Begin your profession in health and wellness with a Bachelor of Kinesiology

Kinesiology provides an introduction into human health sciences. It explores the body's anatomy, physiology, and the multitude of systems that sustain it. Kinesiology encourages a life enriched by leisure, sport, and activity. We are fearfully and wonderfully made—learn how to help people thrive and care for this incredible gift.

Inside this program

Discover The Structures Of The Human Body

From the mechanics of human movement to the structure of our cardiovascular system, our bodies are powered by incredible and complex processes. By understanding the physiological foundations of the body, you can learn ways of maintaining and repairing it.

Dive Into Sports And Fitness

Games, sport, and exercise play important roles in keeping us healthy and social. As a kinesiology student, you will foster a holistic understanding of human health.

Support Healthy Living

We all recognize that our bodies are capable of different things at different ages — healthy living and movement looks different in children than it does in adults. Similarly, what constitutes healthy life choices, and what those choices look like, are contingent upon socio-economic class, culture, and current physical fitness.

Research Profiles

Impact of secondary amenorrhea on cardiovascular disease risk in physically active women: A systemic review protocol Dr. Caitlynd Myburgh Faculty of Natural Science

It is well established that a woman’s risk of cardiovascular disease greatly increases after menopause. The sharp decline in estrogen is seen as a causal factor. Exercise-induced secondary amenorrhea results in estrogen deficiency, which may lead to dysfunction in estrogen’s cardioprotective pathways. Further, estrogen may be essential in a woman’s endothelial adaptations to exercise. The impact of secondary amenorrhea on cardiovascular disease risk in premenopausal women is not well established.

Associations between health-related fitness and patient-reported symptoms in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients Dr. Ki-Yong An Faculty of Natural Science

Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients experience symptoms that may affect their quality of life, treatment outcomes, and survival. Preventing and managing breast cancer-related symptoms soon after diagnosis is essential. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between health-related fitness (HRF) and patient-reported symptoms in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Exercise across the phases of cancer survivorship: A narrative review Dr. Ki-Yong An Faculty of Natural Science

Exercise has long been recognized as an important component of treatment for various diseases. However, the benefits and risks of exercise interventions must be carefully evaluated to ensure the former outweighs the latter. As cancer patients undergo diverse treatment modalities with distinct objectives, a systematic approach partitioning the cancer journey into distinct phases is necessary to inform tailored exercise prescriptions. This narrative review summarizes exercise benefits and mechanisms for cancer patients and survivors across four distinct survivorship periods-before surgery, after surgery and before adjuvant treatment, during nonsurgical treatment (adjuvant and neoadjuvant), and during extended survival.

Three-year change in oxidative stress markers is linked to target organ damage in Black and White men: SABPA study Dr. Caitlynd Myburgh Faculty of Natural Science

Oxidative stress is implicated in hypertension, carotid wall thickening, and renal dysfunction. Oxidative stress is linked to cardiovascular pathology in the black South African individuals who have a high prevalence of hypertension and early vascular aging. However, there are limited data relating changes in oxidative stress with vascular and renal deterioration over time. We aimed to investigate whether changes in oxidative stress over 3 years are associated with target organ damage in black and white men.