MSc Kinesiology courses

Collaborative hands-on learning


Kinesiology courses at the graduate level in the School of Health and Human Performance will build on the skills and knowledge students already have, and offer many opportunities to explore news interests or focus on existing ones.

One full academic year (12 months) of resident study at Dalhousie University is the minimum requirement for the Master of Science Kinesiology degree. However, you should expect to take from 18 to 24 months of full-time work to complete the degree.  Ordinarily, for full-time students, the degree must be completed within four years of first registration.

You may also choose to complete the degree through part-time study. However, financial assistance is not available for part-time students.

Students in the MSc Kinesiology program must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of coursework, a mandatory graduate seminar series worth 3 credit hours, and 12 credit hours of thesis work, for a total of 27 credit hours.

Required courses

Two courses from

KINE 5501.03 (or equivalent): Advanced Research Methods in Social or Natural Sciences
KINE 5503.03 (or equivalent): Intermediate Statistics for Health Sciences  
KINE 5590.03 (or equivalent): Measurement and Instrumentation  

All of

KINE 6000.03: Graduate Seminar in Kinesiology (3 credit hours)
KINE 9000.00: Thesis (considered equivalent to 12 credit hours)  
  • One three-credit-hour graduate course must be selected from the Kinesiology offerings.

Elective and ancillary courses

The remaining elective course or courses can be chosen from the graduate offerings within or outside of the School of Health and Human Performance. Elective courses must be relevant to the student's degree program and are to be determined in consultation with the Supervisor.

Students may also take a maximum of six credit hours of ancillary courses beyond the required program of study. Ancillary courses are undergraduate courses recommended by a department as advisable additional background to the degree progra, but not specifically required for that program. Such courses must normally be taken in a department other than the one in which the student is registered.

See section 6.6.3 of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Calendar for additional information about ancillary courses.