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Health Sciences

Athletic Training

All freshmen are admitted to Merrimack College as sports medicine majors.  Those students who wish to apply into the Athletic Training Education Program must comply with the program’s admissions policies and technical standards.  All sports medicine majors and athletic training majors must maintain a minimum of 2.75 GPA and a minimum of C+ or better in all core courses.  

                                                       Bachelor of Science

 Athletic Training Education Curriculum

 Freshman Year I

HSC 1122 Anatomy & Physiology I
CHM 1210 Chemistry /Health professions I
ENG 1050  Intro to College Writing        
SME 1101 Acute & Emergency Care (2cr)
SME 1102 Med Terminology (2cr)

Freshman Year II

HSC 1123 Anatomy & Physiology II
SME 1304 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries
CHM 1220 Chemistry/ Health Proffesions II
SME 1317 Sports Med Admin (2cr)
SME 1318 Research Design (2cr)

Sophomore Year I

BIO 1027 Principles of Biology
ATR 2312 Eval & Assessment I
HSC 3302 Intro to Public Health
MTH 1111 Statistics
ATR 2000 Clinical Experience I (2cr)

Sophomore Year II

MTH 1016 Pre-calculus/MTH 1217 Calc
ATR 2313/L Eval & Assessment II
PHL 1000 Intro Philosophy 
HSC 3500 Intro to Nutritional Sciences
ATR 2001 Clinical Experience II (2cr)

 Junior Year I

SME 3311 Exercise Physiology
SME 3307 Therapeutic Exercise
PHY 2201  Physics I
RTS 1100  Christianity in Context
ATR 3000 Clinical Experience III (2cr)

 Junior Year II

SME 3309 Modalities & Pharm Agents
SME 3308 Biomechanics
PHY 2202  Physics II
SOSC 1
ATR 3001 Clinical Experience IV (2cr)

Senior Year I

HCS 3303 Clinical Microbiology
SME 2345 Strength & Conditioning
PSY 1000 General Psychology{SS 1}
HSC 3336 Human Pathophysiology
ATR  4000 Clinical Experience V (2)

Senior Year II

PHL 2060 Biomedical Ethics (E)
AL, D
H (or FL)
SME 4497 Sports Medicine Capstone (0 cr)
ATR 4001 Clinical Experience VI (2)