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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Athletic Training Accelerated Graduate Pathway (MS)
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For highly motivated undergraduate students who are already looking ahead to graduate school, USM offers an Accelerated Graduate Pathway from the Health Sciences major to the Athletic Training program that allows students to complete both the B.S. in Health Sciences and the M.S. in Athletic Training degrees in five years. This detailed plan saves students one academic year of undergraduate education, as well as one year’s worth of undergraduate fees, tuition, and expenses.
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Program Requirements
In order to be considered for admission, a student must: - Declare the Health Sciences major.
- Maintain a 2.5 cumulative undergraduate GPA.
- Declare participation in the Accelerated MSAT track no later than the end of their second year.
- Successfully complete all BS Health Sciences core required course work, and all University Core Curriculum requirements at the University of Southern Maine by the end of their junior year status (see course progression below).
- Complete all MSAT prerequisites (listed below) with a C- or better. These courses also appear in the course progression.
- Complete a USM graduate application to the MSAT.
+ These requirements may also be satisfied by one semester of human anatomy with a lab, and one semester of human physiology with a lab. Students who do not meet these criteria or who are not accepted to the MSAT are still eligible to graduate from the Health Sciences baccalaureate degree by choosing one of the three remaining track options to complete in their fourth year of study. It should also be noted that equivalency exams can be taken in place of certain courses if a B- was not achieved in the courses listed above. Please check the Credit for Prior Learning Office web page to ascertain if there is a test that fulfills a particular equivalency. Suggested Course Progression
If admitted to the USM MS Athletic Training:
Year 4: Summer
- ATH 500 Athletic Training Professional Practice (1 cr)
- ATH 501 Foundations of Patient Safety (1 cr)
- ATH 502 Acute Care of Injuries and Illness (3 cr)
- ATH 503 Acute Care Simulation Lab (1 cr)
Year 4: Fall
- ATH 504 Functional Human Anatomy and Kinesiology (3 cr)
- ATH 510 Examination, Diagnosis and Care I (3 cr)
- ATH 511 Examination, Diagnosis and Care I Lab (1 cr)
- ATH 522 Therapeutic Interventions I (3 cr)
- ATH 523 Therapeutic Interventions I Lab (1 cr)
- ATH 571 Clinical I (1 cr)
Year 4: Spring
- ATH 572 Clinical 2 (2 cr)
- ATH 512 Examination, Diagnosis and Care II (3 cr)
- ATH 513 Examination, Diagnosis and Care II Lab (1 cr)
- ATH 514 Examination and Management of Non-orthopedic Conditions (3 cr)
- ATH 515 Examination and Management of Non-orthopedic Conditions Lab (1 cr)
- ATH 524 Therapeutic Interventions II (3 cr)
- ATH 525 Therapeutic Interventions II Lab (1 cr)
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