Kinesiology

Faculty Affiliation

Kinesiology and Physical Education

Degree Programs

Kinesiology

MA, MSc, and PhD

Professional Kinesiology

MPK (admissions have been administratively suspended)

• Concentrations:
  • Adapted Physical Activity
  • Exercise as Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
  • High Performance Strength and Conditioning

Collaborative Specializations

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

• Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Health Services and Policy Research (admissions have been administratively suspended)
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Musculoskeletal Sciences
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Public Health Policy (admissions have been administratively suspended)
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Sexual Diversity Studies
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Women and Gender Studies
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD
• Women's Health
  • Kinesiology, MA, MSc, PhD

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) 946-3645
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

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

Category B

Category C

Seminars