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Curriculum

Requirements for the concentration are as follows (minimum of 60 credits):

Degree Prerequisite: A master's degree in an appropriate field related to this concentration is required for regular admission to the Ph.D. in Education program.

Prerequisite Coursework: Students who do not have equivalent coursework or appropriate educational experiences must complete the following prerequisite courses.

  • ESPR 635 Research Methods in Health, Physical Education and Recreation 3 credits
  • ELS 732 Statistics Applied to Research in Educational Leadership - Data Driven Decision Making I 3 credits

Introductory Core - 6 credits

  • ESPR 814 Readings and Research in Content Area 3 credits
  • ESPR 815 Introduction to Doctoral Study Seminar 3 credits

Research Core - 15 credits

  • ELS 832 Statistics Applied to Research in Educational Leadership - Data Driven Decision Making II 3 credits
  • ELS 833 Advanced Research Design and Analysis 3 credits
  • ECI 890 Qualitative Research Design 3 credits

Choose two additional courses*:

  • CHP 773 Developing Grants/Contract in Health Professions3 credits
  • HLSC 846 Epidemiology3 credits
  • HLSC 815 Decision Analysis - Health Care 3 credits
  • HIED 877 Advanced Program Assessment and Evaluation 3 credits

* Substitute other courses by permission of advisor

Human Movement Science concentration (24 credits, 15 required credits + choice of cognate area)

  • ESPR 811 Analysis of Human Motion 3 credits
  • ESPR 895 Topics:Research Experience I 3 credits
  • ESPR 896 Topics:Research Experience II 3 credits

Choose two of the following:

  • ESPR 840 Principles and Concepts of Motor Learning 3 credits
  • ESPR 839 Current Research in Motor Development 3 credits
  • ESPR 855 Neuroanatomical Basis of Human Movement 3 credits

Curriculum and Instruction Emphasis - 9 credits

(HPE Teacher Prep only:Elective from stats, ESPR 845, additional course below)

  • HIED 808 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education 3 credits
  • HIED 837 Academic Issues in Higher Education3 credits
  • HIED 858 Higher Education Leadership 3 credits
  • HIED 859 Higher Education Curriculum or
  • ESPR 820 Curriculum Development in Physical Education 3 credits
  • ESPR 845 Assessment and Evaluation in PhysicalEducation 3 credits

Applied Kinesiology Concepts Emphasis (9 credits)

  • ME 842 Fatigue and Fracture 3 credits
  • ME 846 Computational Methods in MultibodyDynamics 3 credits
  • ME 848 Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms 3 credits
  • PSYC 831 Human Cognition 3 credits
  • PSYC 871 Ergonomics 3 credits
  • ESPR 825 Clinical Biomechanics for Rehabilitation Professionals 3 credits

*Substitutions can be made with approval from GPD

Dissertation Capstone Courses- 15 credits

  • ELS 881 Dissertation Seminar 3 credits
  • ESPR 899 Dissertation 12 credits (min)