Bioenergetics and Exercise Science PhD
Program Overview
Bioenergetics and Exercise Science PhD
The PhD program in bioenergetics and exercise science is housed in the Department of Kinesiology within the College of Health and Human Performance, and is offered in conjunction with the Department of Physiology in the Brody School of Medicine. This doctoral program has consistently been highly ranked by the National Academy of Kinesiology, based upon program faculty indices of productivity, funding, and visibility as well as student indices of graduate assistant support, student quality, employment, and admissions.
Program Overview
Students have the opportunity to utilize laboratory and research facilities of all participating disciplines. Bioenergetics and exercise science graduates address research questions at the level of the whole body to the gene using a variety of approaches and are trained for employment in health care, government, academic, research and service institutions.
Interdisciplinary Approach
The interdisciplinary content and collaborative approach to mentoring provide students with the "best of several worlds." Students apply to the PhD in bioenergetics and exercise science program and have access to the resources of several campus units and centers, including the Human Performance Laboratory, Biomechanics Laboratory, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Center for Health Disparities Research, Pediatric Health Weight Research and Treatment Center, and Brody School of Medicine.
What You Will Study
The Bioenergetics and Exercise Science, PhD is an interdisciplinary degree program that uses a unique interdisciplinary approach to address the role of energy transposition in health and disease under resting and exercise conditions. Students address research questions that range from the whole body to the gene level as they investigate the mechanisms by which physically active lifestyles influence disease processes, prevention, and treatment. Students can choose between three concentrations: biomechanics and motor control; cellular and molecular bioenergetics; and exercise physiology and behavioral science. Graduates are prepared for employment in health care, government, and academic private institutions.
Program Requirements
The Bioenergetics and Exercise Science, PhD requires a minimum of 69 semester hours, as follows:
- Professional standards and ethics - 2 semester hours
- HUMS 7004 - Ethics and Research
- KINE 7004 - Research Ethics for a Complex World
- Foundations in bioenergetics and exercise science - 7 semester hours
- KINE 7335 - Seminar in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8310 - Pedagogy in Bioenergetics
- Research and application - 36 semester hours
- Research design - 6 semester hours
- KINE 8330 - Introduction to Research
- Statistics - 3 semester hours
- Select a 3 semester hour advanced statistics course
- Dissertation - 27 semester hours (minimum)
- KINE 9000 - Dissertation
- Concentrations - 24 semester hours
- Select one of the following concentrations:
- Biomechanics and motor control - 24 semester hours
- Cellular and molecular bioenergetics - 24 semester hours
- Exercise physiology and behavioral science - 24 semester hours
Concentrations
- Biomechanics and Motor Control:
- Core (13 semester hours)
- KINE 6202 - Motor Learning
- KINE 7200 - Biomechanics
- KINE 7204 - Techniques of Biomechanical Assessment
- KINE 7211 - Bioenergetics
- KINE 7447 - Translational Exercise Physiology
- Advanced topics in bioenergetics (5 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- KINE 8331 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8332 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8333 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8334 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8335 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8336 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- Select from the following courses:
- Restricted electives (6 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- ANAT 7200 - Gross Anatomy and Embryology
- BIME 6250 - Biomedical Signal Processing
- KINE 7203 - Neuromotor Control
- PHLY 7702 - Graduate Physiology II
- PHLY 7703 - Graduate Neuroscience
- PHLY 7730 - Medical Neuroscience
- PHYS 6715 - Biomedical Physics
- PHYS 6720 - Physics of Medical Imaging
- PTHE 8200 - Clinical Biomechanics
- PTHE 8301 - Motor Control and Movement Disorders
- PTHE 8502 - Muscle Physiology
- Any approved elective
- Select from the following courses:
- Core (13 semester hours)
- Cellular and Molecular Bioenergetics:
- Core (7-8 semester hours)
- BIOC 7301 - Biochemistry I
- KINE 7211 - Bioenergetics
- KINE 7447 - Translational Exercise Physiology
- Restricted electives (7-9 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- BIOC 7310 - Molecular Biochemistry
- BIOC 8320 - Biochemistry II: Regulation of Metabolism
- KINE 8320 - Bioenergetics II: Regulation of Metabolism
- PHLY 7702 - Graduate Physiology II
- Select from the following courses:
- Advanced topics in bioenergetics (3-6 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- KINE 8331 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8332 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8333 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8334 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8335 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8336 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- Select from the following courses:
- Restricted electives (3-5 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- BIOC 7310 - Molecular Biochemistry
- BIOC 8320 - Biochemistry II: Regulation of Metabolism
- KINE 8320 - Bioenergetics II: Regulation of Metabolism
- PHLY 7702 - Graduate Physiology II
- PHLY 7703 - Graduate Neuroscience
- PHLY 7704 - Physiological Proteogenomics
- Any approved elective
- Select from the following courses:
- Core (7-8 semester hours)
- Exercise Physiology and Behavioral Science:
- Core (7 semester hours)
- KINE 6440 - Exercise Psychology
- KINE 7211 - Bioenergetics
- KINE 7447 - Translational Exercise Physiology
- Advanced topics in bioenergetics (5 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- KINE 8331 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8332 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8333 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8334 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8335 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- KINE 8336 - Advanced Topics in Bioenergetics
- Select from the following courses:
- Restricted electives (12 semester hours)
- Select from the following courses:
- COHE 6430 - Health Data Management
- HLTH 6001 - Foundations of Health Education and Promotion
- HLTH 6110 - Intervention Strategies for Health Education and Promotion
- KINE 6212 - Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Procedures
- KINE 6401 - Assessment of Physical Activity and Fitness
- MPH 6008 - Ethnic Health and Health Disparities
- MPH 6027 - Mixed-Methods Research
- PHLY 7702 - Graduate Physiology II
- PSYC 6333 - Applied Behavior Analysis
- Any approved elective
- Select from the following courses:
- Core (7 semester hours)