Ph.D. degree. The program of study is developed by the student and a three-person advisory committee based on the student’s background, interests, and career goals. A minimum of 30 semester hours of course work is required. The program is designed to provide in-depth knowledge in the area of specialization and proficiency in designing and conducting research. Students are expected to be involved in research throughout their Ph.D. program. The program requires approximately three to four years for those who have previously completed a master’s degree.

Course work required of all Ph.D. candidates in the Exercise Science Department includes: 4 hours of research seminar (KINS 8990), statistics (ERSH 8310 and 8320), and a minimum of 3 hours of doctoral dissertation (KINS 9300). Courses taken as part of the master’s degree can be used to fulfill requirements.

Courses commonly taken in addition to those listed above are typically selected from:

KINS 7400 Advanced Orthopedic Assessment for Athletic Trainers (3)

KINS 7410 Evidence-Based Medicine in Athletic Training (3)

KINS 7420 Advanced Techniques in Orthopedic Rehabilitation (3)

KINS 7430 Neurological Aspects of Sport Injuries (3)

KINS 7440 Performance-Enhancement Drugs in Sports (3)

KINS 6000 Athletic Training Emergency Care (3)

KINS 6090 Exercise Physiology II

KINS 6300 Exercise Epidemiology

KINS 6600 Measurement and Surveillance of Physical Activity

KINS 7210 Motor Learning and Control

KINS 7160 Advanced Measurement in Exercise Science

KINS 7330 Metabolic and Cardiorespiratory Aspects of Exercise

KINS 7350 Biomechanics of Human Movement

KINS 8200 Meta-Analysis in Health & Human Performance

KINS 8320 Evaluation of Human Neuromuscular Performance

KINS 8410 Neuromuscular Mechanisms in Exercise

KINS 8350 Methods in Biomechanics

KINS 9000 Doctoral Research

KINS 9630 Directed Reading in Exercise Science

ERSH 8350 Multivariate Methods or STAT 8250

ERSH 8650 Generalizability Theory

ERSH 8750 Exploratory & Confirmatory Factor Analysis

ERSH 8760 Structural Equation Modeling

PSYC 8300 Neuroanatomy for Behavioral Scientists

PSYC 8330 Introduction to fMRI for Cognitive Neuroscientists