What are the requirements for affiliation
The STANDARDS required for application are:
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Eligible degrees include:
Four year university bachelor’s degree from a kinesiology, human kinetics, kinanthropology, exercise physiology program or equivalent. Each university course must equal 3.0 credits (i.e. 36- 40 semester hours in length). Academic requirements fall into 2 categories: Core Areas of Study and Elective Areas of Study (see below).
∙ Applicant will receive credit for no more than two (2) courses in any one Elective Areas of Study. Applicant may receive two (2) courses in a maximum of 5 Elective Areas of Study.
∙ Credit is not granted for laboratory, tutorial or practicum courses.
∙ Full year courses lasting 72-80 hours (6.0 credits) may be considered as two courses.
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Core Areas of Study
Applicant must have university credit in each of the following four Core Areas of Study:
a. Human Anatomy: gross human anatomy of the neuromuscular system
b. Human Physiology: physiology and patho-physiology of the muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal and neural systems
3. Biomechanics: anthropometric, neural and Newtonian mechanical considerations in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movement
4. Psychomotor Behaviour / Motor Control & Learning: information processing in human motor performance and the principles of learning and performing motor skills
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Elective Areas of Study
Applicant must have at least sixteen (16) courses in the Elective Areas of Study:
Adaptives of Kinesiology
Biochemistry**
Biology**
Biomechanics***
Chemistry**
Computer Science
Ergonomics/Human Factors
Exercise Management/Rehabilitation
Fitness Evaluation
Gerontology
Health Science
Human Anatomy***
Human Growth & Development
Human Pathology
Human Physiology/ Exercise or Work
Individual Study (Kinesiology
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Instrumentation/Functional
Measurement/Evaluation
Kinesiology
Neurophysiology
Nutrition
Organic Chemistry**
Philosophy/Ethics (Kinesiology)**
Physics**
Physiology***
Psychology of Movement
Psychomotor Behaviour/Motor Control & Learning***
Research Design*
Research Project (Kinesiology)
Sociology of Movement
Sports Medicine
Statistics*
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*can be taken from any department
**must be taken in their respective departments or through the kinesiology department
***please note: courses can only be counted in either the core or elective areas of study (not both). If the core course is 72-80 hours (i.e. 6 credit course) a credit may be considered in the elective area.
A new list of standards will be effective in January 2022.
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