Sports Medicine Concentration
Return to 2001-2002 UGB Exercise and Sport Science Concentrations Menu
The Sports Medicine concentration provides a preprofessional 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). Completing this concentration is a first step toward a career in the field of sports medicine, providing students with the necessary academic and clinical experience for future study in allied health fields. Examples include, but are not limited to, athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician's assistant, podiatry, dentistry, and medicine.
I
General Education Core Requirements (GEC)
See complete
GEC requirements and approved
course listings for all categories.
|
Students
may select courses for: |
Sem
hrs |
| Literature (GLT)
|
3 |
| Fine Arts (GFA) |
3 |
Philosophical, Religious, Ethical
Principles (GPR)
|
3 |
| One additional GLT,
GFA, or GPR course |
3 |
| Historical Perspectives
on Western Culture (GHP) |
3 |
| Department
specifies courses for: |
Mathematics (GMT)
- Required: STA 108
|
3 |
Natural Sciences
(GNS)
- Required: BIO 111 and CHE
111
|
8 |
Reasoning and Discourse
(GRD)
- Required: ENG 101 or FMS 103
or RCO 101,
and CST 105 |
6 |
| Social and Behavioral
Sciences (GSB)
- ESS 330 and PSY 121
|
6 |
|
II General Education Marker Requirements
See details
and courses. It
is possible to meet all GE Marker Requirements while completing
the GE Core requirements or courses required by the major/concentration.
|
Students
may select courses for: |
Sem
hrs |
Global/Global-Nonwestern
Perspectives (GL/GN)
- 12 hours of courses carrying
GL/GN markers;
at least one course must carry the GN marker. |
12 |
One Writing Intensive
(WI) Course
- In addition to this WI Marker
requirement, students must also complete a second WI course
within the major. All programs have identified at least one
course among their major requirements which is taught as Writing
Intensive.
|
3 |
|
III Major Core Requirements
|
ESS 250, 280, 285, 330*, 351,
375, 376, 385, 388 and 6 activity course credits** must be
completed with a grade of "C" (2.0) or higher.
Note: No course
from the ESS Theory Core may be taken more than twice. No
activity course may be repeated for credit.
*ESS 330 satisfies
3 hours of GSB
**The 6 activity course credits must include ESS 120, 130,
and 202
|
|
|
IV Related Area Requirements
|
BIO 111*, BIO 271, and 277;
CHE 111*, 112; CST 105*; HEA 201 and 314; NFS 213; NUR 405;
PHY 211 and 251 lab or 211A , and PHY 212 and 252 lab or 212A;
PSY 121*; STA 108*
*BIO 111 and CHE 111
satisfy GNS; CST 105 satisfies 3 hours of GRD; PSY 121 satisfies
3 hrs of GSB; STA 108 satisfies GMT
|
|
|
V Additional Concentration Requirements
|
| ESS 220, 390,
391, 441 |
|
|
VI Electives
|
| 17-23 semester
hours. At least 9 s.h. of electives must be chosen from the
following: BIO 112; CHE 114 and 115, 205 and 206, 351, 352 and
354, 556, 557 and 558; CSC 101; ESS 459, 543, 568, 569, 570,
575, 576, 595; MAT 191; NFS 313, 531, 550, 560; PSY 250, 341. |
|
|
VII Additional Requirements
Additional information
may be found in the ESS Handbook.
|
- A minimum GPA of 2.3 and
a grade of at least C (2.0) in each required ESS course
at the 100-499 levels is required for permission to enroll
in any ESS 500-level course.
- Certification in First Aid
and CPR for the Professional Rescuer must be obtained during
enrollment in ESS 391.
- To qualify for graduation
in this concentration, all majors must achieve a grade of
C (2.0) or better in each required course with an ESS prefix.
- To graduate, all majors
must obtain at least 36 semester hours in courses at the
300-level or above.
- Formal admission to the
Sports Medicine concentration requires:
- Successful completion of
BIO 111, 271, and 277; CHE 111 and 112; PHY 211 and 251
lab or PHY 211A; ESS 220
- Completion or current enrollment
in ESS 390 and 391
- Cumulative GPA of at least
3.0 for admittance to program
- Completion of application
in ESS Department office prior to enrollment in ESS 441.
Student should obtain detailed information early in their
program of study to identify themselves as potential ESSS
Sports Medicine concentration students.
- Students must be formally
admitted to the concentration prior to enrolling in ESS
441.
|
|
|
