Kinesiology

In addition to meeting the Graduate School requirements, the applicant must submit a personal statement and three letters of recommendation via the graduate school admission portal.

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Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and provide evidence that you have taken at least 15 hours of either upper-division undergraduate coursework in physical education, kinesiology or health education, or 15 hours of graduate coursework in Kinesiology and Health Education.

Courses completed at another college or university may be used to satisfy part or all of the requirements provided they were completed prior to beginning graduate study at The University of Texas at Austin. If you need to fulfill any requirements after you are admitted, they must be taken at UT-Austin. Your advisor will determine what courses will count toward the degree requirements. Students who complete a graduate certificate program from the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education may count those courses toward the completion of their master’s.

All course selections must be approved by your faculty advisor.

• Core Courses: 18 Hours
• Inside KHE Electives (KIN or HED classes): nine hours
• Outside KHE Electives: six hours
• Culminating Experience: six hours

Select six hours from each of these three departmental areas:

• Health Behavior Health Education (HBHE)
• Exercise Science (includes Exercise Physiology and Movement and Cognitive Rehabilitation Science)
• Physical Culture and Sport Studies/Sport Management (PCSS/SM)

Select six hours of coursework from outside the department in consultation with your advisor.

Graduate Internship or Research Project (3 hours)

The internship (KIN or HED 397P) or research project (KIN or HED 397) should be taken in the final semester after the completion of all coursework. This experience will give you the opportunity to apply cumulative knowledge and skills in a supervised practicum in a community, school, worksite or healthcare setting. The internship or research project will be supervised by your academic adviser. A written research report or summary of the internship experience will be submitted to the supervising professor. Successful completion of this course is considered the culminating experience for the degree.