Course Offerings
Course Offerings
As outlined the Course Overview page, a student’s program of coursework should be formulated in conjunction with their advisor, and with the aim of creating a truly independent PCS research fully exposed to, and cognizant of, the appropriate empirical, theoretical, and methodological content.
There are, however, general requirements for each degree program:
M.A. Degree: Thesis Option (30 credits minimum)
Courses in PCS:
Electives:
Research Methods & Techniques:
Research Tools/Processes:
Thesis:
6 credits
12 credits (3 credits must be taken outside PCS)
3 credits (KNES 610)
3 credits (KNES 689K or equivalent)
6 credits (KNES 799)
M.A. Degree: Non-Thesis Option (30 credits minimum)
Courses in PCS:
Electives:
Research Methods & Techniques:
Research Tools/Processes:
Project:
6 credits
15 credits (3 credits must be taken outside PCS)
3 credits (KNES 610)
3 credits (KNES 689K or equivalent)
3 credits (KNES 689)
Ph.D. Degree: (60 credits minimum)
Courses in PCS:
Electives:
Teaching Requirement:
Integrative Requirement:
Ethics Requirement:
Research Skills & Method:
Research Issues:
Dissertation:
24 credits (including formal coursework and KNES 689s: Independent Study)
12 credits (6 credits must be taken outside PCS)
3 credits (KNES 620)
1 credit (Integrative Kinesiology Essay: KNES 609)
3 credits (KNES )
6 credits minimum (including KNES 689K or equivalent)
6 credits maximum (KNES 609)
12 credits (KNES 899)
In order to meet these various course requirements–and to become exposed to the appropriate empirical, theoretical, and methodological content–it is fully expected that students will take a program of courses selected within the PCS program and beyond. These could include:
PCS Courses
KNES 630 Sociology of Sport (3 credits)
KNES 685 Sport and Globalization (3 credits)
KNES 689B Physical Cultural Studies: Research & Writing Seminar (3 credits)
KNES 698E Gender and Sport (3 credits)
KNES 689K Research Design: Physical Cultural Studies (3 credits)
KNES 689P Physical Cultural Studies: Culture/Hegemony/Articulation (3 credits)
KNES 689Q Sport and the Civil Rights Movement (3 credits)
KNES 689V Gender & Sport (3 credits)
KNES 689Y The Body, Culture, & Physical Activity (3 credits)
KNES 689 Sport and Race Relations (3 credits)
KNES 689 Basketball and Black Masculinity (3 credits)
KNES 689 History of Sport and Physical Culture (3 credits)
KNES 689 Sporting Hollywood (3 credits)
KNES 689 Sport and Globalization (3 credits)
KNES 698A Sport and Culture in the Global Marketplace (3 credits)
KNES 789E Theories of Physical Cultural Studies (3 credits)
KNES 789 Feminist Physical Cultural Studies (3 credits)
Other KNES and SPH Courses
KNES 610 (3 credits)
KNES Ethics (3 credits)
KNES 620 Teaching Kinesiology to Undergraduates (3 credits)
KNES 711 Professional Development and Grantsmanship (3 credits)
Courses in Other Departments
Current and previous students have taken the following courses, dependent on their research interests and objectives:
AMST 628 Marginality and Popular Culture
AMST 629V Film and Los Angeles
AMST 628Q Material Culture Theory
EDCI 788i Critical Theories of American Youth
FMST 600 Family Theories
FMSC780 Qualitative Research Methods
JOUR770 Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed)
SOCY621 Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCY699F Theorizing Spaces and Places
SOCY729A Globalization Theory
SOCY644 Gender, Work, and Family
SOCY645 Sociology of Self Concept
WMST 601 Feminist Theories I
WMST 602 Feminist Theories II
WMST698B Gender, Globalization, and Transnational Feminism