235 I Admission Requirements A. Before a student can be considered for the Athletic Therapy program, the following application requirements must be met: 1. Admission to Weber State University. 2. Submit an Athletic Therapy Student Application and student transcript which demonstrates the following: A. Completion of 25 credit hours with a minimum 3.00 Weber State University GPA. Of these 25 credits, the students must demonstrate completion of a. HTHS LS1110 and 1111 or ZOOL 2100 and 2200 b. NUTR LS 1020 - Nutrition c. PSY SSI010 - Intro to psych B. Grade "B" or better in all Athletic Therapy major courses and "C" or better in support courses. B. Applications may be obtained from Athletic Therapy Program Director or HPHP department advisement coordinator. C. Applications will be accepted on a rolling admissions. Students who fail to meet admission requirements will not be allowed to enroll in AT 4100, AT 4200, AT 4550, or AT Retention Requirements A. After students are selected into the Athletic Therapy Major, retention in the program will be based on the following criteria: 1. Grade "B" or better in all athletic therapy major courses. 2. Grade "C" or better in all the support courses. 3. Students must maintain an overall Weber State University GPA of 3.0 or higher in all courses required for this major. B. Students who fail to meet the retention criteria will be placed on probation in the Athletic Therapy major for one semester. If standards are not met by the end of the probationary period, the student may be dismissed from the major at the discretion of the program director. 1. Students who receive any grade below a B in an athletic therapy major course must repeat that course and receive a grade of "B" or higher to remain in the major. 2. Students who receive any grade below a C in an athletic therapy support course must repeat that course and receive a grade of "C" or higher to remain in the major. 3. Failure to repeat the course (when offered) will result in dismissal from the program at the discretion of the program director. General Education Refer to pages 38-44 for Bachelor of Science requirements. Course Requirements for BS Degree (63-68 credit hours) Athletic Therapy Courses (30 credit hours) HLTH/AT 2300 Emergency Response (3) Psychology of Sport, Injury & Rehabilitation (3) Evaluation & Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries: Lower Extremities (3) Evaluation & Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries: Upper Extremities (3) Basic Therapeutic Modalities for Musculoskeletal Injuries (3) Advanced Therapeutic Modalities for Musculoskeletal Injuries (3) Basic Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Injuries (3) Advanced Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Injuries (3) General Medical Conditions and Advances in Athletic Training (3) Administration & Management in Athletic Training (3) AT/PSY 3200 AT 3300 AT 3301 AT 4100 AT 4101 AT 4200 AT 4201 AT 4550 AT Support Courses (33-38 credit hours) HLTH SSI030* Healthy Lifestyles (3) HTHS 2240** Intro to Pharmacology (3) NUTR LS1020* Foundations in Nutrition (3) PEP SI3500* Kinesiology (3) PEP 3510 Exercise Physiology (3) PEP SI3600* Measurement for Evaluation and Research (3) PEP 4890*** Cooperative Work Experience (3-6) PSY SSI010* Introductory Psychology (3) PSY 3010 Abnormal Psychology (3) ZOOL 2100**** Human Anatomy (4) ZOOL 2200**** Human Physiology (4) * These courses also fulfill General Education or degree requirements. ** These courses may be substituted on a case-by-case basis when students are required to fulfill science requirements for admittance to graduate school with permission from the Program Director. *** All students need to complete a minimum ofl credit hour of PEP 4890 or 60 hours of cooperative work experience. Students may opt to complete more than 1 credit of PEP 4890 based on the number of completed upper division courses and based on graduate program entrance prerequisites. Some students will be required to complete an FBI background check and drug test prior to completing the work experience. The expenses, approximately $75, will be paid for by the student. Some students may also be required to secure additional immunizations, including a hepatitis B vaccination, depending on the cooperative work experience site. The expenses, approximately $40- 100, will be paid for by the students. **** Students may also take HTHS 1110 and 1111 instead of ZOOL 2100 and 2200. However, it is the student's responsibility to ensure that HTHS 1110 and 1111 will be accepted as prerequisite courses. Other Pre-Professional Courses Athletic Therapy Students also generally take the coursework needed for their professional graduate school (physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician's assistant, or medicine). These courses typically include CHEM 1110 and 1120, PHYS 2010 and 2020, and MATH 1060 (Trigonometry). The prerequisites vary somewhat from one graduate program to another and it is the student's responsibility to ensure that all Pre-Professional courses fulfill entrance requirements. Optional Elective AT 4800 Individual Proj ects (1-4) Athletic Therapy departmental honors Please contact the Athletic Therapy Program Director (Dr. Berry) for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses. To earn departmental honors in Athletic Therapy, a student must: 1. Maintain on overall Athletic Therapy GPA of 3.75 2. Fulfill the requirements for the Athletic Therapy Major in the HPHP department, including the following: A. Complete nine (9) credits hours of upper division major courses as honor credits from the following list of courses per permission from the course instructor and clearance from the athletic therapy program director. To receive honors credit in these courses the student must demonstrate evidence of excellence in his/her discipline under investigation as defined by course instructor through the completion of an honors project as agreed upon by the student and instructor. The assigned project(s) may take many forms including 1) completing a General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning 8 Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts 8 Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & Econ MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT/MED CHF AT/HLTH NUTR/PEP/REC HPHP COURSES ATHL/PE EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA/MSN MSRS CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social 8 Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2010-2011 Catalog