Health and Human Performance Department

Beginning fall 2010 semester, all Health degrees (HLT) remain in the College of Education. If you are a current or prospective Health student please contact an advisor in the College of Education. All other Health and Human performance (HHP) degrees will continue to be offered through HHP which is now administratively located in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Please contact HHP academic advisors if you are a current or prospective HHP student at http://hhp.uh.edu/advising.

• Who's Who
• Physical Education Fees
• Degree Programs
• Admissions Requirement
• Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Human Nutrition and Foods (HNFDS)
• Department-Specific Course Listings:
  • Kinesiology (KIN)
  • Nutrition (NUTR)
  • Physical Education Basic Instruction Program (PEB)

Who's Who

Chair:
Charles S. "Chuck" Layne

Professors:
Andrew S. Jackson (Emeritus), Charles S. Layne

Associate Professors:
Sharon Bode (Clinical), Mark Clarke, Rebecca Lee, Daniel Martinez, Kimberlee Michals Matalon, Demetrius Pearson

Assistant Professors:
Lisa Alastuey (Visiting), Jian Liu, Brian McFarlin, Laura Moore (Visiting), Daniel P. O'Connor, Paula C. Rhode, Richard Simpson, Adam Thrasher, Rey Trevino (Clinical)

Physical Education Fees

Students enrolling (registering) for physical education courses in which one semester hour credit is received must pay $35 each semester.

Students will be provided with a clean towel and clean gym uniform (except shoes) for each class and for any other time when they participate in physical education activities while attending the university.

Degree Programs

The Department of Health and Human Performance offers a B.S. degrees in Kinesiology (Exercise Science, Fitness and Sports, and Sports Administration) and Human Nutrition and Foods (with and without American Dietetic Association certification).

Admissions Requirement

In order to become a major in any of the certified and noncertified degree programs offered in the Department of Health and Human Performance, UH students who have completed 15-60 hours of college level work at UH or other schools must have a minimum 2.30 cumulative GPA on all college course work.

University of Houston students who have completed 60 or more semester hours of college level work at either UH or other schools must have a minimum 2.30 cumulative GPA in the last 60 semester hours to enter one of the Department’s degree programs.

The computation of the GPA over the last 60 semester hours will include all grades for the semester in which the 60th hour occurs.

Students on probation or suspension are not eligible to enter one of the Department’s degree programs.

Catalog Publish Date: August 19, 2010
This Page Last Updated: December 5, 2010
Effective Date of Archive: January 13, 2011