Applied Health Science (B.S.) Pre-Athletic Training Concentration and Athletic Training (M.S.A.T.)

Program Overview

Pre-Athletic Training Concentration. Students in the accelerated program will earn a bachelor's degree in Applied Health Science and a Masters of Science in Athletic Training from Messiah College.  Acceptance into this program as a first-year student indicates acceptance into the five-year accelerated curriculum culminating in a Masters degree. For more information on the requirements for progression to the professional phase, please click on the following link and select the accordion Progression to the professional phase https://www.messiah.edu/athletic-training.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Applied Health Science and Master's of Athletic Training program can:

1. Promote healthy lifestyle behaviors with effective education and communication to enhance wellness and minimize the risk of injury and illness.

2. Implement systematic, evidence-based examinations and assessments to formulate valid clinical diagnoses and determine patients' plan of care.  
3. Integrate best practices in immediate and emergency care for optimal outcomes. 
4. Rehabilitate and recondition injuries, illnesses and general medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activity level based on core concepts (i.e. knowledge and skillsets fundamental to all aspects of therapeutic interventions) using the applications of therapeutic exercise, modality devices and techniques. 
5. Integrate best practices in policy construction and implementation, documentation and basic business practices to promote optimal patient care and employee well-being.
6. Participate in patient care, inter-professional collaboration, and evidence-based practice as demonstrated by activity in professional organizations, contributions to the profession through service, research, and dissemination of information.
7. Engage in evidence-based focused inquiry to answer or explore a creative problem or question in the field of athletic training.
8. Explain how faith connects to their discipline and how the biblical call to vocation relates to their potential career options.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

Three credits from the following:

Three Credits from the following

Pre-Athletic Training Concentration (36 credits)

Three credits from the following:

Four credits from the following:

QuEST Requirements

See graduate catalog for listing of graduate courses counted towards undergraduate requirements.