Classroom learning is connected to research and service learning through independent projects and involvement in the Human Performance Laboratory. The Kinesiology program is part of a department that puts heavy emphasis on promoting teaching quality among the faculty and graduate teaching assistants. Faculty are encouraged to improve their teaching skills and compete for teaching awards at department, college and university levels. Excellent teaching is recognized and rewarded in this program. New faculty receive training at the Teaching and Faculty Support Center.
Teaching assistants receive a week-long training in a special workshop.
The faculty awards record shows good evidence of success in promoting excellence in teaching. An interview revealed that a committee is formed for thesis advising and oral examination. The assignment of Ph.D. students to advisors is based on the research interest of the student and specific faculty. The program makes efforts to recruit students from underrepresented groups, and enlists the help of the College s Office of Minority Educational Services to that end. The faculty comprises no minority persons because of a severe shortage of such persons at the Ph.D. level.