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Athletic Training
(School of Health Professions)

Jamie L. Musler, MSEd, ATC, Interim Program Director

Faculty listed under Physical Therapy

The five-year athletic training program is designed for students who are interested in an allied health-care profession specializing in the health care of athletes. Working under a physician's supervision, athletic trainers are members of the sports medicine field who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, management, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Athletic trainers work with secondary school, college, and professional athletic teams and may be employed in private clinics.

Students may apply from high school or apply for transfer into the athletic training program after successfully completing their first year of academic study. To be accepted into the program, applicants must maintain at least a 2.0 quality-point average during their first year and must achieve a grade of C (2.0) or better in all professional courses and all basic science courses. In order to complete the athletic training program, students are required to fulfill their clinical education requirements during academic quarters with athletic teams in approved settings at Northeastern University or other colleges, universities, and high schools in the Boston area.

The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Students who graduate from the athletic training program are eligible to sit for the National Athletic Trainers Association Board Certification Examination. See course descriptions for more information.

Bachelor of Science Curriculum

Quarter 1	BIO 1162, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 1; BIO 1652, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab; CHM 1105, General Chemistry for the Health Sciences 1; ENG 1110, College Writing 1; and MTH 1106, Fundamentals of Mathematics.
Quarter 2	ATP 1000, Introduction to Athletic Training; BIO 1163, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 2; BIO 1652, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab; CHM 1106, General Chemistry for the Health Sciences 2; and ENG 1111, College Writing 2.
Quarter 3	ATP 1050, Emergency Care of Athletic Injuries; BIO 1164, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 3; BIO 1654, Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology 3 Lab; COM 1105, Computer Science and Its Applications; COP 1360, Co-op Education in Athletic Training; and SOC 1100, Introduction to Sociology.
Quarter 4	ATP 1100, Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries; ATP 1101, Athletic Training Laboratory; PHY 1201, Physics for the Life Sciences 1; PHY 1501, Physics Lab; PSY 1111, Foundations of Psychology 1; and one elective.
Quarter 5	ATP 1200, Clinical Athletic Training; PHY 1202, Physics for the Life Sciences 2; PTH 1310, Clinical Gross Anatomy; and one elective.
Quarter 6	ATP 1300, Lower Extremity Evaluation; ATP 1390, Athletic Training Practicum 1; CPS 1611, Kinesiology; CRS 1510, Health Counseling; and Middler-Year Writing Requirement.
Quarter 7	ATP 1350, Upper Extremity Evaluation; ATP 1450, Soft-Tissue Massage and Joint Mobilization; NUR 1102, Introduction to Human Nutrition; and PSY 1112, Foundations of Psychology 2 or SOC 1195, Drugs in Society.
Quarter 8	ATP 1250, Evaluation of the Head and Spine; ATP 1400, Therapeutic Modalities; ATP 1490, Athletic Training Practicum 2; and CPS 1615, Exercise Physiology 1.
Quarter 9	ATP 1500, Therapeutic Reconditioning; ATP 1590, Athletic Training Practicum 3; MTH 1150, Probability, Statistics, and the Computer; PSY 1112, Foundations of Psychology 2 or SOC 1195, Drugs in Society; and one elective.
Quarter 10	ATP 1360, Applied Neuroscience; ATP 1600, Organization and Administration of Athletic Training; ATP 1690, Athletic Training Practicum 4; CPS 1408, Research Design.
Quarter 11	ATP 1410, Disease and Disabilities in Athletics; ATP 1800, Senior Seminar; and two electives.

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