The program offered by the Mercyhurst University is designed to provide students with opportunities to increase their clinical skill set and professional acumen. The student will have every opportunity to fulfill all University and Department requirements toward graduation, and in so doing, will be exposed to the holistic liberal arts experience.
This unique combination of the professional preparation and the holistic liberal arts experience will enable students to easily see the larger community picture and how the individual fits within this community to help create a caring and sustainable society.
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of patient pre-participation health screening, risk classification, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the benefits and risks associated with physical activity.
- Demonstrate knowledge of health-related physical fitness testing, interpretation, and exercise prescription in the healthy populations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of behavioral theories and strategies for exercise and health promotion.
- Demonstrate proficiency in research methodology and scientific writing.
- Students enrolled in any of the Pre-Health Concentrations within the Sports Medicine major are strongly encouraged to pursue a double major with Exercise Science, which is an employable degree. Refer to the Sports Medicine major for more details.
