ATEP Completion Requirements

• Completion all athletic training major course requirements (71 credit hours)
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA in all professional athletic training education courses (professional phase)
• Maintain a 2.5 GPA in all college credit taken toward degree
• Completion of all practicum courses (KINE 100, 200, 300, 400, 450, 470)
• Completion of all required education competencies and clinical integration proficiencies
• Completion of 180 clock-hours of clinical education experience for each practicum course (1,080 total)
• Complete all university requirements including the liberal arts core and a total 125 credit hours

Retention Policy

 Students must demonstrate acceptable progression in their advancement through the ATEP criteria. Students will jeopardize program status (probation and/or program dismissal) if they are unable to comply with the following program standards: 

• 3.0 GPA in all Professional Athletic Training education courses
• 2.5 GPA overall credit hours
• Maintain Code of Ethics consistent with the NATA and CSU ATEP Policy
• Maintain standards of academic and clinical requirements consistent with educational level

Probation

Students will be placed on probation within the academic realm if they are unable to maintain the ATEP criteria, as listed above. The Program Director for the ATEP will conduct review of academic probation status at the end of each academic semester, and students will be notified of their standing in the program. Upon notification of their standing, students will sign documentation regarding their status, which will be kept on file. (Students are limited to two consecutive probation semesters.) Failure to reestablish adequate academic/practical standards consistent with program guidelines will result in program dismissal. Once dismissed from the ATEP, students are NOT eligible for readmission.