Transfer Student Admittance into the Athletic Training Program
All students wishing to transfer to the University of
Northern Iowa Athletic Training Education Program must first meet all
of the pre-admission requirements. Upon admission to the UNI ATEP the
student may petition that prior course work and clinical experiences
be considered as equivalents of courses and or clinical experiences
within the UNI Athletic Training Program. The following are policies
and procedures which will be followed in order to consider transfer
students prior work.
Petition Procedures:
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The transfer student must submit in writing their
request for accepting previous coursework and clinical experiences.
Included in this document should be the following:
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Name of course, credit hours,
professor, institution offered, and name of the UNI course it
will be substituting.
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A notarized copy of the NATABOC
Verification of Supervision form for all previous clinical experiences.
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A copy of published course descriptions
of all courses.
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A detailed copy of a course syllabus
for all courses or a letter from the instructor describing in
complete detail what the course taught.
Course Acceptance Procedures:
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The committee will review each of
the course descriptions and syllabi.
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The committee will then compare the
said course to the UNI course and determine if they are comparable.
The following criteria will be evaluated:
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Credit hours
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Content
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Laboratory experiences
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If the course does not have comparable
credit hours, content, and laboratory experiences the course will
not be substituted for the UNI course and the student will follow
the normal athletic training curricular plan.
- If the course has comparable criterion to the UNI course
the student will then be placed within the curricular plan where appropriate.
Clinical Experience Acceptance Procedures:
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The committee will review each of
the NATABOC Verification of Supervision forms.
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The committee will then compare the
said clinical experience to the UNI clinical experience and determine
if they are comparable. The following criteria will be evaluated:
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Assignment
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Responsibilities
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Clinical setting
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Type of supervision
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If the course does not have comparable
assignments, responsibilities, clinical settings or supervision the
clinical experience will not be substituted for the UNI clinical experience
and the student will follow the normal athletic training field experience
rotation plan.
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If the clinical experience has comparable
criterion to the UNI clinical experience the student will then be
placed within the curricular plan where appropriate.
Note: The UNI Athletic Training Admission
Committee has the right to accept or reject any prior coursework or
clinical experience in accordance to the above procedures.
Send materials to:
Kelli R. Snyder, MS, ATC
Athletic Training Entry Level Program Co-Director
University of Northern Iowa
203 Wellness Recreation Center
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Further questions regarding UNI's Athletic Training Education Program
should be directed to Dr. Tom Dompier by dialing (319) 273-2180 or by
email at kelli.snyder@uni.edu
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