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May 14, 2007
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OFFERS NEW BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING
William Paterson University in Wayne has expanded its undergraduate degree programs to include a bachelor of science degree in athletic training.
The new degree program, to begin in the fall 2007 semester, replaces the athletic training concentration of the University’s bachelor of science degree in physical education. The program, which recently received continuing accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), provides rigorous professional preparation. Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to take the Board of Certification examination.
Under new guidelines from the National Athletic Trainers Association, all athletic training programs must be designated as separate degree programs by the 2014-15 academic year.
Certified athletic trainers are trained, skilled health care professionals who are directly responsible for the prevention, recognition, evaluation, immediate care, rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic injuries.
Students accepted into the 55-credit program must complete a minimum of 900 hours of supervised clinical education experience. Facilities include two athletic training rooms and a clinical education laboratory, as well as a human performance laboratory where students can assess injuries. As part of their clinical experience, students shadow a variety of professional practitioners, including a chiropractor, podiatrist, orthopedic surgeon and a family physician, as well as the University’s own athletic training professionals who are assigned to assist William Paterson’s student athletes.
The bachelor of science degree in athletic training increases the number of the University’s undergraduate majors to 33.
William Paterson University, one of the nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 33 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the University enrolls approximately 11,000 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution’s 366 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.
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