University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is also one of the smallest faculties within the university. The current Dean of AHS is a professor from Recreation and Leisure studies, Dr. Roger Mannel.

Departments

The faculty presently houses three academic departments. They are Health Studies and Gerontology, Kinesiology, and Recreation and Leisure Studies.

Kinesiology

Beginnings Kinesiology was founded as the department of Physical Education. Their original home was the Physical Activities Complex before moving to Burt Mathews Hall in the mid 1980's. The department moved away from the Physical education side and incThe department has continued to develop over the past two decades. It is one of the best kinesiology programs in Canada.Fact|date=February 2007 Undergraduates have the opportunity to remain in a general program or pursue concentrations in Neurobehavioural Assessment, Ergonomics or Pre-Health. There are also several other streams an undergraduate can follow: physiology, biomechanics and sports medicine.

External links

* [http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/ Faculty of Applied Health Sciences website]
* [http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/hsg/ Department of Health Studies and Gerontology website]
* [http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/kin/ Department of Kinesiology website]
* [http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/rec/ Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies]


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