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Sports Medicine at UNCG - Undergraduate
The Sports Medicine Concentration is designed to provide a pre-professional program of study with a focus on exercise and sport science that also encompasses other fields of science (biology, chemistry, physics, health, nutrition, and pharmacology) that are often prerequisite courses for graduate and professional programs that deal with health care of the physically active.
This concentration is a first step toward a career in the field of sports medicine. After completing this program students will have the necessary academic and clinical experience to allow for future study in allied health fields. Examples include, but are not limited to athletic training (available in the department), physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician's assistant, podiatry, dentistry, and medicine. Again, all of these fields require additional graduate or professional study.
Undergraduate Sports Medicine FAQs:
Are there any special application procedures?
No. There is no separate admission or application forms for our sportsmedicine
concentration. You can simply declare yourself as an Exercise and Sports Science
Major with a concentration in Sports Medicine
Are there any special requirements of this degree program?
Yes. By the beginning of your junior year you must have at least a 3.0 G.P.A
(out of 4.0). If you do not meet this G.P.A. requirement you will not be allowed
to enroll in upper level Sports Medicine Courses.
Why such a seemingly high G.P.A requirement?
The Sports Medicine Concentration is a Pre-Professional Program of study that
prepares students to be successful applicants to various graduate and professional
schools. Many graduate and professional schools require that students have at
least a 3.0 G.P.A to apply. Therefore, it is imperative that students have a
high G.P.A Successful applicants to these various programs typically have G.P.A's
greater than 3.4.
What kind of courses will I be taking?
During the first two years, students typically take general education classes
(literature, arts, humanities, etc) that are university wide requirements for
graduation. Additionally during these first two years students are strongly
advised to take general biology, anatomy, and physiology courses. The final
two years are a combination of exercise and sports science coursework along
with taking courses that are prerequisites of the various graduate and professional
schools. The complete program of study can be found here.
Beyond good grades and doing well in the sciences, what makes a stong
applicant to graduate and professional schools?
All good applicants to graduate and professional schools have strong grades.
Other things that will strengthen an application include volunteering in health
care settings, volunteering and taking leadership roles in campus organizations,
volunteering and taking leadership roles in coummunity organizations. These
schools want to see that the applicant is a caring person who is committed to
helping others in life. It is never to early to start this process. From students'
first semester in the program they are encouraged to be volunteering.
For additional information, please refer to the following sources:
Undergraduate admissionsUNCG Registrars office
Undergraduate student bulletins/catalogs
Current course offerings
UNCG academic calanders
Send questions to Karen "Pea" Poole, Undergraduate Program Advising Coordinator