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Student Resources

How Can A Minor Degree in Sports Medicine Help Me?

The Minor in Sports Medicine will help prepare students to become a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Certified Personal Trainer

• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
• Personal Trainer

However, students interested in pursuing the following career paths also have found the knowledge and skills developed in Minor in Sports Medicine to be of great value.

• Athletic Trainer
• Biomechanist
• Sports Nutritionist
• Exercise Physiologist
• Medical Physician
• Physical/Occupational Therapist

Important things to remember:

• Within the broad area of sports medicine, there is a diversity of career and job opportunities, fields of study, and specialty areas.
• If you are planning to apply to graduate school in one of the sports medicine areas, identify the specific requirements for admission.

Discerning a Career in Sports Medicine or Exercise Science?

1. Assess your interests.
2. Determine your career goals and the education requirements necessary to achieve them.
3. Volunteer, observe and ask questions.
4. Enroll in an introductory course in the discipline or area of study you are interested in.