Health Sciences - Programs of StudyAthletic Training
An Arts and Sciences A.A. Degree Program (Transfer)
APPLICATION CODE 163
For Curriculum Information Contact the Health Sciences Division—
Room ST-149—410-772-4832
The two-year program in Athletic Training at Howard Community College
is designed for students who are interested in an allied health
profession specializing in the health care of athletes. Athletic trainers
function as integral members of the athletic health care team in secondary
schools, colleges and universities, sports medicine clinics, professional
sports programs, and other athletic health care settings. The
athletic trainer specializes in the prevention, assessment, management,
and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. The program at Howard Community
College is intended to prepare students for transfer to a four-year
institution with an Athletic Training program accredited by the National
Athletic Training Association.
GENERAL EDUCATION CORE
(General education core credits in excess of 36 will
transfer as general electives or courses related to the
major. Each student’s total of general education and
required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.)
| Composition | ENGL-121 College Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL-122 College Composition II | 3 |
| Arts & Humanities | Literature Core Course (see p. 51) | 3 |
| Fine Arts Core Course (see p. 51) | 3 |
| SPCH-105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| History | History Core Course (see p. 52) | 3 |
| Social Sciences | PSYC-101 General Psychology | 3 |
| SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Science | BIOL-101 General Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL-203 Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| Mathematics | MATH-138 Statistics | 4 |
| Interdisciplinary | HEED-101 Health and the World of Risk | 1 |
| REQUIRED COURSES RELATED TO MAJOR |
| BIOL-204 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| CHEM-101 | General Inorganic Chemistry | |
| OR | |
| CHEM-103 | Fundamentals of General Chemistry | 4 |
| HEED-112 | First Aid and Safety | 3 |
| HEED-200 | Health/Fitness Leader | 3 |
| EXSC-101 | Introduction to Exercise Science | 1 |
| EXSC-110 | Introduction to Athletic Training | 1 |
| EXSC-150 | Sport and Society | 3 |
| EXSC-200 | Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| EXSC-209 | Sport and Exercise Nutrition | 3 |
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