KIN Courses
First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year | Graduate
UBC Student Services provides a complete listing of Kinesiology courses, with descriptions,
as well as a list of our current course offerings.
Course outlines are available for the highlighted KIN courses listed below. For all other courses,
please refer to the UBC Calendar for course descriptions.
Course numbers in bold and preceeded by an asterisk (ie. *190) indicate courses that are part of
the Kinesiology core and must be taken by ALL students.
NOTE: Please refer to the current UBC Course Schedule to determine if and when these
courses are being offered!
First Year Courses
*103 Active Health
115A Performance Analysis of Selected Individual Sports and Activities – Aquatics / Outdoor Pursuits
115B Performance Analysis of Selected Individual Sports and Activities - Gymnastics / Dance
*151 Biomechanics I
*161 Leisure and Sport in Society
*190 Anatomy & Physiology I
*191 Anatomy & Physiology II
*must be taken by all students
Second Year Courses
215A Performance Analysis of Selected Team Sports and Activities - Badminton / Volleyball
215B Performance Analysis of Selected Team Sports and Activities - Field Hockey / Lacrosse
*230 Human Motor Behaviour I
*231 Sport and Exercise Psychology
*261 Health Policy and Society
*275 Exercise Physiology I
*284 Physical Growth and Motor Development
*must be taken by all students
Third Year Courses
303 High Performance Conditioning in Physical Activity and Sport
330 Human Motor Behaviour II
351 Biomechanics II Mechanical Properties of Tissues
353 Human Body Composition
360 Sport, Peace and Conflict
361 Introduction to Athletic Training
362 Adapted Physical Activity
365 Foundations of Coaching
366 Movement Experiences for Young Children
367 Leisure and Disabled Persons
369 Instructional Analysis and Design in Sport and Physical Activity Programs
371 Introduction to Statistics in Human Kinetics
373 Research Methods in Human Kinetics
375 Exercise Physiology II
381 Leisure, Sport and Popular Culture
382 Meaning and Values in Sport
383 The Modern Olympics: Power, Politics, and Performance
389 Neuromuscular Integration of Human Movement
Fourth Year Courses
400 Planning Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Programs
415 Conceptual Approaches to Games Education
454A Field Experience
454B Field Experience - Kinesiology and Health Science Settings
454C Field Experience - Physical Education Settings
461 Prevention of Sports Injuries I
462 Skeletal Muscle Adaptability to Exercise and Fatigue
464 Health Promotion and Physical Activity
469 Exercise Prescription
471 Prevention of Sports Injuries II
472 Genetic Issues in Sports, Exercise and Human Performance
473 Human Neuroanatomical Analysis of Movement
481 Sport Marketing and Communication
489A Seminar - Sports Nutrition
489B Seminar - Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation
489C Seminar - Pulmonary Physiology of Exercise
489D Seminar - Interculturalism, Health & Physical Activity
499 Projects in Kinesiology (499 policies.pdf, 499 contract.pdf)
Graduate Courses
Course outlines (in PDF format) are available for the highlighted KIN graduate courses
below. For all other courses, please refer to the UBC Calendar for course descriptions.
NOTE: Please refer to the current UBC Course Schedule to determine if and
when these courses are being offered!
500 Clinical Exercise Physiology
530 Directed Studies
562 Bioenergetics of Physical Activity
563 Measurement of Human Motion
564 Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Activity
565 Physiological Aspects of Physical Activity
567 Human Motor Performance
568 Seminar in Human Motor Behaviour
570 Research Methods in Human Kinetics
571 Qualitative Methods in Sport, Leisure, and Health Studies
573 Seminar in Mechanical Analysis of Human Movement
574 Graduate Seminar in Health Promotion Through Physical Activity
580 Graduate Seminar on Body, Exercise and Society
581 Sport, Leisure, and Popular Culture
583 Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Programs
585 Coaching Science I
586 Coaching Science II
591 Seminar in the Organizational Analysis of Leisure and Sport
595 Masters Graduating Paper
598 Directed Field Studies
