EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY:

East Carolina University, the third largest institution in the 16-member University of North Carolina system has a mission to serve, with emphasis on service to eastern North Carolina.  Enrollment has grown to over 27,000 students with over 6,500 graduate students.  ECU offers 104 bachelor’s degree programs, 73 master’s degree programs, 4 specialist degree programs, 2 first-professional programs (MD, DDS), and 17 doctoral programs in eight professional colleges, the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, the Brody School of Medicine, and the recently established School of Dentistry.  ECU is located in Greenville, NC, a diverse and progressive city of approximately 85,000 that is within two hours driving distance of the Atlantic coast to the east and the Research Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill to the west.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN  PERFORMANCE:

The College of Health and Human Performance is home to three departments:  Kinesiology (formerly Exercise and Sport Science), Health Education and Promotion, and Recreation and Leisure Studies, as well as, the Human Performance Laboratory.  There are approximately 100 faculty members in the College, with excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations within the College and with other units on campus.

DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY (Formerly EXSS) :

Kinesiology is comprised of 45 part- and full-time faculty members, with 23 tenured and tenure-track and 22 fixed-term faculty.  There are approximately 970 intended and declared undergraduate majors within four degree programs: exercise physiology, health fitness specialist, physical education, and sport studies.  The Department’s graduate program, encompassing 100 students, offers an MS in Kinesiology with seven concentrations: adapted physical education, biomechanics, exercise physiology, physical activity promotion, physical education pedagogy, sport and exercise psychology, and sport management and an interdisciplinary PhD in bioenergetics and exercise science.  The Department also offers an MAEd in physical education in conjunction with the College of Education.  Kinesiology is one of the university’s most productive departments in terms of teaching excellence, research and external funding.

 

 
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNIVERSITY AND ACCOMMODATES INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  APPLICANTS MUST COMPLY WITH PROVISIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND REFORM ACT.  OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED UPON EMPLOYMENT