Requirements and Curriculum

We offer two options for students who wish to pursue a degree in athletic training. An accelerated combined 3+2 degree program in which students major in Exercise Science (pre-athletic training concentration.) During junior year, you apply for the graduate (MS) professional athletic training program.

View details on the curricular flow plan for the combined degree in the Undergraduate Degree and Course Catalog.

• CHB 550 Public Health Population Well-Being (3)
• ES 508 Foundations of Athletic Training (3)
• ES 520 Clinical Integration I (2)
• ES 521 Clinical Integration II (2)
• ES 528 Health Promotion, Prevention and Wellness (3)
• ES 536 Healthcare Management (2)
• ES 539 Seminar (2)
• ES 543 Psychosocial & Behavioral Healthcare (2)
• ES 547 Foundations of Patient Care (3)
• ES 548 Patient Care Interventions I (2)
• ES 549 Patient care Interventions II (2)
• ES 553 Functional Anatomy for Athletic Trainers (3)
• ES 554 Emergency Management in Athletic Training (3)
• ES 570 Patient Examination I (3)
• ES 571 Patient Examination II (3)
• ES 626 Clinical Integration III (2)
• ES 627 Clinical Integration IV (1)
• ES 628 Clinical Integration V (4)
• ES 629 Clinical Integration VI (6)
• ES 630 Clinical Research in Patient Care (3)
• ES 631 Clinical Reasoning Capstone (3)
• ES 673 Patient Examination III (3)
• PT 505 Evidence-Based Practice I (3)

• Student Handbook

• Annual Immunization Review 

• Technical Standards–to be completed after receiving formal acceptance into the MS in AT

• Communicable Disease Policy–to be completed after receiving formal acceptance into the MS in AT

• HIPAA/FERPA Training–to be completed after receiving formal acceptance into the MS in AT. Once completed, you must scan your certificate and email to ryankrzy@buffalo.edu

• Observation Hours Tracking Sheet–to be completed prior to your application to the MS in AT

• Blood-Borne Pathogens Training–to be completed as part of ES 554 – Emergency Management in Athletic Training