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  Honours Bachelor of Human Kinetics - Education and Coaching

      120 Units

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      Students will acquire knowledge and have opportunities to apply what they learn to interventions in physical activity, education and coaching that enrich peoples’ lives. They will gain theoretical and practical training in why and how to encourage people to become more active and how to better peoples’ experiences in various contexts of physical activity, education and coaching. Students will critically examine how various intervening roles, especially in teaching and coaching, lead to improved health, well-being, development, learning, and performance in individuals and society, and will learn to develop, implement and evaluate programs. Students will receive training informed by social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociocultural, pedagogy, leisure studies). They will have opportunities to acquire motivational and consulting skills to work with individuals in different contexts. For example, they can learn behavioural change techniques to promote physical activity, or how to work with athletes to prepare them for competition.

      Students will have opportunities to gain competencies in leading group interventions in sport coaching, recreation programming, and teaching physical activity. They can gain training that will allow them to contribute to the strategic promotion of healthy physical activity in communities, that can be applied to interventions and programming across the lifespan (from young children to older adults), in established and under-represented populations (e.g., persons with disabilities, at-risk youth). Students will have opportunities to gain skills in critical inquiry they will use to question whether interventions or social policies address individual, social and environmental considerations, and to facilitate change in current approaches.

      Studies in this area of interest enable our graduates to pursue various career-paths in education, coaching and roles in promotion and programming of physical activity, sport and leisure. The emphasis of our program on both foundational knowledge and also how knowledge translates into action enables our graduates to pursue different occupational roles. For example, our graduates can become leaders in the development of recreation services and fitness programs in the community (e.g., community clubs, campus recreation departments, employee wellness programs), sport coaches, teachers of physical and health education in schools, mental performance consultants in high-performance sport (e.g., sport academies), and exercise consultants and health promoters working in community health centres. Our graduates can find roles in developing persuasive messages for ‘Active Living’ or ‘Get Fit’ media communications, and they can become advocates promoting the health benefits of physical activity, sport and leisure to policymakers in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our graduates can also pursue research based or professional-based graduate degrees relating to interventions in physical activity, sport and leisure.

      This program is offered in English and in French.

      Co-operative education is available with this program.

      The French immersion stream is available with this program.

      Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2025-2026 calendars for the previous requirements.

      Course List
        Code                                                                                 Title                                                                      Units  
        Basic skills                                                                                                                                                  
        ENG 1100                                                                             Workshop in Essay Writing                                                  3 Units
        3 course units from:                                                                 3 Units                                                                  
          ENG 1112                                                                           Technical Report Writing                                                          
          ENG 1120                                                                           Selected Topics in Literature and Composition                                     
        Compulsory Courses at the 1000 level                                                                                                                          
        APA 1105                                                                             Functional Anatomy of Movement                                             3 Units
        APA 1122                                                                             Physical Activity in a Global Health Perspective                           3 Units
        APA 1302                                                                             Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada                         3 Units
        LSR 1100                                                                             Introduction to Leisure Studies                                            3 Units
        Compulsory Courses at the 2000 level                                                                                                                          
        APA 2111                                                                             Intervention Theories                                                      3 Units
        APA 2116                                                                             Principles of Coaching                                                     3 Units
        APA 2140                                                                             Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology                              3 Units
        APA 2180                                                                             Research Methods in Human Kinetics                                         3 Units
        LSR 2118                                                                             Recreation Program Development and Evaluation                              3 Units
        Compulsory Courses at the 3000 level                                                                                                                          
        APA 3111                                                                             Physical Education Methods: Intervention, Observation and Experimentation  3 Units
        APA 3118                                                                             Recreation, Sport and Community Development                                3 Units
        APA 3119                                                                             Coaching Training Methods                                                  3 Units
        APA 3301                                                                             Ethics in Sport, Physical Activity and Health in Canada                    3 Units
        APA 3325                                                                             Fitness Training Principles                                                3 Units
        APA 3381                                                                             Measurement and Data Analysis in Human Kinetics                            3 Units
        Compulsory Courses at the 4000 level                                                                                                                          
        APA 4123                                                                             Physical Activity Counselling                                              3 Units
        APA 4320                                                                             Advanced Coaching: Global Preparation in a Sport                           3 Units
        Optional Courses                                                                                                                                              
        3 course units from:                                                                 3 Units                                                                  
          PSY 1101                                                                           Introduction to Psychology: Foundations                                           
          PSY 1102                                                                           Introduction to Psychology: Applications                                          
        3 course units from:                                                                 3 Units                                                                  
          SOC 1101                                                                           Principles of Sociology                                                           
          SOC 1106                                                                           Exploring Diversity in Canada                                                     
        3 course units from:                                                                 3 Units                                                                  
          PHI 1101                                                                           Reasoning and Critical Thinking                                                   
          PHI 1370                                                                           Philosophical Issues in Health Care                                               
          PSY 1101                                                                           Introduction to Psychology: Foundations                                           
          PSY 1102                                                                           Introduction to Psychology: Applications                                          
          SOC 1101                                                                           Principles of Sociology                                                           
          SOC 1106                                                                           Exploring Diversity in Canada                                                     
        6 course units from:                                                                 6 Units                                                                  
          APA 2120                                                                           Motor Control and Learning                                                        
          APA 2312                                                                           Physiology of Physical Activity                                                   
          APA 2315                                                                           Introduction to Applied Biomechanics                                              
        6 course units from: 1                                                               6 Units                                                                  
          APA 4200                                                                           Research Project                                                                  
          APA 4211                                                                           Internship/Clinical Experience                                                    
        9 optional course units at the 3000 or 4000 level from the list of optional courses  9 Units                                                                  
        Elective Courses                                                                                                                                              
        33 elective course units                                                             33 Units                                                                 
          or 3 elective course units and a minor                                                                                                                      
        Total:                                                                               120 Units                                                                
        
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        Students admitted to co-operative education may replace these 6 course units with 6 optional course units in human kinetics (APA) at the 3000 or 4000 level from the list of optional courses.

        List of Optional Courses

        Course List
          Code      Title                                                Units  
          APA 3113  Management of Sporting Events and Festivals          3 Units
          APA 3119  Coaching Training Methods                            3 Units
          APA 3120  Psychomotor Behavior Laboratory                      3 Units
          APA 3121  Human Motor Skill Development                        3 Units
          APA 3122  Physical Activity and Health                         3 Units
          APA 3123  Hockey and Canadian Culture                          3 Units
          APA 3124  Diet and Physical Activity                           3 Units
          APA 3125  Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries             3 Units
          APA 3130  Motor Performance and Aging                          3 Units
          APA 3131  Physical Ergonomics                                  3 Units
          APA 3142  Sociology of Health and Physical Activity in Canada  3 Units
          APA 3146  Sport and Recreation Marketing                       3 Units
          APA 3150  Neural Control of Human Movement                     3 Units
          APA 3311  Musculoskeletal Biomechanics                         3 Units
          APA 3324  Techniques and Strategies in Sport                   3 Units
          APA 3325  Fitness Training Principles                          3 Units
          APA 4101  Anthropology of Sport and Leisure                    3 Units
          APA 4112  Political Economy of Sport and Physical Activity     3 Units
          APA 4115  Sport and Identities                                 3 Units
          APA 4116  Applied Sport and Performance Psychology             3 Units
          APA 4117  Quality of Life: Theory, Research and Application    3 Units
          APA 4120  Sport and Physical Activity in Aging Populations     3 Units
          APA 4131  Psychomotor Behavior: Current Trends                 3 Units
          APA 4313  Exercise and Disease Prevention                      3 Units
          APA 4318  Advanced Sports Analytics                            3 Units
          APA 4323  Selected Topics in Human Kinetics                    3 Units
          APA 4900  Directed Studies                                     3 Units
          LSR 3105  Parks and Protected Areas                            3 Units
          LSR 3116  Leisure Education/Counselling                        3 Units
          
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