Except trainers make very low pay typically. And you can become a trainer without a 4 year kinesiology degree. It's a great path if that's what you like, but do NOT spend a fortune getting the degree. Kinesiology is the same everywhere and you wont be making a lot to pay off big loans. |
Except those jobs are limited. That's the dream of 90% of kinesiology majors (if they don't go into PT/OT). Not enough of those high profile/high paying jobs for the number of majors. |
Kinesiology is not really an easy major at many schools. A&P is intensive, Chem 1&2 and Physics 1&2 and Bio 1&2 are intensive courses. |
Those all seem like pretty worthwhile careers. |
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| At VPI, most (not all) Home Econ majors will go into HS teaching of Home Econ. Fine if that is what one wants to do. |
HYP/Ivy don’t offer because they never offered them. They were all male, except for Cornell, when those were majors were the options for women. |
UMCP requires algebra, freshman biology, and sophomore anatomy - no calculus, chemistry, nor physics. George Mason is similar. Penn State requires one semester of chemistry. I think you are just imagining a degree with multiple real science courses. The actual curriculum is loaded with fluff courses like "Methods of Exercise Instruction". |
| I don't know where you're getting your information - I know for a fact that the Kinesiology PT Track at Penn State requires 2 semesters each of Bio, Chem, and Physics, as well as Anatomy. |
| My neighbor, now retired, got a Home Ec degree from Penn State. She ended her career as the CEO of a major trade association. (or maybe professional association; she was at both but I forget the order). |
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Let's play a game guessing who the OP is.
Pissed off lawyer angry that her neighbor with a home ec degree is better paid and happier at work? An old lady who didn't even go to college but is married to some Ivy educated stodgy guy. A tightly wound little miss who's twin is majoring in one of these while she's going into a science and her parents treat them equally? |
It differs by schools. My kid started in an Exercise Physiology program at a school that also has a DPT program. majority of kids in the program wanted to be DPTs, and about half in the EP program were direct admit to the DPT program. Full year of Bio and Chem were required. And if you want to be a DPT, you will need a full year of Physics, so 99% of kids were taking that as well. Statistics were required as well as A&P1&2 (Full year, or a semester of A and semester of P) It was a rigorous major---then again I suspect 95% eventually went onto DPT, OT, medical school, PA or Athletic training MS. |
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Kenesiology is great for PA school. There are lots of prerequisites for PA school that are easily satisfied with the kinesiology major – anatomy, biology, organic chemistry , etc. All this and the student can have room to take other interesting classes, and also not tank their GPA if they’re not particularly interested in a 100% chemistry or biology degree - which is more than norm for prerequisites for med school.
My niece was an exercise science major and is now in PA school. Just from her under graduate education and internship (at orthopedic office) she was able to advise me about my teens minor sports Not to mention the skills in fitness and health, that she can use for the rest of your life.
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| I was shocked at the requirements of my nephew who is majoring in kinesiology--bio, organic bio, chem, physics, stats, anatomy/physiology--the first two years looked pretty close to my undergraduate pre-med curriculum. |
A lawyer could have still majored in Home Ec. |