- Community of interest
- Health & Public Services
- Award
- AA Degree
- Program code
- 11126.01AA
- Department
- Kinesiology/Physical Ed
- CIP code
- 31.0501: Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General.
- TOP code
- 0835.00 - Physical Education
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- HPS Health & Public Services
- Award
- AA Degree
- Program code
- 11126.01AA
- Department
- Kinesiology/Physical Ed
- CIP code
- 31.0501: Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General.
- TOP code
- 0835.00 - Physical Education
Next Steps
AA Degree — expand to learn about this award
The Associate of Arts is typically awarded for academic areas outside STEM and CTE — humanities, social sciences, arts, language. Like every Butte College associate degree, it has two parts: a general-education curriculum and an academic program of specialization.
About General Education. GE is an integrated program of learning designed to foster intellectual curiosity, cultural understanding, critical thinking, creative reasoning, oral and written communication, and the capacity for ethical reasoning. By graduation, you'll have developed the ability to think critically, communicate clearly, apply quantitative reasoning, understand how the major academic disciplines ask their questions, comprehend diverse cultures and historical periods, and assess ethical problems — alongside the depth you build in your major.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
course details
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary approach to the study of human movement. An overview of the importance of the sub-disciplines in kinesiology will be discussed along with career opportunities in the areas of teaching, coaching, allied health, and fitness professions. (C-ID KIN 100).
Select one: Meets Area 2
General Education: Area 1A
about Area 1A
English Composition
Baccalaureate-level academic writing — expository and argumentative. The foundation for every other course you'll write in.
General Education: Area 6
about Area 6
Ethnic Studies
The histories, experiences, and contributions of the four autonomous disciplines: Black / African American / Africana studies, Native American studies, Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x studies, and Asian American studies.
Elective (any course numbered 1-199 or C1000-C2999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.
Term 2
Class Schedules
Meets Area 5.
course details
Structural organization of the human body: gross and microscopic structure of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems, from cellular to organ system levels of organization. This course is primarily intended for nursing, allied health, kinesiology, and other health related majors. (C-ID BIOL 110B).
General Education: Area 3
about Area 3
Arts and Humanities
How people and cultures, across time, respond to themselves and the world through artistic and cultural creative production. Visual and performing arts, art history, foreign languages, literature, philosophy, religion.
General Education: Area 4
Department recommends PSY 6 or PSYC C1000.
about Area 4
Social and Behavioral Sciences
The systematic study of people as members of society — cultural anthropology, cultural geography, economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology — and the methods these disciplines use to ask their questions.
Elective (any course numbered 1-199 or C1000-C2999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options. Department recommends ENGL C1001.
Term 3
Class Schedules
MATH 20, MATH 28, MATH 28s or high school trigonometry. Meets Area 5.
course details
This course is intended for students not majoring in physics or engineering but needing a one-year course in physics as a requirement for their major program. The course is part of a two-semester sequence whose contents may be offered in other sequences or combinations at articulated institutions. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids and simple harmonic motion. Graded only. (C-ID PHYS 105/PHYS 100S).
Prerequisite: MATH 20, MATH 28, MATH 28s or high school trigonometry
Select one: Meets Area 5
Complete two KIN Activity courses excluding KIN 51 (See GE Guide)
Meets Graduation Requirement.
General Education: Area 1B
about Area 1B
Oral Communication and Critical Thinking
Baccalaureate-level oral communication and/or critical thinking — speaking with structure to a live audience, analyzing arguments, identifying assumptions.
Term 4
Class Schedules
Meets Area 5.
course details
Study of the physiological principles, function, integration and homeostasis of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and organism level: integumentary system, bone, skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles, nervous system, sensory organs, cardiovascular system, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory system, urinary system, digestive system, endocrine system, and reproductive system. This course is primarily intended for Nursing, Allied Health, Kinesiology, and other health related majors. (C-ID BIOL 120B).
Select one: Meets Area 5
Elective (Any course numbered 1-199 or C1000-C2999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 1
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
Example roles: 2
- Coaches and Scouts
- Athletes and Sports Competitors
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
Example roles: 1
- Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Local Job Market
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsSOC 39-90311 nearby opening
Top employers in sample
- Ymca Of Superior Ca 1
Where the postings are
- Oroville, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Coaches and ScoutsSOC 27-2022no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: coaches and scout. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Athletes and Sports CompetitorsSOC 27-2021no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: athletes and sports competitor, sports competitor. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, PostsecondarySOC 25-1193no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: Recreation and Fitness Studies instructor, Recreation and Fitness Studies teacher, recreation and fitness studies teachers postsecondary, fitness studies teacher. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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