Sports Performance/Sports Medicine Option
Course Requirements
Sample Program: Mininum requirement is 36 hours. This program is delivered via online courses except for the sports medicine courses. Open to currently certified athletic trainers only.
Foundations: Health Promotion (12 hours)
Required courses:
EDHL 5304 Principles of Community Health Education (3cr.)*
EDHL 5604 Program Development in Health Education (3cr.)*
EDHL 5734 Health Behavior & Health Education (3cr.)*
EDCI 5784 Epidemiology of Substance Abuse (3cr.)*
Research (3 hours)
Required course:
EDCI 5784 Graduate Seminar: Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs (3cr.)
Or
EDRE 5404 Foundations of Educational Research & Evaluation (3cr)
Concentration: Sports Medicine (15 hours)
Required courses:
The four sports medicine courses are a 2 year sequence. These courses are NOT offered on line. The Strength and Conditioning course is only offered in Spring semester.EDCI 5784 Performance and Sports Medicine: General Medicine (3 cr.)*
EDCI 5784 Performance and Sports Medicine: Spine and Thorax (3 cr.)*
EDCI 5784 Performance and Sports Medicine: Lower Extremities (3 cr.)*
EDCI 5784 Performance and Sports Medicine: Upper Extremities (3 cr.)*
EDCI 5784 Theories of Strength and Conditioning (3 cr.)*
Cognate: Sport Performance (6 hours)
Required courses:
EDPE 5254 Behavioral Aspects of Exercise and Sport (3cr.)*
EDPE 5784 Graduate Seminar: Mental Skills Training (3 cr.)
or
EDPE 5194 Motor Skill Learning (3cr.)
* Required Courses