MSc, Health & Exercise Sciences
As of September 2018, the Health and Exercise Sciences graduate program will offer a full-time Master of Science degree. Applicants to the program will have interests in health sciences and will come from a variety of backgrounds within the biological, natural, and social sciences.
Program Requirements
- HMKN 501: Research Seminar in Health & Exercise Sciences
- HMKN 506: Research Methods in Health & Exercise Sciences
- HMKN 549: MSc Thesis
- 9 credits of elective coursework
Elective course offerings may include:
- HMKN 505: Quantitative Analyses: Decision Making Using Data in Health & Exercise Science
- HMKN 545: Special Topics in Health and Exercise Sciences (topic to be determined with Supervisor)
Students currently enrolled in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences Master of Science program offered through
Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS), can transfer into the new MSc, HES program by completing the
Transfer Between Related Mater’s Graduate Programs form.
PhD, Kinesiology
The Health and Exercise Sciences graduate program offers full-time, research-based Master of Science degree in Health & Exercise Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Kinesiology. We anticipate that applicants to the program will have interests in health sciences and will come from a variety of backgrounds within the biological, behavioural, and social sciences. The M.Sc. of Science degree in Health & Exercise Sciences and Ph.D. in Kinesiology will typically be completed by students pursuing studies in the biological, behavioural and/or social science content areas.
Program Progression & Thesis
For information on program progression, including Thesis & Dissertation and Deadlines, please visit the
College of Graduate Studies web page for Current Students.
The Library, in partnership with the College of Graduate Studies, now offers a Thesis Formatting Service to all graduate students. The service respects the academic purpose and integrity of the thesis writing and submission process and includes services such as:
- Formatting of table of contents, lists of figures, tables and illustrations.
- Formatting of margins, line spacing, indentation, title pages and page numbering, headers and footers.
- Text formatting, including styling headings, case correction and pagination.
- Alignment of tables, graphs, charts and figures.
Please follow this link for more information about this service.
In order to ensure timely delivery, students should submit their theses to the service a minimum of 15 working days in advance of when they would like to have them returned. Specific dates vary depending on graduation. Students may view the
Thesis Scheduling Timelines for Graduation graph for details about thesis submission deadlines.
Supervisors can support their students by signing off that the student will be using the Thesis Formatting Service as identified within the
Thesis Formatting Service Agreement.
Please direct questions about the Thesis Formatting Service to
ubco.thesisformatting@ubc.ca.
Annual Progress Reports & University Graduate Fellowships
Please visit the
College of Graduate Studies website for more information.