The Health, Wellness, and Exercise Science Department offers a major in Athletic Health Care to prepare students for a career in allied health and sports medicine.
Entrance Requirements
- Formal acceptance to Benedictine College; declare Athletic Health Care as an academic major.
- Successful completion of prerequisites: EXSC-2210 First Aid & Personal Safety and EXSC-2263 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries.
- Current CPR and First Aid certificate. Separate fee may be required.
- A cumulative GPA of 2.75.
- Completion of at least 30 hours of athletic health care observation and a written recommendation for admission to the AHC major from a current Benedictine College certified/licensed athletic trainer or other health care provider.
Both of these requirements will be completed during the ATHC-2212 Beginning Athletic Health Care Practicum.
- Completed application to the AHC major.
- A completed health history and physical exam must be on file with the school nurse.
- Students are responsible for having malpractice insurance. Laboratory fees from the clinical practicum courses will be used to pay for this insurance.
- Students with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations.
- Students must have a reliable source of transportation to travel to off-campus clinical rotations. Students are also responsible for any travel expenses or insurance needs for their source of transportation.
In addition to the above-mentioned requirements for admission, students must meet requirements for continued enrollment.
Transfer students must complete at least 40% of their major course work at Benedictine College to receive a B.A. in Athletic Health Care.
Program Mission
The mission of the Athletic Health Care Program is to provide a high-quality education in health, wellness, and exercise science within a community of faith and scholarship. We prepare our students in the clinical skills necessary to practice athletic health care or pursue postgraduate education.
Program Outcomes
- Graduates will have the ability to perform an injury assessment for an acute and chronic injury that involves the upper extremity and lower extremity.
- Graduates will have the ability to select a modality to be used in the treatment of injuries and be able to apply that modality.
- Graduates will have the ability to select exercises to be used in the rehabilitation of upper and lower extremity injuries and be able to demonstrate those exercises.
- Graduates will have the ability to identify contemporary athletic health care professions and engage in serve learning opportunities in connection with some of them including the ability to interact with people of diverse backgrounds and experiences as colleagues, clients, and students.
Program Requirements
The following list of courses are required for this major:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| EXSC-2209 | Personal & Community Health | 2 |
| EXSC-2210 | First Aid & Personal Safety | 2 |
| EXSC-2263 | Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| ATHC-2212 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practicum | 3 |
| ATHC-2213 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practic 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-2325 | Medical Terminology & Conditions | 2 |
| EXSC-3303 | Basic Nutrition | 3 |
| ATHC-3312 | Intermediate Athletic Health Care Prac I | 3 |
| ATHC-3313 | Intermediate Athlet Trng Clin Practic 2 | 3 |
| EXSC-3357 | Tests & Measure Health & Exsc Science | 3 |
| ATHC-3361 | Therapeutic Exercise & Rehabilitation | 3 |
| ATHC-3362 | Therapeutic Modalities | 4 |
| ATHC-3364 | Evaluation & Recognition Athlet Injuries | 3 |
| ATHC-3374 | Recognit & Evaluat Low Extrm Athl Injury | 3 |
| EXSC-3366 | Physiology of Exercise | 3 |
| EXSC-3380 | Kinesiology & Biomechanical Analysis | 3 |
| ATHC-4406 | Administration of Athletic Health Care | 2 |
| ATHC-4407 | Pharmacology in Athletic Health Care | 2 |
| ATHC-4412 | Advc Athl Hlth Care Prctm I | 3 |
| ATHC-4413 | Advc Ath Hlth Care Practicum 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-COMP | Senior Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| BIOL-2242 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I (auxiliary requirement) | 4 |
| BIOL-2243 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II (auxiliary requirement) | 4 |
With advance approval students may take four of the six required Clinical Practicum courses needed for graduation.
Students must complete the courses necessary for general education requirements. Athletic Health Care majors must also complete an appropriate swimming course, or pass the proficiency test.
Students must be formally accepted into the Athletic Health Care (AHC) major. Applications and other supporting documents are available from the director of the Athletic Health Care major or Department Chair. Applicants must satisfy the following entrance requirements before the deadline (December 1 of the semester enrolled in ATHC-2212 Beginning Athletic Health Care Practicum) to be accepted into the major. Only those students who have been accepted are allowed to enroll in the remaining practicum courses:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| ATHC-2213 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practic 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-3312 | Intermediate Athletic Health Care Prac I | 3 |
| ATHC-3313 | Intermediate Athlet Trng Clin Practic 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-4412 | Advc Athl Hlth Care Prctm I | 3 |
| ATHC-4413 | Advc Ath Hlth Care Practicum 2 | 3 |
