{"id":4692,"date":"2020-03-26T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/?page_id=4692"},"modified":"2025-01-31T07:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:59:19","slug":"kin-abm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/academics\/kin-abm\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerated Bachelor\u2019s to Master\u2019s (ABM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>At URI, our ABM program provides exceptional students a more rapid pathway to earning their Master of Science (M.S.) degree while finishing their Kinesiology bachelor\u2019s degree at URI. Nine credits of graduate-level courses may count toward both the undergraduate (Bachelor of Science) and to the M.S. degrees during their first year of the ABM program while the student is in their senior year. Upon graduation with their B.S. degree the student would be coded as a M.S. student in Kinesiology and would take exclusively graduate coursework during their final year in the Kinesiology ABM program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Apply for the Program<\/h1><p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:christieward@uri.edu\">Christie Ward-Ritacco<\/a> before applying.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The M.S. degree program in Kinesiology is designed for students who might want to pursue future study in a doctoral program or work in a variety of organizations with an interest in the promotion of physical activity. Students will graduate with a depth and breadth of training in Kinesiology, as well as practical, hands-on laboratory skills and significant research experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants to the Kinesiology ABM will need to have the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Earned a minimum of 75 credits toward their Kinesiology bachelor\u2019s degree and 90 credits upon starting the ABM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A current 3.2 GPA or higher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A proposed program of study developed by the student and the Kinesiology graduate program director. (requires the student to schedule a meeting with the director)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attained 100 hours of experiential learning in a clinical, research or professional setting related to their Kinesiology professional goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0personal statement that describes why the applicant has chosen to apply to the ABM program in Kinesiology, the type of research the student would like to participate in during this program, a potential research mentor among the Kinesiology faculty, and how an MS in Kinesiology\u00a0will support their future professional goals.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will be enrolled in the KIN\u2010ABM program only after they have met the Graduate School admission requirements and have completed 90 undergraduate credits. Up to nine credits of approved graduate\u2010eligible coursework can be counted toward both the bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees and the student will be eligible, with approval of the Graduate Director, to take other graduate\u2010level courses during their senior year toward their master\u2019s degree while completing undergraduate requirements. KIN\u2010ABM students will be eligible to apply for a graduate teaching assistantship but preference will be given to students who are entering the traditional program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*NOTE: Applicants are not required to submit GRE scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At URI, our ABM program provides exceptional students a more rapid pathway to earning their Master of Science (M.S.) degree while finishing their Kinesiology bachelor\u2019s degree at URI. 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