KINE 522 - Movement Science 4 hrs. KINE 591 - Laboratory Experiences in Kinesiology 2 hrs. KINE 524 - Ex. Seminar II - Final dissertation defense. Students are required to choose a research advisor by the end of the first year.
Research is the main focus of the program.
For this reason, students are encouraged to spend as much time as possible doing laboratory work. The School of Kinesiology offers both teaching and research assistantships. The research interests of Dr. Esser's laboratory are directed at understanding the basic mechanisms by which skeletal muscle adapts to changes in activity. These broad interests are being pursued by two main research projects. One line of research is to determine the molecular mechanisms by which chronic neural and mechanical activity regulates slow isoform contractile protein genes.