The department offers undergraduate work leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in Athletic Training. The Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). A minimum of 126 hours is required for the degree, including the appropriate Liberal Studies Program and all major requirements. A minimum of 65 Credit Hours are required for a major in athletic training.
The Athletic Training Education Program at Kansas Wesleyan University is a rigorous and intense program that places specific requirements and demands on the athletic training student enrolled in the program. An objective of this program is to prepare graduates to enter a variety of employment settings to render care to a wide spectrum of individuals engaged in physical activity. The technical standards set forth by the Athletic Training Education Program establish the essential qualities considered necessary for athletic training students admitted to this program to achieve the knowledge, skills, and competencies of an entry-level athletic trainer, as well as meet the expectations of the program’s accrediting agency, the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). All athletic training students admitted to the Athletic Training Education Program must meet the abilities and expectations identified in the Athletic Training Student Handbook or the Universities Athletic Training Education Program’s Website. In the event an athletic training student is unable to fulfill these technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodation the student will not be admitted into the program.
In order for an athletic training student to be accepted into the Athletic Training Education Program, the following requirements must be met: Due to the fact that certain athletic training clinical proficiencies and certain athletic training competencies are required by CAATE. The classes listed below must be taken from Kansas Wesleyan University *
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Athletic Training Education Program admissions for freshman applications must be completed by May 15th in order to be admitted into the program the following year and meet the following requirement listed below.
1) Complete 40 documented observation hours of the Athletic Training Education Program.
2) Complete HPER 120 Personal & Community Health, HPER 148 First Aid & CPR for the Professional, Rescuer, HPER 256 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries, BIOL 221 Human Anatomy and Physiology, BIOL 222 Human Anatomy and Physiology with a minimum of a “C” letter grade in each.
3) Each athletic training student will interview with the Program Director, Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer and a Senior Athletic Training Student prior to entrance to the athletic training education program.
Kansas Wesleyan University ATEP Faculty in cooperation with the HPER Department can grant permission to a Pre-Athletic Training Student in the ATEP at anytime during the academic year. Pre-Athletic Training students who have met the requirements listed above may still be denied admission into the ATEP. In addition the Program director and Department chair reserves the right to remove any athletic training student from the ATEP at any given time for poor academic performance or conduct detrimental to the ATEP.
An athletic training student may appeal the decision of denied acceptance into the ATEP from entrance requirements or dismissal from the ATEP.
Please See the Appeal Process Listed Below
Appeals Process
Athletic Training Students may appeal the decision set by the ATEP program in writing within two weeks of receiving a formal letter. The appeal will be sent on to the Department Chair of HPER and the Division Chair for Applied Arts and Science. They will make the final decision in writing to the athletic training students appeal with in two weeks of receiving the appeal.
Athletic Training Education Program admissions for Transfer applications must be completed by December 15 in order to be admitted into the program the following semester and meet the following requirement listed below.
1) Complete 40 documented observation hours of the Athletic Training Education Program.
2) Complete HPER 120 Personal & Community Health, HPER 148 First Aid & CPR for the Professional Rescuer, HPER 256 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries, BIOL 221 Human Anatomy and Physiology, HPER 443 Kinesiology with a minimum of a “C” letter grade in each.
3) Each athletic training student will interview with the Program Director, Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer and a Senior Athletic Training Student prior to entrance to the athletic training education program.
Kansas Wesleyan University ATEP Faculty in cooperation with the HPER Department can grant permission to a Pre-Athletic Training Student in the ATEP at anytime during the academic year. Pre-Athletic Training students who have met the requirements listed above may still be denied admission into the ATEP. In addition the Program director and Department chair reserves the right to remove any athletic training student from the ATEP at any given time for poor academic performance or conduct detrimental to the ATEP.
An athletic training student may appeal the decision of denied acceptance into the ATEP from entrance requirements or dismissal from the ATEP. Please See the Appeal Process Listed Below.
Appeals Process
Athletic Training Students may appeal the decision set by the ATEP program in writing within two weeks of receiving a formal letter. The appeal will be sent on to the Department Chair of HPER and the Division Chair for Applied Arts and Science. They will make the final decision in writing to the athletic training students appeal with in two weeks of receiving the appeal.