运动机能学硕士课程的任务是通过健康和运动学的教学，研究和服务，促进对健身/健康，运动管理和运动科学的研究。该计划旨在通过发现和传播与人类运动有关的知识来推进运动机能学学科。这些努力的一个关键方面是为学生提供健康和运动机能学相关领域的高级研究或职业所需的知识和技能，并培养出品格和终身学习能力强的毕业生。在健康和运动机能学方面的高级研究为学生提供了一个机会，提高他们作为硕士教师或人体动作专业人士的水平，可以使他们做好成为自己领域的管理人员的准备和/或可以使他们为他们感兴趣的运动学学科的博士研究做好准备。卫生与
The mission of the M.S. in Kinesiology program is to promote the study of fitness/ wellness, sport management, and exercise science through teaching, research and service in health and kinesiology. The program seeks to advance the kinesiology disciplines through the discovery and dispersion of human movement-related knowledge. A critical aspect of these efforts is to provide students with the knowledge and skills for advanced study or careers in the health- and kinesiology-related fields, and develop graduates who are strong in character and lifelong learners. Advanced study in health and kinesiology provides students an opportunity to improve their proficiency as master teachers or as human movement professionals, can prepare them to become administrators in their fields and/or can prepare them for doctoral studies in their kinesiology discipline of interest. The Department of Health and Kinesiology offers course work leading to the M.S. in Kinesiology with a flexible curriculum to meet the specific needs and interest of the student. The degree may be pursued under a 36-credit hour course only option, a 36-credit hour option requiring a research project or internship, or 30-credit hour option requiring a thesis. Students may pursue a general kinesiology degree or they may pursue the degree with a formal concentration in health/exercise science, performance psychology, or sport management. The general kinesiology degree, as well as the formal concentrations in health/exercise science and performance psychology are only offered in a traditional format (i.e., face-to-face courses are required, with the option to take some online courses), while the sport management concentration is only offered online and restricted to students meeting the requirements for entry into the department's online cohort.