Curriculum

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Alma College Athletic Training Education Program involves a didactic and clinical component. The plan is a minimum of six semesters and two spring terms of academic work along with clinical experiences under the supervision of approved clinical instructors. This design is to develop the athletic training student’s skills and knowledge with a “learning over time” model.

The athletic training major consists of 59 credits in the Integrative Physiology and Health Science Department. In addition, the student must meet the general education requirements and electives to meet the 136 total needed for graduation. Tuition allows a student to take between 13-18 credits with the average number of credits to graduate being 16. During the four-week spring term the student takes one four-credit course and she or he may decide which year to take the term. The required coursework for the athletic training major is listed below:

Courses Required Outside the Athletic Training Major

PSY 121 Introduction to Psychology
BIO 121 Principles of Biology
MTH 116 Statistics

Required Courses in the Athletic Training Major (59 credits)

IPH 220 Nutrition (4)
IPH 221 First Aid and CPR (2)
IPH 222 Principles of Athletic Training (4)
IPH 225 Human Physiology I (4)
IPH 226 Human Physiology II (4)
IPH 323 Therapeutic Modalities (3)
IPH 324 Therapeutic Exercise (3)
IPH 325 Orthopedic Assessment I (3)
IPH 326 Orthopedic Assessment II (3)

IPH 327 Exercise Physiology (4)
IPH 328 Human Diseases (4)
IPH 340 Pharmacology (4)
IPH 344 Human Anatomy (4)
IPH 345 Biomechanics I (2)
IPH 480 Senior Seminar (1)
IPH 105, 106, 205, 206, 305, 306, 405, 406, Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training (1)

 

Other Elective Integrated Physiology and Health Science Course

IPH 223 Women’s Health Seminar (2)
IPH 270 Community Health (2)
IPH 303 Stress Management (2)
IPH 310 Introduction to Exercise Science Research (2-4)
IPH 331 Health Promotion (4)
IPH 334 Theory and Practice of Individual Sport (4)

IPH 339 Exercise and Health in the Elementary School (4)
IPH 346 Biomechanics II (2)
IPH 401 Molecular Aspects of Muscle Physiology (4)
IPH 428 Exercise Testing and Prescription (4)
IPH 430 Epidemiology (4)

 

Alma encourages its students to look beyond Michigan’s boundaries. The Posey Global Leadership Scholarship provides opportunities for Alma College students to travel anywhere in the world and complete a self-designed project. Alma students have completed projects on topics ranging from teaching to public policy, in places from the Philippines to South Africa.

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Student Profile

Kelsee Miles

Kelsee Miles
Graduation: 2013
Major: Athletic Training

For an athlete like Hanover senior Kelsee Miles, it wasn’t much of a stretch to major in athletic training.

“I’ve always been involved in athletics, and I always want to be,” she says. “It’s like a puzzle—if someone has an injury, you have to do tests to figure out what’s wrong.”

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