KINESIOL 4EE3: Professional Placement in Kinesiology

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The Kinesiology Placement Course is founded on the Experiential, Self-Directed, and Service Learning literature. The placement experience provides the essential links between classroom learning and professional practice by offering students the opportunity to put theory into practice and to apply the “core” knowledge of the Kinesiology sub-disciplines in a real-life experience. Through the Kinesiology Placement course, students will further develop their leadership abilities, communication and problem solving skills, and strengthen their civic responsibility through service in the broader community.

The Kinesiology Placement course involves a partnership between three parties - the student, the course professor, and the placement agency. For the placement agency, the student brings energy and enthusiasm, and a commitment toward the agency meeting its objectives. For the student, the placement provides opportunities for learning that typically does not occur in a regular classroom setting, while offering a professional orientation to a field of study that may expand career choices. For the professor, the course serves as a link to community agencies that provide leadership in sport and physical activity, deliver activity based service programs to the broader population, and offer rehabilitation services for clients requiring specialized care.

FORM DEADLINES:

Students should attempt to set up their placement for the term prior to enrollment.

Students must submit their completed KINESIOL 4EE3 Placement Enrollment Application and Safety Orientation Checklist forms to the Undergraduate Studies, Academic Program Advisor via email to kinug@mcmaster.ca or in IWC 219C, 30-days prior to the start of the term and enroll prior to the first day of class. For placements external to McMaster please also submit the Letter to Placement Employers and Student Declaration of Understanding.

• For the upcoming Fall term, placements should be confirmed by August 1
• For the Winter term, placements should be confirmed by December 1

All required forms for the KINESIOL 4EE3 placement, including additional forms for placements external to McMaster, can be found here.

Please Note: Although forms can be submitted past their due date (but before the start of the term), it is strongly encouraged that all students set up their placement prior to the school year as registration in the course in limited and the course tends to fill up quickly.