Athletic Trainer Course Descriptions

KIN 110 or HED 110 - Community First Aid and CPR

(3 Units) Fall & Spring

This course introduces the skills required to provide basic life support in an emergency illness or injury. The course includes adult, infant, and child Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid. Upon successful completion of all tests, student will be issued an American Red Cross card for Community First Aid and CPR. 

KIN 102 - Introduction to Athletic Training

(3 Units) Fall & Spring

This course provides instruction in the prevention, assessment, management, and reconditioning of athletic injuries. Taping and bandaging, protective padding, and modalities used for treatment will be presented. 

KIN 104 - Fitness and Wellness

(3 units) Fall & Spring

This course is designed to cover topics related to health and wellness including principles of fitness, nutrition, coronary heart disease, and stress management. An exercise lab will include pre- and post- assessment of each student’s fitness components such as cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition. Individualized exercise prescription is provided for each student to improve his/her fitness components. Progress is monitored throughout the semester.

KIN 202 - Measurement and Interpretation of Fitness

(3 Units) Fall Only

This course covers the theory and practical application of current testing procedures and instrumentation used in exercise testing. Students learn to perform and interpret the basic measurement protocols for cardiorespiratory
endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition and blood pressure. 

KIN 203 - Programs and Principles of Conditioning

(3 Units) Spring Only

This course will provide the student with basic knowledge and principles related to exercise prescription. Students will develop the skills necessary to design and implement training programs as they relate to the components of fitness. Safeguards and effectiveness for all levels of fitness will be addressed. 

KIN 205 - Anatomical Movement Analysis 

(3 Units) Fall & Spring 

An introduction to the musculo-skeletal system and its function in human movement. Analysis of movements in fitness and sport skills and the muscles and bones involved will be explored.

KIN 206A - Lower Extremity Injury Assessment and Reconditioning

(2 Units) Fall Only

This course allows the student to expand upon the knowledge of the mechanism, assessment and reconditioning of lower extremity athletic injuries. Emphasis is placed upon injury mechanism and assessment, the phases of healing, modalities used in the healing process, and the application of exercise and exercise equipment in the reconditioning of
lower extremity athletic injuries.

KIN 206B - Upper Extremity Injury Assessment and Reconditioning

(2 Units) Spring Only

This course allows the student to expand upon the knowledge of the mechanism, assessment and reconditioning of lower extremity athletic injuries. Emphasis is placed upon injury mechanism and assessment, the phases of healing, modalities used in the healing process, and the application of exercise and exercise equipment in the reconditioning of
lower extremity athletic injuries.

KIN 207 - Athletic Injury Taping, Bandaging, and Immobilization

(1 Unit) Spring Only

This course allows the student to expand upon the knowledge and skill of management, bandaging and taping of athletic injuries. Emphasis is placed on immobilization of acute injuries, and the techniques used for preventative bandaging and taping of athletic injuries. 

KIN 271 A  - Work Experience

(1 Unit) Fall & Spring

Work Experience/Career Internship provides the opportunity for students to apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to related experiences on the job/training site. The aim of the course is to assist students in expanding specific job skills. This creates greater communication with increased understanding between the students/workers,
the college, and the employers/trainers. 

MA 161- Medical Terminology

(3 Units)Fall & Spring
This course will prepare the student in the correct use of medical terms, abbreviations, phraseology, and the understanding of word parts. It will include analyzing the terms by written and oral communication of the various systems of the body.