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4.00 Credits
This course provides a broad discussion of general medical conditions and associated pathologies of the physically active, as well as applicable information to athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers of all levels. This course covers evaluation techniques and equipment, coverage of all body systems and conditions, as well as special populations. Prerequisites: EXS 214 and EXS 214L.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines current theories and practices of pharmacology and epidemiology of drug use as related to athletic training and sports medicine. Additional topics include drug abuse issues, such as: performance-enhancing substances; psychological, legal, social, and cultural implications; and approaches to solving drug abuse problems. Prerequisites: EXS 214 and EXS 214L.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of various therapeutic modalities that aid in the healing process of injuries. The course covers the theory behind and proper use of these modalities with laboratory experience. Prerequisites: EXS 214 and EXS 214L. Co-requisite: EXS 387L.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to complement and support principles being taught in EXS 387. Practical applications of therapeutic modality application techniques are learned. Prerequisites: EXS 214 and EXS 214L. Co-requisite: EXS 387.
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4.00 Credits
This capstone course acts as a culmination of the learning experiences during the athletic training education program at Grand Canyon University. Students are challenged to demonstrate higher level thinking, review evidence-based literature, and display athletic training professional behaviors. This course focuses the student for preparation for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination and fulfills the writing-intensive course requirement. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all previous coursework in the program of study.
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4.00 Credits
This course deals with the organization and administration tasks and techniques required in an athletic training program, the commercial health industry, and interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics. Topics include program and human resource management; budgeting; inventory and finance management; insurance; organizing and promoting health; and legal considerations, ethics, decision making, and communication in athletic training, health, and athletic settings.
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4.00 Credits
This 16-week-long course is designed to provide a clinical setting in which athletic training students clinically apply and demonstrate proficiency in the information learned in prior courses. This sequence allows students to apply what they have learned in class on real patients. Students are assigned to an approved clinical instructor who supervises students on a daily basis through constant visual and auditory interaction and provides feedback to students on their progression. The mode of delivery is student-to-student demonstration and a clinical exam testing students' proficiency at a clinical site (high school, college, and/or professional) on true patients. Students are evaluated at a clinical site weekly to ensure proficiency in these skills. Prerequisite: EXS 353.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the specific and applied use of exercise in prevention of injury, improvement of performance, and recovery from disability and dysfunction. Included are specific exercise routines, kinesiological principles, history and scope of rehabilitating exercise, abnormal clinical kinesiology, examination procedures, and reconditioning of specific disorders. Prerequisites: BIO 160 or BIO 201, and EXS 340. Co-requisite: EXS 426L.
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1.00 Credits
This course reinforces and expands learning gained in the lecture course. Practical applications and experiments include exercise prescription and rehabilitation techniques. Prerequisites: BIO 160 or BIO 201, and EXS 340. Co-requisite: EXS 426.
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4.00 Credits
This course is the study of the physiological responses to exercise, exercise technique, program design for anaerobic and aerobic exercise, exercise prescription principles, and organization and administration of strength and conditioning facilities. This course provides students information on the design and implementation of a successful strength and conditioning program. Emphasis is placed on assessment, description, and analysis of sport movement, and designing weight training programs to enhance performance variables. Workshops reinforce these goals, focusing on assessment of athletic performance, as well as the development of musculoskeletal flexibility, speed, agility, quickness, strength, and power. This course assists those students who desire to take the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Certified Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) Exam. Prerequisites: EXS 340 and EXS 340L.
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