc, and PhD

Professional Kinesiology

MPK

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

The field of Kinesiology is interdisciplinary. All degree programs are for students interested in research, academic, and professional careers relating to:

  • Applied/exercise/environmental physiology
  • Biomechanics and ergonomics
  • Health-care provision as a kinesiologist
  • Metabolic and endocrinological aspects of physical activity
  • Motor control and motor learning
  • Muscle physiology
  • Physical cultural aspects of sport and physical activity
  • Physical fitness and athletic strength and conditioning
  • Psychological aspects of sport and physical activity
  • Psychophysiological aspects of exercise and stress
  • Women's health and physical activity.

Contact and Address

Web: kpe.utoronto.ca
Email: grad.kpe@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6087
Fax: (416) 971-2118

Graduate Department of Kinesiology
Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
University of Toronto
55 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2W6
Canada

Kinesiology: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Arbour, Kelly - BSc, MSc, PhD
Atkinson, Michael - BA, MA, PhD
Bentley, Robert Francis - DPhil
Burkhart, Timothy - DrEng
Chen, Joyce - BSc(PT), BPHE, PhD, ScD
Darnell, Simon - BA, MA, PhD
Fusco, Caroline - BA, MSc, PhD
Gillen, Jenna - BPHE, PhD
Jacobs, Ira - MHK, MSD, DipPE
Joseph, Janelle - BSc, MSc
Kerr, Gretchen - BPHE, MA, PhD (Dean)
Kirkham, Amy - DSc
Locke, Marius - BA, BSc, PhD
Mainwaring, Lynda - BA, BHK, MHK, PhD, CPsych
Moore, Daniel - BASc, PhD
Sabiston, Catherine - BS, MA, PhD
Santa Mina, Daniel - BSc, MSc, PhD
Tamminen, Katherine - BA, MA, PhD (Associate Dean, Graduate Education)
Tremblay, Luc - BSc, MSc, PhD
Trinh, Linda - AB, MA, PhD
Welsh, Timothy - BPHE, MSc, PhD (Associate Dean, Research)

Members Emeriti

Donnelly, Peter - BA, MS, PhD
Goodman, Jack - BPHE, MSc, PhD
Kidd, Bruce - BA, AM, MA, PhD, OC
MacNeill, Margaret - BPHE, MA, PhD
Thomas, Scott - BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Members

AL Sinani, Yousra
Amara, Catherine - BSc, MSc, PhD
Bernstein, Lori - BA, MPH, MA, PhD
Cavallerio, Francesca
Frost, David - BA, BPHE, BScEE, MSc, DPhil
Hill, Andrew
Lawrence, David Wyndham - MPH, MD
Mack, Diane
Mittal, Nimish - MD
Notarius, Cathy - BPHRE, MSc, PhD
Peers, Danielle
Pila, Eva - BSc, MHSc
Rhind, Shawn - BPHE, PhD
Richards, Douglas - MD, Diploma Sport Medicine
Stirling, Ashley - BPHE, MSc, PhD (Vice-Dean, Programs)
Taha, Timur - BA, MEd, PhD
Teetzel, Sarah
Trimbur, Lucia - PhD
West, Daniel - BSc

Kinesiology: Kinesiology MA, MSc, PhD Courses

Graduate courses in the Department of Kinesiology are divided into A, B, and C course categories. Multidisciplinary courses may be coded in more than one category.

Category A courses include courses on the sociology of sport, sport history, cultural studies of sport, sport policy studies, sport and health ethics, social determinants of health, critical race studies, sport, equity and social justice issues, and in some instances socio-psychological studies of sport.

Category B includes research methodology and methods courses offered in the Graduate Department of Kinesiology.

Category C courses include courses on biophysical, behavioural and clinical aspects of sport, exercise and health, motor behaviour and control, biomechanics, neurorehabilitation, muscle plasticity and sport and exercise psychology.

Not all courses are offered every year. Please visit the departmental website for course timetables.

Category A

Course Code Course Title
KIN1150H
Safeguarding Youth in Sport
KIN5507H
Power, Pleasure/s and the Body: Issues for Physical Cultural Studies
KIN5518H
Physical Cultural Studies and Social Theory
KIN5534H
Sport, Politics, and Social Development
KIN5537H
Health, Media, and Social Change
KIN5544H Decolonizing Sport Studies
KIN7001H
Directed Reading in Kinesiology
KIN7002H+
Directed Research Project in Kinesiology

Category B

Course Code Course Title
KIN5510H
Qualitative Inquiry and Physical Cultural Studies
KIN5515H
Quantitative Research Methods in Kinesiology
KIN5536H
Qualitative Inquiry in Sport and Physical Activity
KIN5540H
Narrative Methods in Health Research

Category C

Course Code Course Title
KIN1150H
Safeguarding Youth in Sport
KIN1152H
Psychological Issues in Sport-Related Concussion
KIN5503H
Adaptations to Habitual Activity
KIN5505H
Neuromotor Behaviour
KIN5509H
Applied Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry
KIN5513H
Current Issues in Exercise Psychology
KIN5514H
Human Sensory and Motor Neurophysiology
KIN5525H
Quantitative Motion Analysis
KIN5531H
Skeletal Muscle Plasticity
KIN5533H
Current Issues in Sport Psychology
KIN5534H
Sport, Politics, and Social Development
KIN5535H
Neurorehabilitation and Exercise
KIN5538H
Special Topics in Exercise Oncology
KIN5539H
Advanced Disordered Movement and Neurorehabilitation
KIN5541H Advanced Exercise Metabolism
KIN5542H Special Topics in Sport-Related Concussion
KIN5543H Lifestyle Toxicity and Chronic Disease
KIN5545H Developing and Reviewing Research Protocols
KIN5546H Oxygen Delivery and Exercise Performance
KIN5547H Instrumentation and Signal Processing
KIN7001H
Directed Reading in Kinesiology
KIN7002H+
Directed Research Project in Kinesiology

Seminars

Course Code Course Title
SRM3335H+ Master’s Seminar Series — Compulsory Attendance
SRD4445H+ Doctoral Seminar Series — Compulsory Attendance

+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.