Majors, minors and specializations

Your major

As a student in the BSc Honours Kinesiology program, your major is Kinesiology. Your required Kinesiology courses will provide an extensive investigation of the science of human movement including biomechanics, neuroscience and psychomotor behaviour, and physiology.

Adding a minor or specialization

You can further enhance your undergraduate studies in Kinesiology by complementing your major with a minor or specialization offered by the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, or from any other department within the University of Waterloo.

The Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences offers the following minors and specializations:

Though the requirements for a minor or specialization can change from year to year, upper year students can still follow the degree requirements list for any calendar from their first year and onwards. To find the requirements for earlier calendars select the appropriate year on the List of Undergraduate Studies Archived Calendars before finding the minor or specialization on the calendar.

If you are interested in pursuing a minor or specialization, please contact your academic advisor and complete a Plan Modification Form.

Minors, options or specializations in other disciplines

If you are interested in pursuing a minor, option or specialization in an area other than the Faculty of Health, e.g., psychology or biology, you can find out what other programs offer here.

Normally, to add an minor, option or specialization offered by another department, you must declare the plan as indicated in the plan requirements, or no later than 3B if it is not specified, by completing a Plan Modification Form and submitting it to your academic advisor.