MAT Prerequisites (or Equivalents)
Please review the following list of prerequisites. All of the following must be met in order for applicants to be considered for admittance to the GVSU Athletic Training Program. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the removal of the candidate from the application pool.
- Course equivalents, for all courses listed below, are accepted from other institutions. Please visit our Course Equivalency Guide website. If you don't see your course listed within our Course Equivalency Guide website, please email [email protected] to inquire about equivalency.
- All prerequisites must receive a letter grade.
- For each course, a grade of C (2.0) or higher is required.
- The prerequisites and undergraduate degree must be completed by the first day of classes of the academic program in June (applications will be accepted for students still in the process of completing coursework).
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Course Prefix |
Course Name |
Course Description |
Minimum Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ATH 217 |
Introduction to Athletic Training |
This course provides students with basic knowledge of the prevention, recognition, and management of conditions commonly experienced in a physically active population. |
2 |
|
BIO 120 |
General Biology with a Lab |
Introduction to cell structure and physiology, growth and development, and genetics with a lab. |
4 |
|
BMS 105 |
Basic Nutrition |
An investigation of the bases of nutrition, from a scientific and social-psychological viewpoint. Problems of malnutrition, food as a social phenomenon, and current controversies in nutrition will be discussed. |
3 |
|
BMS 250/251 OR BMS 208/290 |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II |
6 |
|
CHM 109 OR CHM 125/126 & CHM 127/128 |
Introductory Chemistry with a lab |
An introductory study of general chemistry that presents the basic chemical principles and their applications with a lab. |
4 |
|
MOV 300 |
Kinesiology or Basic Biomechanic Course |
A course in which the laws and principles of mechanics are applied to the use of the human body, human mechanism, and its process of motor function. |
3 |
|
MOV 304 |
Introduction to Exercise Physiology |
The physiological responses to an acute bout of exercise, adaptations to exercise training, and the mechanisms responsible for them in relation to health, fitness, and athletic performance. |
3 |
|
PHY 200 OR PHY 220/221 |
Physics for Life Sciences with a lab |
Topics particularly applicable to occupations in safety, health science, biology, medicine, & industry, applicable to humanities & non-sci majors. Mechanics, fluids, sound, heat, basic electricity, light optics, & nuclear radiation with a lab. |
4 |
|
PSY 101 |
Introductory Psychology |
General survey of psychology, the scientific study of behavior and experience, including overt actions and mental activity. |
3 |
|
STA 215 |
Introductory Statistics |
A technique-oriented approach to statistical problems with emphasis on applications. Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation, testing hypotheses, t-test, regression and correlation, chi-square tests. |
3 |