This specialization prepares students for teaching and research careers in motor behavior. Graduates are trained for post-doctoral appointments and positions in universities, industry, the military, and research institutes. The program is experimentally oriented and is specifically designed to provide students with a thorough foundation in the theoretical processes that assist the performance and learning of perceptual-motor skills. Emphases in motor learning, motor control and motor development are offered. Specific areas of research correspond to those listed for the motor behavior faculty.
The motor behavior programs are supported by laboratories with emphases in Motor Control, Motor Learning, and Child Movement. These laboratories provide the most modern facilities. The laboratories use technologies that allow on-line data collection and processing, sophisticated presentation of auditory and visual stimuli, and the opportunity to use human and animal research models. In addition to work conducted in the laboratories, supplemental experiences are available in electrical engineering (robotics), computer science (artificial intelligence), industrial engineering (human factors), and psychology.
| Course Title | Course Description | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Total Hours | 54 | |
| KINE 609R | Theory of Research (Exp Design) | 3* |
| KINE 681 | Seminar | 6* |
| KINE 684 | Professional Internship | 3* |
| KINE 685 | Directed Studies | 12* |
| KINE 691 | Research | 18* |
| Minimum Hours | 42 | |
| STAT 652 | Statistics in Research II | 3* |
| STAT 608 | Least Square and Regression Analysis | 3 |
| STAT 609 | Order Statistics and Nonparametric | 3 |
| STAT 619 | Analysis of Variance | 3 |
| STAT 636 | Methods in Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
| Minimum Hours | 9 | |
| KINE 682 | Seminar in Issues in Motor Development | 1 |
| KINE 682 | Seminar in Issues in Motor Learning | 1 |
| KINE 682 | Seminar in Issues in Motor Control | 1 |
| KINE 682 | Seminar in Neuromuscular Physiology | 1 |
| Minimum Hours | 3 |
| Course Title | Course Description | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Total Minimum Hours | 72 | |
| VAPH 603 | Nueroanatomy | 4 |
| VAPH 640 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| Minimum Hours | 3 | |
| EPSY 646 | Issues in Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
| PSYC 603 | Motivation and Cognitive Processes | 3 |
| PSYC 606 | Learning | 3 |
| PSYC 609 | Psychophysiology | 3 |
| PSYC 610 | Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 615 | Perceptual Processes | 3 |
| PSYC 634 | Principles of Human Development | 3 |
| PSYC 636 | Seminar in Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 685 | Problems | 3 |
| Minimum Hours | 9 | |
| BIEN 601 | Foundations of Bioengineering Analysis | 3 |
| BIEN 602 | Instrumentation and Measurement in Bioengineering | 3 |
| BIEN 614 | Modeling of Biological Systems | 3 |
| BIEN 638 | Control Mechanisms in Living Systems | 3 |
| INEN 630 | Human Operator in Complex Systems | 3 |
| INEN 635 | Human Information Processing | 3 |
| KINE 650 | Microcomputer Utilization in Sports Statistics | 3 |
| Minimum Hours | 6 |
The Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a specialization in Motor Behavior requires a minimum of 72 hours beyond the masters or 96 hours beyond the baccalaureate degree. Depending on preparation and experience doctoral students may be required to complete leveling work in addition to the minimum Ph.D. requirements (see below).
| Course Title | Course Description | |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 131 | Math Concepts Calculus | |
| PHYS 201 | College Physics | |
| PHYS 202 | College Physics | |
| ZOOL 318 | Chordate Anatomy | |
| -or- | ||
| ZOOL 319 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | |
| ZOOL 320 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | |
| -or- | ||
| ZOOL 388 | Principals of Animal Physiology | |
| KINE 406 | Motor Lrn & Skill Perf | |
| KINE 425 | Tests & Measurements | |
| KINE 426 | Analysis of Movement | |
| KINE 433 | Exercise Physiology | |
| Computer Literacy | ||
| KINE 606 | Physiological Aspects | |
| KINE 630 | Mechanical Analysis | |
| KINE 640 | Motor Skill Learning | |
| KINE 641 | Motor Development | |
| STAT 651 | Statistics in Research I |
Graduate level physiology including at least three of the following: cellular physiology (VTPP 640), physiology of excitable membranes (VTPP 642), neurophysiology (VTPP 643), physiology of muscle (VTPP 644), physiology of Senses(VTPP 650), and Physiological Measurements (VTPP 651).