A capstone experience is an academic activity that encourages the use of skills learned and knowledge gained in one or more areas of the field of study. It is a culminating experience that goes beyond the course work required for the graduation and should be completed near the end of the student's program. Capstone experiences for the Master of Science in Kinesiology program will have a significant writing component and may include satisfactorily completing one of the following:
- An APA data based thesis.
- A teaching portfolio that may be submitted for National Board Certification
- An applied research project, or auction research project, on the student's own health or physical education teaching and a research paper discussing the project and its findings
- Achieve certified health education specialist (CHES) certification