Sports Medicine Pathway

  • Course Descriptions:

    Sports Medicine Athletic 1/2:   This course is UC “G” (college preparatory elective) approved and meets one of the following graduation requirements: vocational education or elective.  Credits: 10.  Provides students with skills, knowledge, and experience in the areas of athletic physical therapy, training, nutrition, and fitness.  Will focus on athletic perspective of anatomy and physiology of various muscle groups, the skeletal system, theory of exercise, care and prevention of athletic injuries, rehabilitation, training room organization and skills. 

    Sports Medicine Athletic Trainer: This course is UC “G” (college preparatory elective) approved and meets one of the following graduation requirements: vocational education or elective. Certifications offered: First Aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).  (Prerequisite: Sports Medicine Athletic 1/2) Credits: 10. Students will learn about the anatomy and physiology of systems, theories and methods for prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of the body's chemical response to pharmaceutical agents, disease, injury and stress will be pods of observation. Investigation, experimentation, data collection and data analysis will also be studied. Students are provided Work Based Learning (WBL) opportunities while working with school athletes, athletic trainers and other practicing.