MASTER OF SCIENCE–DISTANCE EDUCATION
PLAN B (Non-thesis)

General Information

Health and physical education teachers and health professionals are busy people. Health professionals typically work at their job during the day and then volunteer their time to work with community health care agencies/groups in the evening and weekends. Teachers of health and physical education typically teach throughout the day and coach during the evenings and weekends. Therefore, traditional master's degree programs that require students to attend the University of Wyoming in Laramie are often simply impossible for teachers and other health professionals to fit into their busy schedule.

The Division of Kinesiology and Health offers the master of science degree in kinesiology and health as an off-campus, distance education program. This means that you can complete the 36-credit hour course requirements for a master of science degree from the comfort of your community as you continue working in your current profession. All courses are delivered to your home or a common University of Wyoming Outreach location within your community via a combination of teleconferencing, predeveloped videotapes, and/or Internet (e-mail/e-college). The distance education program is designed such that you can complete the master of science degree in a three, four, or five year period of time.

Program of Studies

The Kinesiology and Health Distance Education program involves a minimum of 36 credit hours of course work and a research paper on a mutually agreed upon topic. At least 21 credit hours of course work (including the STAT course) is required from the Division of Kinesiology and Health (i.e., HLED and KIN courses).

I. General Required Courses (9 hours)

Course #	Course Title	Credits
KIN 5080	Investigations in Kinesiology and Health	3.0
KIN 5085	Research Methods in Kinesiology and Health	3.0
STAT 5050¹	Statistical Methods for the Biological Sciences	3.0
¹May substitute STAT 5060, 5070, or 5080; or EDRE 5600 or 5640. Decision to be made in conjunction with adviser.

II. Kinesiology and Health Electives (minimum of 12 hours)

III. Elective Courses (minimum of 15 hours)
At least one elective course must be taken from outside the Division of Kinesiology and Health. All elective course decisions must be made in conjunction with your adviser.

KIN and HLED courses offered via distance education

Course #	Course Title	Credits
KIN	4090	Foundations of Coaching	3
KIN	5012	Curriculum Design in Physical Education	3
KIN	5013	Models of Teaching	3
KIN	5016	Analysis and Supervision of Teaching in Physical Education	3
KIN	5017	Research on Teaching in Physical Education	3
KIN	5034	Lifespan Growth and Psychomotor Development	3
KIN	5080	Investigations in Kinesiology and Health	3.0
KIN	5085	Research Methods in Kinesiology and Health	3.0
KIN	5097	Individual Problems	3.0
KIN	5536	Sport Psychology	3.0
KIN	5537	Exercise Psychology	3.0
KIN	5586	Teaching Tactics in Sport-based Physical Education	3.0
HLED	4130	Management of Health Programs	3
HLED	5025	Teaching Sensitive Issues in Human Sexuality	3.0
HLED	5050	Community and Public Health	3.0

Contact Information

For registration information or to learn more about all of the University of Wyoming Outreach degree programs, contact:

Outreach Credit Courses
Dept. 3274
UW Outreach School
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
phone: 1-800-448-7801
e-mail: occ@uwyo.edu
Web site: outreach.uwyo.edu/occ

Quick Links

UW Division of Kinesiology and Health
Dept. 3196
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

John Corbett Building

kinesiology@uwyo.edu
(307) 766-5449
(307) 766-4098 (fax)