丁香园AV

Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology | Faculty of Science
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring

Program Requirements

This program requires 18 units minimum of graduate courses and a thesis. If a supervisory committee deems that preparation is inadequate, more than this may be required. At least 12 of these units must be from graduate biomedical physiology and kinesiology (BPK) courses.

Students complete

• KIN 801-3 Seminar on Research in Kinesiology

and a graduate course in statistics or research methods, such as HSCI 801

and three additional graduate BPK courses

and one additional graduate BPK course or, with prior approval of the graduate program committee, from outside the Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology

Deviations from the above curriculum must be approved by the graduate program chair.

For further information and regulations, see graduate general regulations.

and four additional courses, at least two of which must be from the following

• KIN 810-3 Integrative Muscle Physiology
  
• KIN 812-3 Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  
• KIN 821-3 Environmental and Exercise Physiology
  
• KIN 825-3 Behavioural Neuroscience
  
• KIN 840-3 Human Biomechanics
  
• KIN 850-3 Control Systems in Health and Disease
  
• KIN 861-3 Neuroscience
  
• KIN 870-3 Experiments and Models in Physiology

Remaining units may be selected from any KIN graduate courses, and any other graduate courses at the University or other universities with prior graduate program committee approval. Courses will be chosen by the supervisory committee after consultation with the candidate.

Thesis Requirements

The department encourages early thesis proposal submission, which is circulated to faculty and resident graduate students, and formally presented for open forum discussion. A formal defence of the completed thesis is made to the examination committee at an open forum. The thesis proposal must precede the defence by at least four months. For regulations, see graduate general regulations.

Time Required for Degree

Requirements are normally completed in six terms.

Application Criteria for Transfer from MSc to PhD Program

Students currently in the biomedical physiology and kinesiology master鈥檚 program may be considered for transfer to the PhD program. Such transfers will be infrequent and very selective. Normally, only students enrolled in their third through sixth terms may apply to transfer to the PhD program. The graduate program committee (GPC) reviews such applications, and the GPC chair forwards a recommendation to the dean of graduate studies. The decision is made by the dean of graduate studies.

In addition to section 1.3.4 of the graduate general regulations, eligibility and the decision regarding transfer to the PhD in kinesiology will include the following criteria.

• strong support letters from the senior supervisor and at least one other academic referee
• excellent academic performance (e.g. minimum GPA of (3).67)
• strong background in research design and statistics or modeling as appropriate to the area
• completion of biomedical physiology and kinesiology graduate seminar course (KIN 801)
• evidence that the student is capable of completing and disseminating research. Such capability will be judged by research to date, publications and letters from referees.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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