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Kinesiology
Kinesiology is the study of human anatomy, physiology, andthe
mechanics of body movement. Students take courses toprepare for
entry-level positions in health and fitness clubs,wellness centers,
and individualized personal training as wellas for university
transfer. Career options include personaltrainer, exercise
instructor, and various positions at fitness andrecreational
centers or in school or recreational programs.With a bachelor's
degree in kinesiology, students can applyto physical therapy
programs or pursue careers in athletictraining, fitness, nutrition,
physical education, or other health-related fields.
Academic and Career Pathway: Health Sciences
Contact InformationChair: Robert FulbrightDean: Al
Tacconehttps://www.miracosta.edu/academics/degree-and-certificate-programs/health-sciences/kinesiology/index.html
Department: Kinesiology,Health and NutritionOffice: Building
OC4800,760.795.6811
Full-Time FacultyRobert FulbrightCasey McFarland
Associate DegreeStudents interested in the field
of kinesiology can earn anAssociate in Arts degree
in Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasisin Applied Health,
Nutrition, and Kinesiology (see degreerequirements).
CertificatesCertificate of AchievementPersonal Fitness
TrainerThis certificate is designed for individuals interested in
enteringthe field of fitness training and/or instruction.
Studentscompleting the certificate should be prepared for
entry-level
positions in the health and fitness industry, such as health
andfitness clubs, wellness centers, schools, and YMCAs, and
fortraining individual clients. Upon completion of the
certificateprogram, students may consider sitting for the
NationalAcademy of Sports Medicine (NASM), American College
ofSports Medicine (ACSM), American Council on Exercise
(ACE),National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA),
andNational Council Strength & Fitness (NCSF) national
certificationexams.
Program Student Learning Outcome Statement
Upon completion of this program, a student will be able
todescribe how to implement fitness assessments and properprotocols
for cardio-respiratory, muscular strength, muscularendurance,
flexibility, and body composition.
Required courses:
BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small BusinessManagement
3
KINE 190 Introduction to Kinesiology 3
KINE 203 Techniques in Athletic Training 3
KINE 204 Techniques and Analysis of Fitnessand Weight
Training
3
KINE 210 Exercise Prescription for SpecialPopulations
3
KINE 292 Internship Studies * 1.5-3
NUTR 105 Human Performance and SportsNutrition
3
Select a minimum of three units from the courses below: 3
HEAL 222 Stress Management
KINE 100 Beginning Weight Training
KINE 101 Intermediate Weight Training
KINE 102 Advanced Weight Training
KINE 110 Walking for Fitness
KINE 112 Beginning Cardio Training
KINE 113 Intermediate Cardio Training
KINE 114 Advanced Cardio Training
KINE 145 Yoga Teacher Training Foundation
KINE 147 Yoga Teacher Training Development
KINE 149 Yoga Teacher Training Integration
KINE 150 Beginning Yoga
KINE 154 Intermediate Yoga
KINE 155 Advanced Yoga
KINE 156 Beginning Flexibility Training
KINE 157 Intermediate Flexibility Training
KINE 158 Advanced Flexibility Training
KINE 159 Yoga Teacher TrainingImplementation
KINE 161 Beginning Martial Arts
KINE 162 Intermediate Martial Arts
KINE 163 Advanced Martial Arts
Total Units 22.5-24
* For KINE 292, a minimum of 1.5 units or a maximum of
3units may be applied to this certificate.
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Certificate of AchievementYoga Instructor (300 Hours)The Yoga
Instructor 300-hour certificate prepares students tobecome a
500-hour certified yoga teacher. This comprehensiveand
wisdom-based program uses anatomy and physiologyas well as English
and Sanskrit terminology to provide studentswith both a broad
background and practical experience inthe essential elements of
yoga. Completion of the programprepares students for employment in
health clubs, spas, yogastudios, hospitals, and the health industry
as well as for self-employment as yoga instructors.
Program Student Learning Outcome Statement
Upon completion of this program, a student will be able
todemonstrate intelligent and safe sequences and themes fora wide
population.
Required courses:
KINE 149 Yoga Teacher Training Integration 3
KINE 154 Intermediate Yoga 1
KINE 155 Advanced Yoga 1
KINE 159 Yoga Teacher TrainingImplementation
3
HEAL 205 Integrative Health and Wellness 3
KINE 292 Internship Studies 1-3
or KINE 299 Occupational Cooperative
WorkExperience
Total Units 12-14
Certificate of ProficiencyYoga Instructor (200 Hours)The Yoga
Instructor 200-hour certificate prepares students tobecome a
200-hour certified yoga teacher. This comprehensiveand wisdom-based
program uses anatomy and physiologyas well as English and Sanskrit
terminology to provide studentswith both a broad background and
practical experience inthe essential elements of yoga. Completion
of the programprepares students for employment in health clubs,
spas, yogastudios, hospitals, and the health industry as well as
for self-employment as yoga instructors.
Program Student Learning Outcome Statement
Upon completion of this program, the student will be ableto
demonstrate proper technique in movement and bodyplacement.
Required courses:
KINE 145 Yoga Teacher Training Foundation 3
KINE 147 Yoga Teacher Training Development 3
KINE 150 Beginning Yoga 1
Total Units 7
Courses Related in Content (CRC)Active participatory kinesiology
courses that are relatedin content are grouped together.
Students are allowed fourenrollments within each CRC group, but
each course maybe taken only once unless its catalog description
indicatesit is repeatable. Enrollments include any combination
of
course completions (with an evaluative or nonevaluativesymbol
recorded on the student's transcript), withdrawals,
andrepetition.
Cardiorespiratory Training CRC
KINE 112 Beginning Cardio Training
KINE 113 Intermediate Cardio Training
KINE 114 Advanced Cardio Training
Flexibility Training CRC
KINE 156 Beginning Flexibility Training
KINE 157 Intermediate Flexibility Training
KINE 158 Advanced Flexibility Training
Martial Arts CRC
KINE 161 Beginning Martial Arts
KINE 162 Intermediate Martial Arts
KINE 163 Advanced Martial Arts
Weight Training CRC
KINE 100 Beginning Weight Training
KINE 101 Intermediate Weight Training
KINE 102 Advanced Weight Training
Yoga CRC
KINE 150 Beginning Yoga
KINE 154 Intermediate Yoga
KINE 155 Advanced Yoga
CoursesKINE 100: Beginning Weight TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneEnrollment Limitation: Maximum of four
enrollments among KINE100, KINE 101, KINE 102, and KINE
144.Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This course implements the latest scientific functional
trainingmethodologies to enhance activities of daily living,
weightloss, body appearance, bone density, stress reduction,
corestrength, balance, and coordination while decreasing the riskof
orthopedic injury and low back pain through functionalresistance
training. It is designed for students interested inincreasing
muscular strength, muscular endurance, bodycomposition, and
movement performance. (May be repeatedthree times.) UC CREDIT
LIMITATION: Any or all activity courses,maximum credit, 4
units.
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KINE 101: Intermediate Weight TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneEnrollment Limitation: Maximum of four
enrollments among KINE100, KINE 101, KINE 102, and KINE
144.Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This stabilization training course addresses physical
structuralimbalances and emphasizes stabilization
endurancetraining. Students perform stabilization training
exercisesin a proprioceptively enriched environment to
improvealignment of the kinetic chain. They focus on increasing
theirability to stabilize their joints, improve posture, and
enhanceneuromuscular efficiency. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or
allactivity courses, maximum credit, 4 units. (Formerly KINE
141)
KINE 102: Advanced Weight TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneEnrollment Limitation: Maximum of four
enrollments among KINE100, KINE 101, KINE 102, and KINE
144.Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall
This strength endurance course improves stabilizationendurance
and increases prime mover strength. Studentsperform exercises in
strength endurance, hypertrophy, andmaximal strength phases to
improve overall work capacity,enhance joint stabilization, and
increase lean body mass. UCCREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activity
courses, maximum credit,4 units. (Formerly KINE 143)
KINE 110: Walking for FitnessUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites:
NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Students enhance their individual health and well-being
anddevelop positive attitudes toward life-long fitness and
wellnessthrough fitness walking. The course focuses on improving
anindividual's cardiopulmonary functioning, body composition,goal
setting, nutritional awareness, and weight managementthrough
behavior management. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any orall activity
courses, maximum credit, 4 units.
KINE 112: Beginning Cardio TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This cardiorespiratory stabilization training course is
designedto improve cardiorespiratory fitness in students through
avariety of low-level intensity cardiovascular
conditioningactivities. Students learn how to develop
cardiorespiratorystabilization training programs. Topics include
the benefitsof cardiorespiratory stabilization training, the
cardiovascularsystem, and cardiorespiratory stabilization acute
trainingvariables, modalities, guidelines, and methods. UC
CREDITLIMITATION: Any or all activity courses, maximum credit, 4
units.
KINE 113: Intermediate Cardio TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This cardiorespiratory strength training course is designed
toimprove cardiorespiratory fitness in students through a varietyof
moderate-to-high level intensity cardiovascular
conditioningactivities. Students learn how to develop
cardiorespiratorystrength training programs. Topics include the
benefits ofcardiorespiratory strength training, the cardiovascular
system,and cardiorespiratory strength acute training
variables,modalities, guidelines, and methods. UC CREDIT
LIMITATION:Any or all activity courses, maximum credit, 4
units.
KINE 114: Advanced Cardio TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This cardiorespiratory power training course is designedto
improve cardiorespiratory fitness in students through avariety of
high-level intensity cardiovascular conditioningactivities.
Students learn how to develop cardiorespiratorypower training
programs. Topics include the benefits ofcardiorespiratory power
training, the cardiovascular system,and cardiorespiratory power
acute training variables,modalities, guidelines, and methods. UC
CREDIT LIMITATION:Any or all activity courses, maximum credit, 4
units.
KINE 145: Yoga Teacher Training FoundationUnits:
3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours,
laboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
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KINE 147: Yoga Teacher Training DevelopmentUnits:
3Prerequisites: NoneAdvisory: KINE145Acceptable for Credit:
CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered:
Fall, Spring
This course provides students with the tools to design and
teacha 60-minute yoga class with verbal clarity. It integrates
yogichistory and philosophy with yoga sutras, body mechanics
andalignment, and complementary practices, such as breathingstyles
and developing intelligent flow sequences. Topics includeprinciples
of teaching yoga as well as lifestyle choices andethics for yoga
teachers. Students are required to attend an off-campus yoga
class.
KINE 149: Yoga Teacher Training IntegrationUnits:
3Prerequisites: NoneAdvisory: KINE 145, KINE 147, and KINE
150.Acceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides students with the tools to deepen
theirindependent yoga practice in order to strengthen theirteaching
and develop a personal teaching style. Topics includedesigning,
integrating, and implementing knowledge andteaching of asanas,
pranayama techniques, meditation, andyogic history and philosophy.
Students learn about Ayurveda,the subtle body, and yoga for special
populations.
KINE 150: Beginning YogaUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites:
NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the beginning practice
ofyoga. Students learn the practice of gentle, restorative,
andvinyasa flow to improve concentration, physical
endurance,flexibility, balance, and posture. The course integrates
basicbreathing techniques to increase oxygen intake, enhancethe
mind-body connection, and reduce stress. UC CREDITLIMITATION: Any
or all activity courses, maximum credit, 4 units.
KINE 154: Intermediate YogaUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites: KINE
150.Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the intermediate practiceof
yoga. Students learn the practice of gentle, restorative,
andvinyasa flow to improve concentration, physical
endurance,flexibility, balance, and posture. The course
integratesintermediate breathing techniques to increase oxygen
intake,enhance the mind-body connection, and reduce stress.
UCCREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activity courses, maximum credit,4
units.
KINE 155: Advanced YogaUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites: KINE
150Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the advanced practice ofyoga.
Students learn the practice of restorative and vigorousvinyasa flow
to improve concentration, physical endurance,flexibility, balance,
and posture. The course integratesadvanced breathing techniques to
increase oxygen intake,enhance the mind-body connection, and reduce
stress. UCCREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activity courses, maximum
credit,4 units.
KINE 156: Beginning Flexibility TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This corrective flexibility course is designed to increase
jointrange of motion, improve muscle imbalances, correct
alteredjoint motion, and address posture distortions. Correct
flexibilityincludes self-myofascial release and static stretching.
UC CREDITLIMITATION: Any or all activity courses, maximum credit, 4
units.
KINE 157: Intermediate Flexibility TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This active stretching course is designed to use agonists
andsynergists to dynamically move the joint into a range of
motion.This form of stretching increases motorneuron
excitability,creating reciprocal inhibition of the muscle being
stretched. UCCREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activity courses,
maximum credit,4 units.
KINE 158: Advanced Flexibility TrainingUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This functional flexibility course is designed to use
forceproduction of a muscle and the body's momentum to takea joint
through the full available range of motion. Dynamicstretching uses
the concept of reciprocal inhibition to improvesoft tissue
extensibility. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activitycourses,
maximum credit, 4 units.
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KINE 159: Yoga Teacher Training ImplementationUnits:
3Prerequisites: KINE 145, KINE 147, and KINE 150.Acceptable for
Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.Course Typically
Offered: To be arranged
This course provides students with the advanced knowledgeand
skills to design and implement all-level yoga classes andyoga-based
educational workshops. It integrates in-depthstudy of yogic
philosophy and Sanskrit terminology with injurymanagement and the
use of props for asana progressions andregressions as well as
intelligent sequencing and theming tocreate purposeful class
experiences.
KINE 161: Beginning Martial ArtsUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites:
NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the beginning skills of
martialarts, which is a nonaggressive yet highly effective form of
self-defense. Students learn about the history and philosophyof
martial arts, safety procedures, standards of etiquette,body
dynamics, and precise beginning-level movements ina setting of
diligent, cooperative training. NOTE: A Gi uniformis required
(approximately $40); please attend the first classbefore
purchasing. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activitycourses,
maximum credit, 4 units.
KINE 162: Intermediate Martial ArtsUnits:
0.5-1Prerequisites: KINE 161.Acceptable for Credit: CSU,
UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to intermediate skills of
martialarts, which is a nonaggressive yet highly effective form of
self-defense. Students learn about intermediate movements andbody
dynamics, safety procedures, and standards of etiquettein a setting
of diligent, cooperative training. NOTE: A Gi uniformis required
(approximately $40); please attend the first classbefore
purchasing. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all activitycourses,
maximum credit, 4 units.
KINE 163: Advanced Martial ArtsUnits: 0.5-1Prerequisites:
KINE 162.Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLaboratory 3 hours.Course
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to advanced skills of
martialarts, which is a nonaggressive yet highly effective form
ofself-defense. Students learn about advanced movementsand body
dynamics, safety procedures, meditationtechniques, and advanced
defense strategies in a setting ofdiligent, cooperative training.
NOTE: A Gi uniform is required(approximately $40); please attend
the first class beforepurchasing. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all
activity courses,maximum credit, 4 units.
KINE 190: Introduction to KinesiologyUnits: 3Prerequisites:
NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 3 hours.Course Typically
Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This course introduces students to the field of kinesiology
andnutrition, including its history, scope, and
sub-disciplines.Students explore principles of kinesiology and
careeropportunities within kinesiology and nutrition/dietetics as
well asprofessional characteristics and ethical responsibilities of
thosewho work in the field. Topics include nutrition,
biomechanics,fitness/posture assessments, assessment tool use
(bodyfat, flexibility, cardiorespiratory), exercise prescriptions,
andbehavior management.
KINE 200: Physical Education in the Elementary SchoolUnits:
3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 3
hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This course teaches students how to develop physicaleducation
curriculum to best meet the needs of elementaryschool children
based on national and state physical andhealth education content
standards for California publicschools. The course emphasizes the
role and significance ofphysical education, instructional methods,
and motor skill,movement, and total wellness concepts, including
nutrition,disease prevention, and the adverse effects of
drug/narcotic,alcohol, and tobacco use.
KINE 203: Techniques in Athletic TrainingUnits:
3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 2 hours,
laboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course explores the basic fundamentals of athletic
injuryhealth care. It emphasizes prevention, recognition,
basicassessment, immediate care, treatment, and rehabilitation
ofcommon athletic injuries. Topics include theory and applicationof
taping and wrapping, basic first aid, emergency field care,and
anatomical landmark recognition. UC CREDIT LIMITATION:Any or all
KINE theory courses, maximum credit, 8 units.
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KINE 204: Techniques and Analysis of Fitness and
WeightTrainingUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit:
CSU, UCLecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.Course Typically
Offered: Fall, Spring
In this introduction to personal fitness training, students
designa comprehensive fitness program that includes
muscularstrength and endurance, flexibility, and
cardiorespiratoryand core training to meet individual client needs.
The courseemphasizes program design, fitness assessment,
postureanalysis, biomechanics, exercise physiology, muscle
anatomy,professional development, nutrition, goal setting, and
behaviormodification. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Any or all KINE
theorycourses, maximum credit, 8 units.
KINE 210: Exercise Prescription for Special
PopulationsUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit:
CSULecture 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and
Summer
This course examines the exercise implications for
specialpopulations related to age, medical condition, and level
offitness. Topics include exercise prescription for heart
conditions,stroke, diabetes, orthopedic problems, obesity,
hyperlipidemia,pregnant, asthmatic, spinal cord injury, multiple
sclerosis,epilepsy, cerebral palsy, older adult populations, and
children.The course also covers the role of exercise in risk
factormodification as well as contraindications to exercise for
specialpopulations.
KINE 292: Internship StudiesUnits: 0.5-3Prerequisites:
NoneCorequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work
perunit.Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career
Centerapproval. May not enroll in any combination of
cooperativework experience and/or internship studies
concurrently.Acceptable for Credit: CSUCourse Typically Offered: To
be arranged
This course provides students the opportunity to apply
thetheories and techniques of their discipline in an
internshipposition in a professional setting under the instruction
of afaculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces studentsto
aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionalsemployed
in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting,employability
skills development, and examination of the worldof work as it
relates to the student's career plans. Studentsmust develop new
learning objectives and/or intern at a newsite upon each
repetition. Students may not earn more than16 units in any
combination of cooperative work experience(general or occupational)
and/or internship studies duringcommunity college attendance.
KINE 296: Topics in KinesiologyUnits: 1-3Prerequisites:
NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 1 hour.Lecture 2
hours.Lecture 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: To be arranged
This course gives students an opportunity to study topics
inKinesiology that are not included in regular course
offerings.Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its
owntitle and 296 number designation in the class schedule.
KINE 299: Occupational Cooperative Work ExperienceUnits:
1-4Prerequisites: NoneCorequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs
non-paid work perunit.Enrollment Limitation: Career Center
approval. May not enrollin any combination of cooperative work
experience and/orinternship studies concurrently.Acceptable for
Credit: CSUCourse Typically Offered: To be arranged
Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who
areemployed in a job directly related to their major. It allows
suchstudents the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of
theirdiscipline to their position and to undertake new
responsibilitiesand learn new skills at work. Topics include
goal-setting,employability skills development, and examination of
the worldof work as it relates to the student's career plans.
Students maynot earn more than 16 units in any combination of
cooperativework experience (general or occupational) and/or
internshipstudies during community college attendance.
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