Students can be employed individually or as multi-disciplinary teams for terms ranging from short-term projects, to part-time or full-time internships. The skill sets of each student will differ on their particular experience.

Students will have a background in a variety of Kinesiology related courses focused on:

• Principles of Health: A Personal Wellness Perspective - An introduction to the principles of health and wellness from a personal perspective. Dimensions of physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal, and environmental health are explored. Health-related topics and issues affecting Canadians are discussed in a Kinesiology context with particular emphasis on increasing personal knowledge and awareness with regards to optimizing individual health and life balance
• Introduction to Biomechanics: An introduction to biomechanics and its relationship to human movement. Basic mechanical principles and concepts as they relate to the analysis of motion are studied. Examples of human movement commonly observed in the areas of physical activity, rehabilitation, ergonomics and sport are used to demonstrate and explain theoretical concepts.
• Movement Observation and Assessment: Applied kinesiology designed to illustrate the motor patterns characteristic of infants, children, adults and older adults. Students practice assessment of motor skills through visual observation and application of specific tools like the Test of Gross Motor Development. The effects of age, practice, motivation and experience on performance will be introduced by observing participants in ecologically valid settings.
• Fundamental Concepts in Motor Control - An introduction to the study of motor control, primarily from the standpoint of information processing paradigm. Topics include: exploration of different methodological paradigms used to study issues in motor control; introduction to basic terminology associated with research design in motor control, study of stages of information processing and factors affecting them, as well as exploration of characteristics of open, closed, and integrated type of control.
• Psychology of Physical Activity - Introduces students to fundamental psychological theories and constructs relevant to behaviour, cognition, and affect in physical activity contexts. Theories and their related constructs, including those pertinent to exercise, sport, and health contexts, are examined in a variety of populations.
• Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity: An examination of contemporary issues pertaining to sport and physical activity with a Canadian emphasis. Introductory topics include a differentiation of play, games and sport, socialization into, via and out of sport, sociological theories of sport and an historical perspective on sport. Emphasis is placed upon the complex intersection of various forms of social differentiation including: class, race, gender and education.