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Department Facts
(current as of December 2006)
Location
The
physical home of the Department of Kinesiology is the Intramural
Sports Circle Building at the corner of West Circle Drive and
Kalamazoo Street on the Michigan State University Campus in East
Lansing. Click here for maps
of the greater Lansing area, the MSU campus, and the Intramural Sports
Circle Building.
Front of IM Circle Building |
Front of IM Circle Building |
View of IM Circle Building from Beal Gardens |
Basic Facts
KIN's academic home is the
College of Education, one of 14 degree-granting colleges at Michigan
State University.
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Overview of the KIN Student Body
(as of FS06)
Kinesiology continues to be a popular major at MSU, with current
enrollment data showing 814 undergraduate students, 15 post-BS teacher
interns, and 118 active graduate students.
Undergraduate
Students:
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40% male – 60% female |
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80% Caucasian – 20% ethnic minority |
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6% athletic training, 7% physical education/teacher
education, 87% exercise science |
Post-BS Teacher
Certification Students (15 students)
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60% male – 40%
female |
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100% Caucasian |
Graduate
Students (65 M.S., 51 Ph.D.)
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54% male – 46%
female |
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81% Caucasian –
19% ethnic minority |
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Psychosocial
aspects of sport and physical activity (n=37), sport administration
(n=22), exercise physiology (n=17), athletic training (n=17),
coaching (n=11), adapted physical activity (n=4), biomechanics (n=4), growth and motor
development (n=4), student-athlete development (n=1), and
other (n=5). |
Faculty and Staff
| Tenure-Track Faculty
Members |
14 |
| Other Faculty Members |
6 |
| Adjunct Faculty Members |
31 |
| Support Staff |
6 |
Department History
1989-1999
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The
Department of Kinesiology celebrated its centennial year in 1999
with two scholarly symposia, Reflections on Research in
Kinesiology at MSU and Youth Sports Into the 21st Century.
We honored four outstanding alumni:
Dr. V. Reggie Edgerton (Ph.D. '68), Dr. Richard Nelson (Ph.D. '60),
Dr. Beverly Ulrich (Ph.D. '84), and Dr. Maureen Weiss (Ph.D. '81).
Other events included publication of 100 Years of
Kinesiology: History, Research, and Reflections, a homecoming
celebration, and commemorative pins for centennial year KIN
graduates. |
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