Our Department's Mission
Kinesiology focuses on the complex role of physical activity in our health and well-being throughout life. Yet, physical activity and sport are more than essential components of maintaining health. Our department explores the historical, cultural, economic, developmental, cognitive, neuromotor and physiological aspects of our engagement in physical activity.
We partner with experts in diverse disciplines to enhance human performance and improve public health. Our department was one of the first in the nation dedicated to the study of physical culture, and we launched the first undergraduate degree program in kinesiology in the nation in 1974.