{"id":1597,"date":"2025-05-14T09:54:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/?post_type=areas&#038;p=1597"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:57:50","slug":"kinesiology","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/kinesiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinesiology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">majors, minors &amp; areas of study<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Kinesiology<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kinesiology\">Kinesiology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kinesiology major is designed for students pursuing careers in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Sports Medicine, and Athletic Training, or graduate study in Exercise Sciences, Kinesiology, and Physiology. 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