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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

SUGGESTED FOUR-YEAR ATHLETIC TRAINING SEQUENCE OF STUDY

YEAR 1  --  SEMESTER 1

YEAR 1 -- SEMESTER 2

CA 101 Effective Communications 3 CR CA 101 Effective Communications 3 CR
or EN 110 Academic Writing 3 CR or EN 110 Academic Writing 3 CR
IL 101 Information Literacy 1 CR HICC 101 Human Journey:  Hist. Paths to Civ. 3 CR
HICC 101 Human Journey:  Hist. Paths to Civilization 3 CR or
ENCC 102
Lit. Expressions of Human Journey 3 CR
or ENCC 102 Lit. Express. of Human Journey 3 CR BI 112 Concepts in Biology II 3 CR
BI 111 Concepts in Biology I 3 CR BI 114 Concepts in Biology II Lab 1 CR
BI 113 Concepts in Biology I Lab 1 CR HM 100 Prevention of Athletic Injuries & Illness 3 CR
MA 140 Precalculus 4 CR   Elective Core Course

3 CR

Total Credit Hours:  15  

Total Credit Hours:  16  

YEAR 2  -- SEMESTER 3

YEAR 2  -- SEMESTER 4

CC 103 Human Community:  Individual & Society 3 CR PHCC 104 Human Search for Truth, Justice & Common Good 3 CR
or Human Community & Scientific Discovery   or RSCC 104 Human Search for Truth, Justice & Common Good  
BI 131/133 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4 CR BI 132/134 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4 CR
PY 100 Elements of Physics 4 CR AT 129 Athletic Training Clinical Practicum I 1 CR
AT 239 Orthopedic Evaluation I 4 CR AT 240 Orthopedic Evaluation II 4 CR
AT 125 Athletic Training Basic Skills 1 CR HM 260 Kinesiology 4 CR

Total Credit Hours:  16  

Total Credit Hours:  16  

YEAR 3  -- SEMESTER 5

YEAR 3  --  SEMESTER 6

HM 250 Exercise Physiology 4 CR AT 342 Therapeutic Rehabilitation 4 CR
AT 241 Therapeutic Modalities 4 CR HM 253 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology 3 CR
AT 220 Ath. Training Clinical Practicum II 4 CR AT 375 Organization & Administration in AT 3 CR
MA 131 Statistics for Decision Making 3 CR AT 221 Clinical Athletic Practicum III 2 CR
CH 151 General Inorganic Chemistry I 3 CR CH 152 General Inorganic Chemistry II 3 CR
CH 153 General Inorganic Chemistry I Lab 1 CR CH 154 General Inorganic Chemistry II Lab 1 CR

Total Credit Hours:  17  

Total Credit Hours:  16  

YEAR 4  -- SEMESTER 7

YEAR 4  -- SEMESTER 8

HM 255 Nutritional Aspects of Health/ Performance 3 CR PS 295 Health Psychology 3 CR
AT 322 Ath. Training Clinical Practicum IV 3 CR AT 323 Ath. Training Clinical Practicum V 3 CR
AT 310 Aspects of Clinical Medicine 4 CR   Elective Core Course 3 CR
PS 110 General Psychology 3 CR   Elective Core Course 3 CR
  Elective Core Course 3 CR   Elective Core Course 3 CR
        Elective Core Course 3 CR

Total Credit Hours:  16  

 

Total Credit Hours:  18  

TOTAL CREDITS:  130

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