Health, Kinesiology & Athletics

Move toward a career in fitness, sports, or rehabilitation with Butte College’s Kinesiology programs. Explore human movement, wellness, and athletic performance while preparing for careers in physical therapy, coaching, or personal training.

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Program Name

Goal

Length

Flexibility

Kinesiology and Physical Education

AA-T AA

Goal

Transfer or Career

Length

2 years

Flexibility

• Main Campus

AA-T

Associate Degree for Transfer in Kinesiology

The Associate in Arts in Kinesiology for Transfer degree (AA-T) is designed for students planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at a CSU campus. Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, though not to a specific campus or major. Those who transfer to a CSU that accepts the degree will be required to complete no more than 60 additional units to earn a bachelor’s degree.

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AA

Associate Degree in Kinesiology

The Associate Degree in Kinesiology prepares students to be able to identify and describe the major concepts, theoretical principles, historical development, and current trends in the field of kinesiology. They will assess their own physical activity levels in relation to lifelong fitness and describe how physical activity influences physiological responses and adaptations to exercise. Students will recognize how anatomical factors such as age, gender, individual goals, and special needs affect movement and performance.

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AA

Associate Degree in Physical Education: Exercise Physiology

The Associate Degree in Physical Education: Exercise Physiology prepares students to be able to identify and describe the major concepts, theoretical principles, historical development, and current trends within the field of kinesiology. They will explain how physical activity influences physiological responses and adaptations to exercise and recognize how anatomical factors—such as age, gender, individual goals, and special needs—affect movement and performance.

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Flexibility AI — view prompt

The programs in this cluster are primarily offered at Main Campus, where you can complete most or all of your major requirements. If Main Campus doesn't fit your schedule, you have some flexibility to combine courses at the Chico Center, Glenn Center, or Online, though you'll likely need to work with a counselor to plan which courses to take at each location since not all required courses are available at every location every term.

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⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.

You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Kinesiology and Physical Education
  Programs in cluster: 3

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Kinesiology (AA-T Degree):
      You can complete your Kinesiology AA-T degree at Main Campus, where all the required major courses are reliably offered. If you prefer to study at the Chico Center or Glenn Center, you'll need to combine courses there with offerings at Main Campus or Online to cover all your requirements.
  • Kinesiology (AA Degree):
      You can complete all your Kinesiology major requirements at Main Campus. Your general education courses can be taken at any of our centers or online, so you have flexibility there—but plan on Main Campus for your major coursework.
  • Physical Education: Exercise Physiology (AA Degree):
      You can complete the required courses for this degree at Main Campus, where all the major coursework has been reliably offered. If Main Campus doesn't work with your schedule, you could combine Glenn Center or Online with another location to fill in the gaps—just plan to meet with a counselor to map out which courses you'll take where, since not every required course is available at those locations every term.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.

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Butte College Teams

Support our award winning athletic teams!  Follow the scores and come cheer the road runners as they compete with other colleges.

From Student to Teacher

Asuka (Morooka) Pheap

I really appreciate the support I received at Butte College, especially from my athletic training mentors and coaches. I was able to build a strong foundation before transferring to a 4-year university. I achieved my goal of becoming a certified athletic trainer, and Butte College was a significant part of the journey.

Asuka (Morooka) Pheap

Athletic Trainer @ San Joaquin Delta College

Asuka's Journey

Asuka graduated from the University of the Pacific with her Master of Arts degree in 2021, where she served as a graduate assistant for the Health, Exercise, and Sport Science department, teaching exercise physiology lab classes. In 2017, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training at CSU Fresno, working with division 1 men’s basketball and track and field. In 2015, she completed her Associate of Arts degree in Kinesiology at Butte College, while competing for the women’s basketball team and completing the requirements for her sports medicine internship.

Prior to Delta College, Asuka served as the head athletic trainer at Edison High School for 3 years, providing medical care for 20 teams. She assisted the football team in winning SJAA back-to-back championships in 2018 and 2019.

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Introduction to our Department

Athletes are not the only one who benefit from our offerings.  Whether you are on a team, majoring in Kinesiology, or just want to stay active, you will find opportunities to move with the Kinesiology department.

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Full Time Faculty

Jeffrey Jordan

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Anthony Ferro

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Edward Jackson

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Robert Snelling

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Claire Abele

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Mark Modes

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Associate Faculty

Travis Gee

Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Jonathan Hays

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Matthew Phipps

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Justin Noxon

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Wendy McKenzie

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Jesus Rodriguez

Varsity-Intercollegiate Instructor

Phillip Thomas

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Jack Martin

Varsity-Intercollegiate Instructor

Mark Chavez

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Ross Sandberg

Varsity-Intercollegiate Instructor

Shanna Vela

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Stephanie Cardenas

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Francis Cleary

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Lani Muelrath

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Melinda Buzan

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Bradley Cooke

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Deanna Lowe

Health Instructor

Sheena Flores

Health, Kinesiology & Athletics Instructor

Sue Howard

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Patrick Young

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Sara Filter

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Kristin Worley

Physical Education-Activity Instructo

Halie Hall

Health, Kinesiology & Athletics Instructor

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