Sports Medicine, MS
The Sports Medicine (SM) program focuses on enhancing the knowledge base in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illness. The SM program has a research focus and provides a core curriculum that is central to the pathokinesiology of injury, injury prevention, and the principles by which restoration of joint function is accomplished.
Fall Term
- SPMED 2000 - ANATOMICAL BASIS SPORTS MEDICINE
- SPMED 3000 - RESEARCH SEMINAR SPORTS MEDICINE
- SPMED 3010 - LAB TECHNIQUES SPORTS MEDICINE 1
Spring Term
- HRS 2655 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND APPLIED STATISTICS
- SPMED 2010 - PATHOKIN ORTHOPADC/ATHL INJURIES
- SPMED 3020 - LAB TECHNIQUES SPORTS MEDICINE 2
Fall Term
- SPMED 2030 - INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY
- SPMED 2020 - MUSCULOSKELETAL ASSESSMENT AND INJURY PREVENTION
Spring Term
Students will register for either HRS 2925 Graduate Research or HRS 2926 Scholarly Paper depending on the project that is selected.
- SPMED 2040 - SEMINAR IN SPORTS MEDICINE
- HRS 2925 - GRADUATE RESEARCH or HRS 2926 - SCHOLARLY PAPER
Approved Electives
Students can take 3 credits of elective courses during the fall and spring terms of the second year of the program. The following courses have been approved as electives.
- SPMED 2628 - NUTRITION AND PERFORMANCE WITH LAB
- SPMED 2650 - EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
- SPSCI 2100 - ADVANCED HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND TESTING
- HRS 2921 - CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
- HRS 2922 - TEACHING INTERNSHIP
- HRS 2999 - INDEPENDENT STUDY