About the Course of Study leading to a BS in Athletic Training
The Athletic Training Education Program at the College of Charleston leads to a BS in Athletic Training and prepares students for careers and advanced studies in medicine (physician assistant, physician, nurse), physical therapy, athletic training, and other allied health professions. The course of study includes the College's required 56 credit hours of general education in addition to approximately 58 credit hours of coursework specific to the Athletic Training major. This includes coursework in the areas of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, physics, personal and community health, injury prevention, orthopaedic evaluation, therapeutic modalities, therapeutic exercise, kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, research design and methods, and sports nutrition. In their senior year program students engage in independent or group research on an area of interest related to the field of sports medicine.
The course of study for athletic trainining majors also includes 9 credit hours of clinical education. The clinical education component of the Athletic Training Education Program consists of five courses taken sequentially beginning with the first spring semester subsequent to acceptance into the program. Each clinical education experience requires the student to complete the following evaluation criteria: level specific clinical proficiencies, written critiques of the lecture series presentations, a professional portfolio, a summative report detailing the clinical experience, examinations (both written and oral), and a supervised clinical "field" experience. For each clinical experience program students are assigned a clinical education site and a clinical instructor. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from clinical education field experience sites.
For More Information Download the Following:
1. List of required courses for a BS in Athletic Training.(pdf format)
2. Suggested sequence of courses for four years of study.(pdf format)
Also View Information in the College's Undergraduate Catalog (click link below)