Athletic Training (M.S.)

Athletic Training (M.S.)

Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.

Core Courses
ATTR 500Bracing, Taping, and Wrapping2
ATTR 501Foundations of Athletic Training3
ATTR 503Emergency Care3
ATTR 505Healthcare Translational Research and Statistics3-4
ATTR 510Clinical Integrations I1
ATTR 511Clinical Integration II1
ATTR 520Examination and Treatment I4-5
ATTR 525Examination and Treatment II4-5
ATTR 530Examination and Treatment III5-6
ATTR 540Examination and Treatment IV4
ATTR 541Pharmacology2
ATTR 600Healthcare Administration2-3
ATTR 601Healthcare Leadership and Patient Instructions2
ATTR 610Clinical Integration III2
ATTR 611Clinical Integration IV3
ATTR 612Clinical Integrations V2
ATTR 620Manual Therapy Techniques3
ATTR 625Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging2-3
ATTR 630Behavioral and Population Health3
BIOM 513Human Gross Anatomy5
Choose one of the following options: 13-6
Option 1:
Clinical Reasoning
Option 2:
Thesis Proposal 2
Thesis Defense 2
Total Hours59-68
1

Student must either choose to take ATTR 680 or choose to take ATTR 689 and ATTR 690

2

Any student who is not ready for enrollment in ATTR 690 after completing ATTR 689 may be required, as determined by the student's thesis chair, to repeat ATTR 689 until deemed ready for enrollment in ATTR 690

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

  • Complete 62 hours
  • A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred from a CAATE accredited program, if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level.
  • 3.0 GPA
  • No more than two grades of C may be applied to the degree (includes grades of C+ & C-)
  • No grade of D or below may be applied to the degree (includes grades of D+ & D-)
  • Liberty University course work that is more than 10 years old may not be applied towards this degree. Students are required to repeat the course if it has exceeded the age limit
  • Degree must be completed within 5 years
  • Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date

Program Offered in Resident Format

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
First SemesterHours
BIOM 513 Human Gross Anatomy 5
ATTR 500 Bracing, Taping, and Wrapping 2
ATTR 501 Foundations of Athletic Training 3
ATTR 503 Emergency Care 3
 Hours13
Second Semester
ATTR 505 Healthcare Translational Research and Statistics 4
ATTR 510 Clinical Integrations I 1
ATTR 520 Examination and Treatment I 4
ATTR 525 Examination and Treatment II 4
 Hours13
Third Semester
ATTR 511 Clinical Integration II 1
ATTR 530 Examination and Treatment III 5
ATTR 540 Examination and Treatment IV 4
ATTR 541 Pharmacology 2
 Hours12
Second Year
First Semester
ATTR 600 Healthcare Administration 3
ATTR 610 Clinical Integration III 2
ATTR 689 Thesis Proposal 1,2 0-3
 Hours5-8
Second Semester
ATTR 611 Clinical Integration IV 3
ATTR 601 Healthcare Leadership and Patient Instructions 2
ATTR 620 Manual Therapy Techniques 3
ATTR 625 Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging 3
 Hours11
Third Semester
ATTR 612 Clinical Integrations V 2
ATTR 630 Behavioral and Population Health 3
ATTR 680
Clinical Reasoning 1,2
or Thesis Defense
3
 Hours8
 Total Hours62-65
1

Student must either choose to take ATTR 680 or choose to take ATTR 689 and 690

2

Any student who is not ready for enrollment in ATTR 690 after completing ATTR 689 may be required, as determined by the student's thesis chair, to repeat ATTR 689 until deemed ready for enrollment in ATTR 690

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