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Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Department of Kinesiology

Pre-Health Professions Option

In order to graduate with the Pre-Health Professions Option, the following requirements must be met:

  1. Successful completion of 20.0 units, including all requirements of the Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology.
  2. Cumulative overall and major averages of 80% are required to complete the option (graduating Dean's Honours List).

The honours kinesiology program is well suited to prepare students for future study in a wide variety of health professions. The kinesiology core includes courses that encompass the following four domains deemed crucial for success in post degree study in the health professions. While some core courses may fall easily into these domains, KIN 101, KIN 104, and KIN 470 are integrative courses that encompass at least three of these domains of study.

By definition, many of our kinesiology course offerings contain elements that blend life sciences, physical sciences, and/or social sciences, and have been listed only once in the domain that is most representative.

Life sciences courses
Select 0.5 unit from:

BIOL 239
BIOL 240
BIOL 241
BIOL 302
BIOL 303
BIOL 308
BIOL 373

Physical sciences courses
Select 0.5 unit from:

CHEM 123
CHEM 266
CHEM 267
PHYS 112

Humanities courses
Select 1.0 unit from:

ENGL 109
ENGL 140R
ENGL 210E or ENGL 210F or ENGL 210H
PHIL 221
PHIL 226

Social sciences courses
Select 0.5 unit from:

PSYCH 207
PSYCH 211
PSYCH 261
PSYCH 307
SOC 248

Note

Admission requirements vary greatly among professional schools (e.g., medicine, physiotherapy, dentistry, naturopathy, chiropractic, etc.). It is therefore imperative that students consult professional schools directly when choosing courses.


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