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Interviews with Students and Graduates

What is it like to be a UTTC student?
Graduates and current students in the Master's Degree in Kinesiology program graciously agreed to be interviewed about their experience learning online via the UT TeleCampus. They discuss how they balanced a busy work schedule and their personal lives to earn a degree from a University of Texas System campus.

Marj Droppa
M. Droppa
Studied at stop lights.
Read her interview.

Sheryl Holliday
S. Holliday
Is a Police Officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Read more.

Kevin McHenry
K. McHenry
Logged in from the North Pole. Read his interview.

Kinesiology - the science of people in motionWelcome to the Master's Degree in Kinesiology Online. This program gives you the choice of four degree plans and the flexibility of online, web-based instruction through the UT TeleCampus.

The combined resources of six University of Texas System universities allow you access to online graduate courses designed to meet your academic, professional and lifestyle needs as a physical educator, a coach, or other professional interested in the science of people in motion. Students wanting to participate in the online Master's Degree in Kinesiology should apply for admission to one of the four UT System universities offering the master's degree, enroll and complete that institution's degree requirements.

Through a consortium of six UT System universities, there is sufficient coursework offered so that all courses can be completed online. Any of the online graduate courses offered will be accepted by each participating university for any of its Kinesiology online degree-seeking students. View a brochure about the program. Adobe Reader is needed to view the brochure.

USDLA Award 2002The U.S. Distance Learning Association presented its 2002 Excellence in Distance Learning Programming - Higher Education Award to the Master's Degree in Kinesiology online program.


Unconditional Admission Requirements*

*The admission requirements listed below are for unconditional acceptance to the particular master's degree program indicated. Provisional or conditional admission standards for students who do not qualify for unconditional acceptance do exist on each campus. Consult the graduate faculty advisor or the graduate catalog at the home campus for details.

Admission Requirements

 

El Paso

Pan American

Permian Basin

Tyler

 

Master of Science in Kinesiology

Master of Science in Kinesiology

Master of Science in Kinesiology

Master of Education in Health and Kinesiology

Undergrad Degree in KIN or Related Area

yes

yes

yes

yes

GRE required

yes

yes1

yes

yes

Undergraduate GPA

3.0

3.0 upper div

3.0 upper div

2.75 upper div2

TOEFL score
(if English 2nd language)

550

500

550

550

Letters of recommendation

no

no

no

3

1(UTPA) GRE is required plus the last 60 hr (upper division) on official transcripts are 3.0 or higher.
23.0 minimum GPA for all graduate hours

COURSES

Link to a listing of the courses required for the program. To find out when the courses will be offered, link to the course catalog, select the program and click search. Catalog search results will return the schedules for at least two semesters, but not all programs are scheduled that far in advance.

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND ADVISORS

Six University of Texas System universities have joined together to offer the online Master's Degree in Kinesiology. Currently, four of these institutions award the Master's degree. Graduate faculty from all six universities teach the online courses. The Kinesiology Academic Affairs Committee has developed a Handbook of Operating Procedures for the Kinesiology Online program.

Degree Granting Institutions:

UT El Paso
Advisor: Dr. Darla Smith
915-747-7208
darsmith@utep.edu
*email inquiries preferred. 

UT Pan American
Advisor: Dr. Sue G. Mottinger
956-381-3501
mott@utpa.edu

UT Permian Basin
Advisor: Dr. James Eldridge
432-552-2331
eldridge_j@utpb.edu
*email inquiries preferred.

UT Tyler
Advisor: Dr. James A. Schwane
903-566-7306
jschwane@uttyler.edu

University Contributing Courses:

UT San Antonio
Advisor: Dr. WanXiang Yao
210-458-5792
wanxiang.yao@utsa.edu  


GETTING STARTED

To participate in the Master's Degree in Kinesiology Online program, you must choose a home campus by applying to and being accepted by one of the four participating universities. Criteria, procedures and deadlines for admission vary slightly from one university to another, but are predominantly the same as the traditional residence programs. Consult the participating universities for specific details. Information on admissions, registration and course access procedures can be found in Enrollment Services.