Athletic Training Comprehensive Major
Athletic Training Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
General Studies coursework required by major = 46
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 28
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7-11 including:
- Take two of the following:
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 6 including:
- PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
- FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
- Capstone = 3
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 80
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 126
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Athletic Training Comprehensive = 126
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees
must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
This Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) is accredited by CAATE (Commission on Accreditation of
Athletic Training Education).
Please see the Department for Entrance Requirements. Other
information available at the program's Web page.
All students pursuing Athletic Training as a degree option must contact the program coordinator to acquire
a copy of the Student Academic Program Manual. The manual includes Technical Standards for admission, student health issues, and
program completion requirements specific to the Athletic Training Program.
- Athletic Training Comprehensive Requirements (80 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PE 174A, Clinical Level One A - 1 hour
- PE 174B, Clinical Level One B - 1 hour
- PE 174C, Clinical Level Two A - 1 hour
- PE 174D, Clinical Level Two B - 1 hour
- PE 174E, Clinical Level Three A - 1 hour
- PE 174F, Clinical Level Three B - 1 hour
- (Note: Upon acceptance into the program, this course should be taken every semester for 6
semesters)
- PE 250, Athletic Injury Assessment I: LE - 3 hours
- PE 251, Athletic Injury Assessment II: UE - 3 hours
- PE 264, Foundation of Athletic Training - 4 hours
- PE 264L, Foundation of Athletic Training Lab - 0 hours
- PE 265, Advanced First Aid & Critical Care - 2 hours
- PE 310, Introduction to Human Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours
- PE 350, Therapeutic Modalities in Athletic Training - 4 hours
- PE 350L, Modalities in Athletic Training Lab - 0 hours
- PE 360, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours
- PE 375, Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training - 4 hours
- PE 375L, Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training Lab - 0 hours
- PE 401, Psychology of Sport - 3 hours
- PE 422, Administration of Strength Programs - 2 hours
- PE 425, Legal Aspects of Sport and Recreation - 3 hours
- PE 430, Organization and Administration in Recreation, Sport and Tourism - 3 hours
- PE 460, Gross Anatomy of Movement - 3 hours
- PE 461, Physiology of Exercise - 4 hours
- PE 467, Fitness Testing - 3 hours
- PE 468, Public Health Aspects of Physical Activity - 3 hours
- PE 469, Nutrition for Health and Sport - 3 hours
- PE 470, General Medical Conditions and Pharmacological Application in Sport and Exercise - 2 hours
- PE 475, Research Methods in Exercise Science - 3 hours
- PE 498, Special Topics in Athletic Training - 2 hours
- PE 499, Senior Seminar in Athletic Training - 1 hour
- REC 477, Internship - 8 hours
two separate 4-hour assignments (H.S. & Clinic)
- BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour
- CSP 417, Counseling Skills - 3 hours
