Athletic Training
Certified Athletic Trainers are involved in the care, prevention, evaluation and rehabilitation of injuries to athletes and the physically active. Graduates with athletic training certification are recognized by the American Medical Association as Allied Health Professionals, and are employed in numerous athletic training job settings including high schools, colleges and universities, professional sports, sports medicine clinics, industrial medicine settings and hospitals.
The Athletic Training major is a competency-based program designed to provide professional preparation leading toward eligibility to take the national Board of Certification (BOC) exam. The program is fully accredited under the guidelines set forth by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
The four-year program for the athletic training degree includes athletic training courses with formal classroom instruction along with extensive clinical experiences, for credit, under the direct supervision of Certified Athletic Trainers. Clinical experiences take place at Lasell College and at affiliated off-campus sites, and include a variety of practice settings and sport exposures.
The program culminates with a capstone course designed to prepare students to engage in research at the graduate level and conquer careers in the athletic training industry.
Requirements for admission into the Athletic Training Major include: successful (C or better) completion of a minimum of two years of high school math (preferably algebra and geometry), and two years of high school lab science (preferably biology and chemistry or physics). In order to comply with accreditation guidelines, the College may restrict enrollment in the Athletic Training Major.
Transfer applicants may be accepted into the Athletic Training Program at Lasell College based upon their previous record of academic performance. Transfer students will only be considered on a space-available basis, as admission is competitive in nature, and need to be aware of the possibility of additional time beyond eight academic semesters of college work in order to complete all of the program requirements due to the sequencing of courses and their prerequisites.
Graduates to the program receive a Bachelor of Science Athletic Training degree and certification from the Athletic Training and Exercise Science Department.
Athletic Training Major Curriculum
Major Requirements*
74 credits
| AHLT 101 |
Intro to Allied Health & Sports Studies | 1 |
| AHLT 104 |
Professional Interactions and Ethics AI(ME)/AI(MC) |
3 |
| AHLT 107 |
Lifestyles and Human Behavior | 3 |
| AHLT 201 |
Medical Pathology | 3 |
| AT 103 | Techniques of Emergency Care | 3 |
| AT 201 |
Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| AT 203 |
Clinical Athletic Training I* | 3 |
| AT 204 |
Clinical Athletic Training II* | 3 |
| AT 302 |
Clinical Athletic Training III* | 3 |
| AT 303 | Therapeutic Modalities | 4 |
| AT 304 |
Therapeutic Exercise and Rehab Techniques | 4 |
| AT 305 |
Clinical Athletic Training IV* | 3 |
| AT 350 |
Athletic Injury Assessment — Lower Ext | 4 |
| AT 351 |
Athletic Injury Assessment — Upper Ext | 4 |
| AT 401S | Athletic Training Seminar | 1 |
| AT 403 |
Org and Health Care Admin. of Athletic Training AI(WI) | 3 |
| AT 402 |
Clinical Athletic Training V* | 3 |
| AT 405 |
Clinical Athletic Training VI* | 3 |
| AT 421 |
Advanced Techniques in Athletic Training | 3 |
| AT 430 | Athletic Training Capstone | 3 |
| SPSC 203 |
Motor Learning | 3 |
| SPSC 205 |
Principles of Strength Training and Conditioning | 3 |
| SPSC 222 |
Kinesiology AI(WI) | 4 |
| SPSC 302 | Exercise Physiology | 4 |
Additional requirements
31 credits
| BIO 205 & BIO 205L |
Anatomy and Physiology I AI(S) | 4 |
| BIO 206 & BIO 206L |
Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| BIO 210 |
Human Nutrition | 3 |
| CHEM 203 & CHEM 203L | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| MATH 203 |
Pre-calculus** | 3 |
| MATH 208 |
Intro to Statistics AI(Q)** | 3 |
| PSYC 101 | Intro to Psychology AI(PS) | 3 |
| PHYS 111 & PHYS 111L | Physics I | 4 |
| SCI 340 | Research Methods | 3 |
Minimum credits required for graduation - 120
General Education Core***
15 - 16 credits
* In order to qualify for Clinical Education, students must obtain and maintain certificates in First Aid/ CPR. Some clinical sites may require a CORI check of students.
** May require additional coursework depending upon Math placement
*** Courses marked with an AI code fulfill Area of Inquiry requirements in the General Education Core. See page 16 for all General Education Core requirements as well as the key for Area of Inquiry (AI) codes.
**** Courses marked with a WI code are writing intensive courses within the program.
