Howdy!  Welcome to the Department of Health and Kinesiology! We are one of four departments in the College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University and is currently home to about 2,400 undergraduate majors and minors, 210 graduate students, 90 faculty members, 30 staff members and 85 graduate assistants. There are four divisions in the department, which include Health Education, Kinesiology, Sport Management and the Physical Education Activity Program (PEAP). 

The divisions of Health Education, Kinesiology and Sport Management house our undergraduate and graduate programs that include applied exercise physiology, basic exercise physiology, community health, motor behavior, safety education, school health, sport management, and sports pedagogy. The Physical Education Activity Program offers health and fitness activity classes that service all Texas A&M students as part of the university core curriculum.

The department is ranked first at Texas A&M in class count, first in student enrollement and first in department salaries per student.  Our departmental courses generate over 150,000 weighted student credit hours each year, which ranks us third at Texas A&M. We are also in the top 40 in one-year and five-year external funding at the university.  

The Department of Health & Kinesiology has outstanding faculty, staff, students, and facilities and has been consistently recognized as one of the nation's top programs. Our faculty and students are actively engaged in the practice and study of physical activity, sport, and health.  We hope that this website helps you gain insight as to the many outstanding faculty, programs and activities within the Department.     

The Department of Health & Kinesiology is an active member of the American Kinesiology Association.  We join in the efforts of the AKA to promote the discipline of Kinesiology as a field of study and to highlight its applications that affect all through research to enhance people's health.  For more information on AKA, go to www.americankinesiology.org.

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