Interpretation of curriculum setup for the sports science major in Pennsylvania State University
The authors introduced and dissected the sports science major in the Department of Kinesiology of the College of Health and Human Development of Pennsylvania State University,and revealed the characteristics of the setup of its curriculum system and curriculum contents,as well as the following findings: the proportion of the cred-its for general education in the degree curriculum in Pennsylvania State University in total credits is 25%～35%;re-quired public courses for all research orientations in the kinesiology major are completely the same;more physics and chemistry courses are set up as required courses for the sports science major;multiple limitations are estab-lished for the selection of additional courses and basic courses in order to establish a unified knowledge system.