The range of career paths available for athletes and sports lovers is expanding as the scope and focus of kinesiology program at Langara grows.
Kinesiology, or kin as students in the program call it, is the study of movement. People working in the field use scientific and sociological insights to help humans walk, run, play, and work more efficiently, and with fewer injuries. The field attracts athletes and fitness buffs who, like Johnson Yu, a soccer player at Langara, study kin to keep their connection to a sport they love.
Yu is in his second-year in kinesiology, but he is an athlete first. He wanted to become a professional soccer player, and his choice of study lets him stay close to that dream.
“A lot of the stuff we learn is kind of
Kinesiology, or kin as students in the program call it, is the study of movement. People working in the field use scientific and sociological insights to help humans walk, run, play, and work more efficiently, and with fewer injuries. The field attracts athletes and fitness buffs who, like Johnson Yu, a soccer player at Langara, study kin to keep their connection to a sport they love.
Yu is in his second-year in kinesiology, but he is an athlete first. He wanted to become a professional soccer player, and his choice of study lets him stay close to that dream.
“A lot of the stuff we learn is kind of