运动机能学系的任务是创建，解释，传播和应用与运动，锻炼和人类职业有关的知识，其最终目标是提高人类健康，生产力和生活质量。运动机能学硕士专业范围包括生物力学，运动生理学，运动心理学，运动控制和行为，体育活动流行病学和职业科学。带有非论题选项的人体运动学硕士课程提供涵盖人体运动学领域和选修课广度的课程，并且可能包括最终项目。该学位支持对教练/教学（团队或个人），个人培训或健身指导的兴趣，或者可以补充物理疗法，运动训练或其他专职健康专业的实践，或学生的任何个人目的。
Physical activity epidemiology deals with the frequency and patterns of physical activity in the population and the relationship between physical activity and health and disease. The named option in Physical Activity Epidemiology provides students with advanced study in physical activity measurement issues, study design, relationships of physical activity with specific health and disease states, and approaches to physical activity promotion. Graduate study in this area covers epidemiologic and statistical courses that provide background in population-level study design and analysis as well as electives related to physical activity and public health. The Physical Activity Epidemiology named option in the Kinesiology MS is designed to 1) introduce the beginning graduate student to population-based studies of physical activity and health and disease outcomes, and 2) prepare students for advanced PhD work.