NIU College of Education, City Colleges of Chicago pave 2+2 paths in kinesiology, sport management
DeKalb, Ill. — City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) students now have a seamless “2+2” transfer pathway to bachelor’s degrees in Kinesiology and Sport Management from the Northern Illinois
University College of Education.
Thanks to a newly signed articulation agreement, students completing Associate of Science degrees who are interested in those majors can begin to enroll at NIU as soon as January,
although initial recruitment will focus on the fall semester of 2023.
Available to students from all seven of CCC’s campuses, the opportunity to become Huskies falls under the Guaranteed
Admissions Program and comes with the possibility of receiving NIU Star Scholarships of $3,000 per year for two years.
More than 1,300 CCC students currently are in academic programs that align well with Kinesiology and Sport Management.
Steve Howell, chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, calls the new affiliation between the two schools “a logical fit.”
City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado shares that hope.
Articulation agreements between four-year universities and community colleges provide students with a prescribed, sequential set of general education courses for their first two years near home and put them right on track when they arrive at NIU for
their major-specific curriculum.
Coordinated academic advising, along with an earlier introduction to the college’s Office for Student Success, creates strong relationships that yield improved enrollment management,
retention and graduation rates.
Students who pursue NIU’s B.S. in Kinesiology study scientific principles that regulate behavior change and performance, including physiology, biomechanics, psychology, measurement,
gerontology and nutrition.
They go on to use exercise as a form of medicine in their work at a variety of health, wellness and sport performance settings.
The curriculum also prepares students for graduate school in exercise physiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, sport and exercise psychology and sport management.
NIU’s B.S. in Sport Management prepares students for the extensive career opportunities available with professional
franchises; collegiate athletic departments; marketing and management firms; parks and recreation operations; and more.
Strong relationships with Chicagoland’s many sport organizations and with NIU’s NCAA Division I athletics program provide students with outstanding experiences for hands-on learning and networking. Students also can pursue the Sport Sales Minor in collaboration with NIU’s renowned Sales Program, housed in
the College of Business.
Sixty-six of this fall’s 190 new transfers are in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, he said. Of those, 31 are majoring in Kinesiology and 18 are majoring in Sport Management, meaning those two majors were the destination of
26% of Fall 2022 transfers.
