Athletic Training

This certificate will help prepare students who are interested in transferring to a four-year university to pursue a career in athletic training. Students completing this certificate will have an introductory foundation for the field of athletic training. The certificate will provide hands on experience of injury prevention, rehabilitation, mechanisms of injury, assessments, and appropriate care. Students will have an opportunity to work in the Merced College athletic training room to gain experience and work directly with athletes.

15 students per year.

This certificate will help prepare students who are interested in transferring to a four-year university to pursue a career in athletic training. Students completing this certificate will have an introductory foundation for the field of athletic training. The certificate will provide hands on experience of injury prevention, rehabilitation, mechanisms of injury, assessments, and appropriate care. Students will have an opportunity to work in the Merced College athletic training room to gain experience and work directly with athletes.

This program will prepare students for transfer to a four-year school. Students will have an opportunity to gain experience and hands on practice in the Merced College athletic training room. Careers include working with high school, college, professional sports teams, private industry, military, medical offices, and rehabilitation centers. To become a certified athletic trainer students must complete an accredited master’s degree program and take the national certification exam from the National Athletic Trainer Association Board of Certification

(NATABOC).

The Kinesiology faculty began discussing, several years ago, different ideas on how to grow the curriculum in kinesiology. The development of the transfer degrees, loss of repeatability, and other factors have contributed to a decline in enrollment in the kinesiology department. The new program not only aligns with Merced College’s mission but will expand the curriculum in the department. The new course KINE 07 will expand on KINE 03 and provide a more in depth experience for the students.

It will give students in our area access to an athletic training facility that will help them learn and discover the field of athletic training. The program will be the only one in the valley between Fresno and Stockton.