Funding

• Winners of major external awards (OGS, QEII and Tri-Council) may be eligible for top-up funding which includes the Dean’s Graduate Scholarship (total value exceeds $10,000). 
• Eligible domestic students admitted to study on a full-time basis receive an average of $14,500 a year. This support may be made up of teaching assistantships, internal/external scholarships, and/or faculty-funded studentships or research assistantships.
• A list of all funding opportunities available to Laurier graduate students, including information about OGS, QEII and Tri-Council, is available on our graduate funding webpage.

Research Focus

Our faculty supervise students in a wide range of research interests, including:

• motor learning and execution
• motor development and control
• motor delays or developmental disabilities
• perception and gait
• psychology of physical activity/sports
• chronic illness, disability, health and aging
• biomechanics
• neurophysiology
• muscle and exercise physiology
• historical and ethical aspects of sport

Requirements

• A four-year (honours) undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in kinesiology, health, physical education or a related field.
• A minimum B average in the last two years of study.
• Applications are reviewed by the graduate program committee, which considers all prior university grades, a writing sample and letters of reference.
• At the discretion of the graduate coordinator and the supervisor, students with minor background deficiencies may be required to include specific undergraduate courses in their program.

Careers

Our graduates have gone on to work in professional fields, academics/education, rehabilitation and research.

Examples of jobs held by our graduate include:

• physical therapy/occupational therapy chiropractor
• senior specialist, heart and stroke
• pedorthist
• research associate/coordinator