英属哥伦比亚大学奥肯那根校区(UBC Okanagan)的 Health and Exercise Sciences (Kinesiology) 是 School of Health and Exercise Sciences / Faculty of Health and Social Development 下的 Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences (Kinesiology),标准学制 4 年,提供 Co-op、Honours Thesis、community practicum、independent research 和 hands-on labs。
该项目研究 human movement 如何影响 health、wellbeing、fitness、performance 和 rehabilitation。学生会从 psychological、physiological、neuromechanical、socio-cultural 角度理解 human health and movement,并学习如何帮助不同年龄、不同健康状态和不同社区背景的人群过上更健康、更活跃的生活。
项目在二年级结束时提供多个 concentration 方向:Kinesiology and Allied Health、Health Behaviour Change、Clinical Exercise Physiology,以及 Kinesiology, Allied Health, and Health Behaviour Change。每个方向都连接不同职业重点,例如 injury prevention and rehabilitation、exercise and fitness performance、behaviour change、community health promotion、chronic disease management、clinical exercise physiology 和 allied health preparation。
实践是该项目的核心。学生会通过 skill-building labs、community practicums、Co-op placements、undergraduate research、HES Student Association 和可选 certifications/memberships 建立职业能力。Kinesiology/Allied Health 与 Health Behaviour Change 通常通过 HES_O 493 完成 180 小时 community practicum;Clinical Exercise Physiology 除 HES_O 493 外,还通过 HES_O 494 完成额外 500 小时 clinical setting practicum。