Athletic Health Care (BA)
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.
Students must complete at least 60% of their major coursework 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental Courses | ||
| EXSC-2209 | Personal & Community Health | 2 |
| EXSC-2211 | First Aid & Basic Life Support | 1 |
| EXSC-2263 | Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| EXSC-3340 | Sports Nutrition | 3 |
| EXSC-3360 | Test & Measurements in Human Movement | 3 |
| EXSC-3366 | Physiology of Exercise | 3 |
| EXSC-3380 | Kinesiology & Biomechanical Analysis | 3 |
| Swim Proficiency - Select One | 0-1 | |
| Intermediate Swimming- Fitness | ||
or EXSC-1128 | FITNESS Swimming | |
or EXSC-SWMP | Swimming Proficiency | |
| Life Science Courses | ||
| BIOL-2242 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
| BIOL-2243 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| Athletic Healthcare Courses | ||
| ATHC-2325 | Medical Terminology & Conditions | 2 |
| 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 |
| ATHC-4406 | Administration of Athletic Health Care | 2 |
| ATHC-4407 | Pharmacology in Athletic Health Care | 2 |
| ATHC-COMP | Senior Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| Athletic Healthcare Practica | ||
| ATHC-2212 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practicum | 3 |
| 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 |
| Total Hours | 63-64 | |
With advance approval, students may take four of the six required Clinical Practicum courses needed for graduation.
Suggested Sequence of Courses for
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Athletic Healthcare
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| ENGL-1010 | English Composition | 3 |
| EXSC-1150 | Foundations of Human Movement | 2 |
| EXSC-1115 | Wellness for Life | 1 |
| EXSC-2263 | Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| EXSC-2211 | First Aid & Basic Life Support | 1 |
| Person and Community Foundation | 3 | |
| Electives | 2 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| EXSC-2209 | Personal & Community Health | 2 |
| Historical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| Natural World Foundation | 4 | |
| Aesthetic Foundation | 3 | |
| Oral Communication | 3 | |
| Electives | 2 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ATHC-2212 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practicum | 3 |
| ATHC-2325 | Medical Terminology & Conditions | 2 |
| EXSC-3360 | Test & Measurements in Human Movement | 3 |
| BIOL-2242 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
| THEO-1100 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ATHC-3362 | Therapeutic Modalities | 4 |
| ATHC-2213 | Beginning Athletic Health Care Practic 2 | 3 |
| EXSC-3340 | Sports Nutrition | 3 |
| BIOL-2243 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| PHIL-2310 | Philosophy of Nature | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ATHC-3312 | Intermediate Athletic Health Care Prac I | 3 |
| ATHC-3374 | Recognit & Evaluat Low Extrm Athl Injury | 3 |
| EXSC-3361 | Sport & Exercise Psychology | 3 |
| EXSC-3380 | Kinesiology & Biomechanical Analysis | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ATHC-3313 | Intermediate Athlet Trng Clin Practic 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-3361 | Therapeutic Exercise & Rehabilitation | 3 |
| ATHC-3364 | Evaluation & Recognition Athlet Injuries | 3 |
| EXSC-3366 | Physiology of Exercise | 3 |
| Faith Foundation | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| Hours | 19 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| 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 |
| Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| Historical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| Fitness Activity or Swimming Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ATHC-4413 | Advc Ath Hlth Care Practicum 2 | 3 |
| ATHC-COMP | Senior Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| Aesthetic Foundation | 3 | |
| Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| Faith Foundation | 3 | |
| Electives | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 128 | |