2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Kinesiology -transfer major - completion guide (Physical Education, Personal Training, Sports Mgmt)


First Semester

Course & Title

Notes

ENG 101 - Rhetoric I   

 Must earn a “C” or better to meet degree requirements.

KIN 170 - Resistance Training /Theory & Practice   

 

MATH 128 - Elementary Statistics    

 

PSYC 101 - General Psychology    

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

BIO 125 - Human Biology   

 

Total Semester Hours: 16 

 Depends on Math and Life Science choices.

Second Semester

Course & Title

Notes

ENG 102 - Rhetoric II   

 Must earn a “C” or better to meet degree requirements.

KIN 200 - Intro to Personal Training   

 

 CHEM 100 - Fundamentals of Chemistry   or CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I   

 AA degree requires one Life Science and one Physical Science. One must be a lab (4-5 credits).

Fine Arts Gen Ed. Course

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology   

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

Total Semester Hours: 17

 Depends on Physical Science choice.

Third Semester

Course & Title

Notes

 COMM 101 - Principles of Communication      

 Mode of delivery alternates and offerings rotate each semester. Counts as Humanities Gen. Ed. Course.

Humanities Or Fine Arts Gen. Ed.

  Offerings rotate each semester. Optional course recommendation. Counts toward the required IAI electives for AA degree

KIN 160 - Group Exercise Instruction   

 

KIN 207 - First Aid/CPR/AEC   

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

KIN 201 - Introduction to Exercise Science   

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

PSYC 208 - Social Psychology   or PSYC 210 - Adolescent Psychology   or PSYC 215 - Life Span: A Survey of Human Development   

 

Total Semester Hours: 16  
Fourth Semester

Course & Title

Notes

Humanities Or Fine Arts

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major 3 Soc. Ed. 

KIN 215 - Nutrition for Health and Fitness   

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

KIN 221 - Health and Fitness Industry Management   

 

EDUC 101 - Introduction to Education   

 

BIO 103 - Health   

 Consult with transfer instituion for suggestions based on major

 

 

Total Semester Hours: 15  Depends on IAI Elective choices

 

Graduation Requirements


Graduation Requirements

To be awarded an Associate degree at Joliet Junior College, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admissions requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the given degree. If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 60

credit hours of which 15 credit hours applicable to the degree are earned at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement does not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the College and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

 

To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Completion, or Occupational Certificate at JJC, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admission requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the chosen certificate. Complete a minimum of 1-8 credit hours (Occupational Certificate),  4-29 credit hours (Certificate of Completion) or 30-50 credit hours (Certificate of Achievement). If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 25% of the total required credit hours applicable to the certificate at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement do not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in the area of concentration.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the college and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

Contact Information

Department Chairperson                                 

Student Advising Center                       

Name: Cheryl Heeneman

Main Campus - A1155

Romeoville Campus - RMA1029

Email: cheenema@jjc.edu

academicadvising@jjc.edu

Phone: 815-280-2837

Phone: 815-280-2673