Dear Prospective Athletic Training Student:

Welcome to Southern Connecticut State University’s Athletic Training Education Program web site! In the past ten years, our program has evolved from an internship program to become the first in Connecticut to receive CAATE accreditation. After our last site visit in 2000, we were re-accredited until 2007! Accreditation assures you, as someone interested in the best possible educational experience, that our program continues to meet the CAATE’s rigorous national standards and criteria.

Athletic training is an exciting and rapidly growing field and our program is committed to staying a step ahead. We have restructured courses to include laboratory components and developed clinical practicum courses designed to provide you with more directed, hands-on clinical experience and practice. In addition, or faculty and administration are committed to our program and your professional preparation.

Our program mission is to prepare you for a career in Athletic Training and/or a related allied health profession. Successful completion of our program enables you to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination, and you will become eligible for Connecticut state licensure upon certification. The curriculum emphasizes lifelong learning, clinical excellence, compassionate, quality health care, and service. We are looking for highly motivated, intelligent, conscientious individuals who are interested in learning to how provide quality health care to athletes and become positive contributors to the athletic training profession.

The main emphasis of our program is to develop strong clinicians, athletic trainers who not only know what to do in any given situation, but also why they are doing it. We also emphasize critical thinking and a well-rounded knowledge base, as these qualities are essential for success in our rapidly changing society. Once you become involved in our Athletic Training Education Program, you will be exposed to a wide variety of challenging hands-on clinical experiences. As your skills develop, you will provide health care to Southern's intercollegiate athletes and assist certified athletic trainers in affiliated settings, like area high schools and sports medicine clinics. Southern's Granoff Health Center and an on-site orthopedic clinic offer you the opportunity to observe and learn from physicians as they evaluate and treat students and athletes alike.

If you are looking for a dynamic and challenging athletic training experience, please consider Southern's Athletic Training Education Program. If you have not already done so, I invite you to contact me today to schedule a visit to our campus. I will make arrangements for you to tour our campus and facilities with one of our Athletic Training Students, sit in on one or two of our academic classes, and meet with me or one of my colleagues. You might also like to visit Southern's web site. We would certainly appreciate the opportunity to assist you with the difficult task of choosing the right educational program, and to be involved in your professional preparation. Please feel free to complete the Inquiry Form on this site. I will be sure to send you a packet containing additional information on our program and Southern Connecticut State University. Again, thank you for visiting our site, and good luck with your search!

For more information about Southern Connecticut please watch the campus promotional video. Also, For more information on Athletic Training Education Visit the NATA Web Site

Sincerely,
Gary E. Morin PhD, ATC
Director, Athletic Training Education Program
1-888-500-SCSU, ext. 26089
moring1@southernct.edu