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Degree Programs

Colloquium and Graduate Seminar

The Department of Kinesiology Colloquium and Graduate Seminar run concurrently throughout the year, ordinarily in the same weekly time period lasting about 1-1/2 hours. Meetings are held approximately every other week during the fall and spring semesters. A schedule is distributed as early as possible in the fall semester. Note: There are times when scholars visit the Department on short notice, and in some cases we arrange a colloquium presentation in a different time slot.

Colloquium

The purpose of the Colloquium is to provide a forum for recognized scholars throughout the country to present some of their current research dealing with physical activity to KIN faculty and graduate students. An effort is made to invite a collection of scholars each year whose work addresses the varied research interests in the Department. The goal is to help faculty and graduate students stay abreast of current research across the spectrum of the field, as well as to provide our specialists in a particular area with face-to-face contact with other outstanding scholars. Most of the presenters are scholars from other universities and research centers. Ordinarily, 2 of these presentations occur each term. Speakers are selected based on recommendations from KIN faculty and graduate students.

Graduate Seminar

The Graduate Seminar has two major components: (1) scholarly presentations by 2nd and 3rd year KIN doctoral students; and (2) examination and analysis of current problems and issues facing people engaged in scholarly study, professional practice, and/or performance centered on physical activity.

Doctoral Student Presentations

The purpose of doctoral student presentations is to give students opportunities to improve their oral presentation skills, and to give them a forum to receive feedback about their work from a broad range of KIN faculty and graduate students. Students working on a Ph.D. are expected to give a research-based presentation that demonstrates their ability to integrate and synthesize research literature. A secondary purpose is to help faculty and graduate students stay abreast of current research across the spectrum of the Department.

Students expected to make one scholarly presentation in the Graduate Seminar in a given academic year include 2nd and 3rd year doctoral students on assistantships, and those not on an assistantship who are fulfilling the residency requirement. Any other doctoral student may elect to present. Each student's advisor should help him/her develop a topic and shape oral presentation skills.

Ordinarily, 2 students are assigned to present in a 1-1/2 hour time block. This means that an actual presentation should be 20-30 minutes, leaving 15-25 minutes for questions and discussion. However, students who want to use the seminar as a practice for a conference presentation should feel free to speak for 10-15 minutes (the time allotted for the presentation) and then take questions.

1. Review of literature on a fairly narrow topic (e.g., running economy, anxiety, televised sport audiences, gait analysis, teaching interventions) with future research directions.
2. Initial thoughts for a research project with methodology (e.g., dissertation proposal).
3. Research study in progress (with varying degrees of complete results).
4. Completed research study.

Analysis of Current Problems and Issues

The purpose of examining and analyzing current problems and issues facing our field is to enhance awareness of crucial matters that influence the shape and viability of scholarship, professional practice, and performance centered on physical activity. These include problems and issues internal to the field (e.g., tensions among subdisciplines; tensions among scholars, practitioners, and performers), as well as those impinging on the field from outside (e.g., university expectations regarding teaching, research, and service; seeking external funds in a tight economic climate; centrality of a field focused on physical activity to overall missions and goals of colleges and universities). Seminars typically consist of discussions based on preparatory readings, other assigned preparatory work, or results of work in small break-out groups occurring during the meeting. Doctoral students and/or faculty may be called upon to help lead these sessions from time to time. The number of these sessions varies from year to year.

Attendance at the Colloquium and Graduate Seminar

The graduate faculty are committed to regular attendance. All doctoral students on assistantships, as well as those not on an assistantship who are fulfilling the residency requirement, are expected to attend regularly. Other doctoral and masters students are strongly encouraged to attend.

It is recognized that occasional absences will be necessary for such things as out-of-town conferences, illnesses, or a death in the family. A student's advisor and/or the Department Head may be notified if his/her attendance becomes inconsistent.

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