Tour locations

Intramural (IM) Sports Circle Building

Home to MSU’s Department of Kinesiology

Found on West Circle Drive next to the Beal Botanical Garden, the IM Sports Circle Building is both a fitness center and the location for most kinesiology classes. At IM Circle, students will find an indoor pool, two gyms, two dance studios and badminton courts.

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gyms and dance studios

Students in the Department of Kinesiology take classes covering a variety of topics including motor control and development, sports business management, athletic training and sports medicine, psychology and sociology of physical activity, and sport and exercise physiology. Students also study fitness leadership and learn the best ways to promote health and wellness in communities, at home and abroad. Graduates from the Department of Kinesiology are prepared for career opportunities in fields like occupational therapy, personal training, public health consulting and much more.

MSU’s past on display

You can still find the logo for Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.), MSU’s name from 1909-1925, on the northern entrance of IM Sports Circle.

A close-up of white doors leading into the red brick Intramural (IM) Sports Circle Building in the dim light of early evening.

Photo Gallery

  • Students in a classroom taking notes while the professor lectures.
  • Students stretch before beginning physical activity.
  • An empty gym with a student shooting baskets into the basketball hoop
  • Two students rehearse a dance routine in a dance studio.
  • View of the entrance to IM Circle.
  • Students play water polo in the indoor pool in the IM Circle Building.