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。
The Department of Kinesiology's mission is to create, interpret, transmit, and apply knowledge related to movement, exercise, and human occupation with the ultimate goal of enhancing human health, productivity, and quality of life. The M.S. in Kinesiology is available with research specialization in biomechanics, exercise physiology, exercise psychology, motor control and behavior, physical activity epidemiology, and occupational science. The M.S. in Kinesiology with the nonthesis option provides courses that cover the breadth of the kinesiology field and electives, and it may include a final project. This degree supports an interest in coaching/teaching (team or individual), personal training or fitness instruction, or it may supplement the practice of physical therapy, athletic training, or other allied health professions, or any individual purpose a student may have.