Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science (Sports Medicine Transfer Advising Guide)

Associate in Science Degree

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MVCC offers an emphasis in Sports Medicine. The Certified Athletic Trainer is an educated and skilled professional specializing in athletic healthcare. In cooperation with physicians and other allied health personnel, the athletic trainer functions as an integral member of the athletic healthcare team in secondary schools, colleges and universities, sports medicine clinics, professional sports programs and other athletic healthcare settings. This program provides students with a solid start in becoming certified athletic trainers or related professionals.

Through a comprehensive study of sciences, psychology, and sports medicine, students are fully prepared to transfer to a four-year school and are ready to complete a degree in athletic training, or related field of study, such as sports medicine, sports psychology, or personal training. Students are also afforded the unique opportunity to learn anatomy and physiology through the study of cadavers. In addition, through our program, students experience the day-to-day happenings of a college athletic training room through the completion of two practicums. These classes permit students to attend to the needs of student-athletes on a particular sports team and learn how the process works from initial injury to determining return-toplay status.The hours spent in these practicums provide students with an early start toward completing hands-on hours required for licensure and completion of the four-year degree.

This program is designed specifically for students intending to transfer to a four-year college as a Sports Medicine major, after graduation from MVCC.

Goal 1.Provide a sound academic curriculum for transfer to a baccalaureate institution

  • Graduates transfer to a baccalaureate institution with full junior status
  • Graduates demonstrate a GPA similar to native students at the transfer institution.
  • Graduates will meet the SUNY requirements in general education by completing at least 7 of the 10 SUNY GE silos.

Goal 2. Provide an opportunity for students to interact with other students with diverse backgrounds

  • Students will be able to successfully interact with athletes at the college through a practicum experience in a training room setting.

Goal 3. Provide instruction to allow students to effectively communicate with others

  • Students will be able to write accurate SOAP notes according to the correct format.
  • Students will be able to effectively provide verbal and physical instructions to other athletes in a training room setting.

Goal 4. Provide students with the opportunity to interpret statistical data

  • Students will successfully review and interpret professional journal articles
  • Students will be able to successfully collect and interpret statistical data in a science laboratory setting.

Goal 5. Provide instruction on injury evaluation

  • Students will be able to accurately evaluate athletic related injuries.
  • Students will be able to recommend appropriate actions related to athletic injuries based on evaluations.

Goal 6 To prepare students to demonstrate information literacy

  • Students will use traditional and contemporary information technology.
  • Students will identify, access, and appropriately use authoritative sources of information.

Total Credit Hours: 64

First Semester

This course is an opportunity for students to develop the skills necessary to be successful in college. Students learn the importance of the faculty-student and advisor-advisee relationship, develop time management techniques, apply effective study skill techniques, recognize the implications of living in a diverse society, utilize college resources, and explore career and transfer requirements. Collaborative projects are included. Students matriculated in a degree program must take this course in their first term of study.

This course focuses on several kinds of writing-self-expressive, informative, and argumentative/persuasive, and others. A minimum of five essay compositions are required. The course emphasizes the composition of clear, correct, and effective prose required in a variety of professions and occupations. Prerequisites: Appropriate high school GPA or placement test score or EN090 Basic Writing Skills or SL116 ESL4: Advanced Composition or SL145 ESOL Advanced Composition

This course introduces the many and varied facets of psychology. Emphasis is on interactions of individuals in their cultural, social, and economic environments as determined by their cognitive, behavioral, and emotional experiences and training.

This course introduces intermediate algebra-level knowledge and skills. Topics include exponents and radicals, polynomial and rational expressions, functions and relations and their graphs, inequalities, and systems of linear equations. Linear, quadratic, rational, and radical equations are solved. Applications are included. Prerequisite: Appropriate high school GPA or placement test score or MA089 Arithmetic.

Topics in this course include first aid, CPR, and athletic training/conditioning principles. Upon completion, students are eligible for National Safety Council First Aid and American Heart Association CPR certification. This is one of three mandatory courses required by the New York State Education Department to become permanently certified to coach high school athletics.

BI141 General Biology 1, BI142 General Biology 2 BI216 Anatomy & Physiology 1, BI217 Anatomy & Physiology 2, CH131 College Chemistry CH141 General Chemistry 1, CH142 General Chemistry 2, PH151 Physics 1 or PH152 Physics 2

Second Semester

This course encourages a deeper understanding of human nature and the human condition through the study of ideas and values expressed in imaginative literature. Emphasis is placed on the use and development of critical thinking and language skills. Library-oriented research is required. Prerequisite: EN101 English 1: Composition or EN105 English Composition for Speakers of Other Languages or EN106 English 1: Composition & Reading.

Psychology Electives PY201 Learning: Behavioral Analysis PY202 Childhood & Adolescence PY203 Abnormal Psychology PY204 Social Psychology PY205 Adulthood and Aging PY206 Theories of Personality PY207 Life-Span Developmental Psychology PY208 Death, Dying & Bereavement PY212 Adolescent Psychology

This course introduces probability and statistics. Topics include graphs, tables, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, normal distribution, correlation and regression, probability, and inferential statistics. This course is available in two formats: lecture only, or lecture plus laboratory using technology. Prerequisite: Appropriate high school GPA or placement test score or MA089 Arithmetic.

BI141 General Biology 1, BI142 General Biology 2 BI216 Anatomy & Physiology 1, BI217 Anatomy & Physiology 2, CH131 College Chemistry CH141 General Chemistry 1, CH142 General Chemistry 2, PH151 Physics 1 or PH152 Physics 2

This course introduces the basic skills involved in the care and prevention of athletic injuries. It covers the recognition of sports-related injuries from head to toe, emergency procedures, training room responsibilities, liability concerns, environmental concerns, nutrition, and eating disorders as well as rehabilitation and training techniques. Laboratory time consists of BLS-CPR certification, stretching and taping techniques, and practicing emergency procedures. Prerequisites: CO232 Health Science Applied to Coaching.

Third Semester

This 15-week practicum provides experience in an athletic training room setting. It includes attending home contests, preparing teams for practices and games, taping student-athletes, assisting with rehabilitation programs, and other duties as determined appropriate by the supervising Athletic Trainer. Prerequisites: AT101 Introduction to Sports Medicine.

This course introduces the nature and study of history, and covers the emergence and development of Eurasian civilization to about 1500 A.D. in the Near East, India, China, Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and Africa. Attention is given to religion in these civilizations and on the rise of the West to a position of world power during the Middle Ages.

BI141 General Biology 1, BI142 General Biology 2 BI216 Anatomy & Physiology 1, BI217 Anatomy & Physiology 2, CH131 College Chemistry CH141 General Chemistry 1, CH142 General Chemistry 2, PH151 Physics 1 or PH152 Physics 2

This survey course provides an introduction to American history as well as a deeper understanding of how its geography, people, institutions, and culture interact to define the American experience. It begins with Pre-Contact Societies and concludes with the end of the Civil War.

This course continues to survey the development of the American story from an agricultural, frontier society to an urban, industrial nation. Emphasis is placed on the economic revolution of the post-Civil War era, its social, political, and military aspects, and the emergence of America as a world leader. It begins with Reconstruction and concludes with the present.

This course is an introduction to public speaking. It emphasizes the fundamentals of preparing, organizing, supporting, and delivering the speech based on factual material. It includes topic selection, audience analysis, fact vs. opinion, outlining, supporting material, and visual support. Informative, demonstrative, and persuasive speeches are presented. Elements of interpersonal communication, logic, and persuasion are discussed. Prerequisite: EN101 English 1: Composition or EN105 English Composition for Speakers of Other Languages or EN106 English 1: Composition & Reading.

This course assists in making intelligent health-conscious decisions through topics such as wellness, aging, sexuality, drugs and alcohol, and communicable diseases. It introduces activities and skills for leading healthy lifestyles including fitness assessment, weight management, and exercise.

Fourth Semester

This course is concerned with civilizations and their influences on each other in the modern world. It traces the rise of the West to a position of world dominance and its impact on non-Western societies. Emphasis is placed on the major forces that have shaped the contemporary world - industrialization, urbanization, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, democracy, and communism.

Students can choose any General Education Humanities course

BI141 General Biology 1, BI142 General Biology 2 BI216 Anatomy & Physiology 1, BI217 Anatomy & Physiology 2, CH131 College Chemistry CH141 General Chemistry 1, CH142 General Chemistry 2, PH151 Physics 1 or PH152 Physics 2

This second 15-week practicum provides further hands-on experience in the athletic training room setting. It includes attending home games and taping student-athletes as well as designing and overseeing rehabilitation programs under the supervision of the Athletic Trainer. The primary responsibility is for one contact sports team. Prerequisite: AT201 Sports Medicine Practicum 1.

This course provides a general understanding of the science of nutrition. Topics include nutrients, nutrient requirements, food sourses, food safety dietary assessments, the role that nutrients play in maintaining health and physical well-being, and physiological functions such as digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients. This course is for Nutrition and Dietetics majors. Prerequisite: High school chemistry or equivalent.

(a) Natural Science Electives include: BI141 General Biology 1, BI142 General Biology 2, BI216 Anatomy & Physiology 1, BI217 Anatomy & Physiology 2, CH131 College Chemistry, CH141 General Chemistry 1, CH142 General Chemistry 2, PH151 Physics 1, or PH152 Physics 2.

(b) Psychology Electives include: PY201 Learning: Behavioral Analysis, PY202 Childhood & Adolescence, PY203 Abnormal Psychology, PY204 Social Psychology, PY205 Adulthood and Aging, PY206 Theories of Personality, PY207 Life-Span Developmental Psychology, PY208 Death, Dying & Bereavement, PY212 Adolescent Psychology.

(c) History Electives include: HI111 American History 1492 - 1850 OR HI112 American History 1850 - Present.