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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