Athletic Training (M.S.)

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Master of Science in 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.

Degree Requirements (60 credits)

Complete the following:

ATHT 501Professional Standards and Expectations

1
ATHT 505Athletic Taping and Bracing

1
ATHT 507Emergency Management

1
ATHT 510Athletic Training Clinical Experience I

4
ATHT 518Scientific Inquiry I

2
ATHT 520Athletic Training Clinical Experience II

4
ATHT 522Therapeutic Interventions

3
ATHT 524Orthopedic Assessment I

3
ATHT 528Scientific Inquiry II

2
ATHT 530Athletic Training Clinical Experience III

2
ATHT 534Orthopedic Assessment II

3
ATHT 537General Medical and Pharmacology Topics

2
ATHT 545Gait Analysis and Pathomechanics

2
ATHT 555Gross Human Anatomy

4
ATHT 624Clinical Care in Athletic Training

6
ATHT 635Administration and Liability

2
ATHT 637Behavioral Health

2
ATHT 640Athletic Training Clinical Experience IV

4
ATHT 643Nutrition for Recovery and Performance

2
ATHT 647Human Performance Training

2
ATHT 650Athletic Training Clinical Experience V

4
ATHT 657Epidemiology and Public Health

2
ATHT 695Graduate Seminar

2