Academic Degree Programs

Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who specialize in preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries resulting from physical activity. The NMSU AT program provides challenging didactic and hands-on clinical experience to prepare students for practice in a wide variety of settings.

Dance

Dance ▸

We believe that dance education is a holistic experience that should honor your history and help you meet your goals. NMSU Dance students are learning to be artists, scholars, athletes, innovators, creators, leaders, and compassionate citizens. We want our dancers to be bold and open to the world around them, to be articulate and impassioned, and above all to be artists with strong voices and strong bodies.

Kinesiology

Kinesiology ▸

Kinesiology is the study of physical activity and its impact on health, our society, and quality of life. Within kinesiology you will gain practical, hands-on experiences that prepare you for a career in the health sciences, such as physical/occupational therapy, medicine, nursing, strength and conditioning, physical education and much more. Come see why kinesiology is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the country!

K-12 PE

K-12 PE ▸

Physical education encourages young people to learn to love all forms of physical activity so that they might grow up to lead healthy, active lives. The K-12 physical education track in kinesiology leads to licensure in physical education for the state of New Mexico. Students gain theoretical, content and pedagogical content knowledge in a variety of areas and participate in student teaching internships during their final semester in the program.

Doctorate of Philosophy in Kinesiology

Doctorate of Philosophy in Kinesiology ▸

Our program is centered around the student experience and focuses on individualized one-on-one mentoring. Areas of focus include biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor behavior & sport psychology and physical education pedagogy. Each of these areas focus on the research experience and helping students transition into academia.

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Virtual Tour

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Kinesiology Videos

The NMSU Kinesiology and Dance department is a proud member of the
American Kinesiology Association. www.americankinesiology.org

Doctorate of Philosophy in Kinesiology

It’s like a scene in a sci-fi movie: a group of people huddle over a long table with a glowing 3-D map of the human body, learning more about how organs and arteries work to support human life.

These anatomical tables are often seen inside of medical schools, but NMSU’s Department of Kinesiology is home to four of them thanks to funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

“The Anatomage tables were purchased to revolutionize how anatomy and physiology are taught. Students gain real hands-on experiences by doing virtual dissections, and learn in a format that is much more dynamic than models and textbooks,” says Christopher Aiken, interim head of the kinesiology department and kinesiology program director.

WHITESPACE

Message from our Department Head

Welcome to the Department of Kinesiology!

The Department of Kinesiology is focused on providing the best student-focused, hands on education possible. As you embark on your educational journey you can be assured that the faculty are here to provide you encouragement and support. Students engage with coursework, research, and real-world clinical experiences to explore human movement from a biological, behavioral, social, pedagogical, and artistic perspective. Our goal is to advance the science, practice, and art of human movement.

Faculty in the department are dedicated scholars in the areas of physical education-pedagogy, motor behavior, exercise physiology, sport psychology, and exercise physiology. Our research laboratories feature state of the art equipment to help pursue our research passions and questions. Student gain unique experiences with faculty-led research by participating as research assistants and volunteering for projects.

Our majors are well prepared for careers in therapy, physical education, medicine, community health and wellness, strength and conditioning, clinical exercise physiology, and the performing arts. We invite you to explore the unique benefits that NMSU and the Department of Kinesiology have to offer you. We look forward to meeting you and having you join our department. Go Aggies!

Christopher Aiken
aiken@nmsu.edu