Athletic Injury Care at Foothill College is a multi-disciplinary educational experience. Instruction emphasizes injury prevention, emergency care and rehabilitation through the principles of anatomy, physiology, pathology, bio-mechanics, and psychology. Hands on experience is available to the student intern through the Athletic Treatment Center from an array of Sports Medicine professionals.
Students interested in medicine, athletic training, physical therapy, chiropractic, nutrition, or other allied health fields are candidates for this program.

• English proficiency: ENGL 1A, ESL 26 or equivalent.
• Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105 or equivalent.
A minimum of 90 units required to include:
• All General Education requirements
• Core courses (48 Units)
• Electives & other graduation requirements as appropriate.

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a GPA of 2.0 or higher is required in all Core and Support courses for the Degree.

AS = Associate in Science Degree.

PHED 1 Introduction to Physical Education as a Profession (4 Units)
PHED 62A Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine I (3 Units)
PHED 62B Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine II (3 Units)
PHED 62C Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine III (3 Units)
PHED 62D Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine IV (3 Units)
PHED 62E Clinical Experiences in Sports Medicine V (3 Units)
PHED 67A Prevention of Athletic Injuries (3 Units)
PHED 67B Emergency Athletic Injury Care (3 Units)
PHED 67C Treatment & Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries (3 Units)
BIOL 40A Human Anatomy & Physiology (5 Units)
BIOL 40B Human Anatomy & Physiology (5 Units)
BIOL 40C Human Anatomy & Physiology (5 Units)
CHEM 25 Fundamentals of Chemistry (5 Units)
or CHEM 30A Survey of Inorganic & Organic Chemistry (5 Units)

BIOL 45 Introduction to Human Nutrition (4 Units)
CHEM 1A General Chemistry (5 Units)
CHEM 1B General Chemistry (5 Units)
CHEM 1C General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis (5 Units)
HLTH 21 Health Education (3 Units)
MATH 10 Elementary Statistics (5 Units)
PHED 4 Concepts of Physical Fitness & Wellness (4 Units)
PHED 65A PNF: Introduction to the Upper Extremity (3 Units)
PHED 65B PNF: Introduction to the Lower Extremity (3 Units)
PHED 66 First Aid & CPR/AED (2 Units)
PHYS 2A General Physics (5 Units)
PHYS 2B General Physics (5 Units)
PHYS 2C General Physics (5 Units)
PSYC 1 General Psychology (5 Units)