PHED 270 Fundamentals and Techniques of Coaching Basketball
(3) The theory and practice of basketball coaching, with attention to
coaching the individual in the various aspects of the five-player
game. Offensive and defensive play will be studied in detail.
PHED 290P Sports Medicine Practicum (3) This course is designed
to provide students considering a career in Athletic Training the
opportunity to learn and master practical tasks performed in the field.
Students will spend several hours per week receiving hands-on
instruction under the supervision of a NATA Certified and State of
Tennessee Licensed Athletic Trainer in a classroom setting, at
athletic events, and in the college athletic training room. This course
will further prepare students to transfer into Sports Medicine programs
at senior colleges and universities.

Physical Therapist Assistant
PTA 110* Physical Science for the PTA (2) A study of the
fundamentals of the physical sciences as applied to the practice of
the PTA. Topics covered include: mechanics, electricity, heat
exchange and transfer, energy, and motion. PREREQUISITE: DSPM
0850 or permission of instructor. Fifteen lecture and thirty lab hours
per semester.

PTA 210* Fundamentals of PTA (1) A study of ethics, patients’
rights, and licensure as it applies to the Physical Therapy profession.
Other topics covered will include: history, role and scope of the
profession, as well as proper documentation and charting techniques.
PREREQUISITES: PTA 110 and acceptance into the PTA Program.
Fifteen lecture hours per semester.

PTA 221* Clinical Anatomy I (2) Applications of neuro-muscularskeletal
anatomy and physiology including kinesiology and surface
anatomy to describing normal motion and movement patterns.
Emphasis on the lower extremity and trunk. PREREQUISITES: PTA
110 and acceptance into the PTA program. Fifteen lecture and thirty
laboratory hours per semester.

PTA 222* Clinical Anatomy II (2) A continuation of PTA 221 with
emphasis on the upper extremities, total body movement, and
nervous system control of movement. PREREQUISITES: PTA 210,
PTA 221, PTA 253, and AHC 250. Fifteen lecture and thirty laboratory
hours per semester.

PTA 242C* Clinical Practice I (3) Clinical practice under the
supervision of qualified clinical faculty members in a facility as
assigned by the academic faculty. PREREQUISITES: PTA 210, PTA
221, PTA 253 and PTA 250. One hundred- sixty clinical hours per
semester.

PTA 243C* Clinical Practice II (8) Clinical practice under the
supervision of qualified clinical faculty members in facilities as
assigned by the academic faculty. PREREQUISITES: PTA 222, PTA
263, PTA 264 , PTA 265and PTA 242C. Four hundred clinical hours
per semester.

PTA 250* Medical Conditions for the PTA (3) A survey of clinical
medicine with emphasis on medical conditions frequently seen in
patients treated by the physical therapist assistant. Includes an
introduction to pharmacology and an in depth survey of neurology.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PTA Program or permission of the
instructor. Forty-five lecture hours per semester.

PTA 251* PTA Seminar (2) A lecture and discussion course on
current topics and issues affecting the physical therapy profession
and the role of the PTA including delivery of services, employment
practices, legislation, third party payers and developing issues.
PREREQUISITES: PTA 222, PTA 263, PTA 264 and PTA 242C. Thirty
lecture hours per semester.

PTA 253* Therapeutic Applications I (4) Introduction to massage,
body mechanics, positioning, patient transfers and management,
assistive and gait devices, isolation and aseptic techniques, manual
muscle testing, goniometry, gait assessment and training. One full
week of clinical observation PREREQUISITES: PTA 110 and
admission to the second year PTA program. Thirty lecture, thirty
laboratory and fifty clinical orientation/observation hours per
semester.

PTA 263* Therapeutic A pplications II (5) Assessment techniques,
superficial heat and cold modalities, hydrotherapy, introduction to
use of electrical currents, basic therapeutic exercise techniques.
Application of techniques and procedures to the treatment of
patients with orthopedic and soft tissue injuries and other medical
conditions. PREREQUISITES: PTA 210, PTA 221, PTA 250 and PTA
253. Thirty lecture and ninety laboratory hours per semester.

PTA 264* Therapeutic Applications III (5) Continuation of PTA
263. Further study of therapeutic exercise, introduction to traction,
industrial rehabilitation, ergonomics, and aquatic therapy.
Applications of these and previously studied techniques and
procedures to patients with amputations, neck and back pathologies,
arthritis and other medical conditions. Emphasis on program
implementation and documentation. PREREQUISITES: PTA 210,
PTA 221, PTA 250 and PTA 253. Forty-five lecture and sixty
laboratory hours per semester.

PTA 265* Therapeutic Applications IV (2) Treatment procedures
and appliances including prosthetics, intermittent compression and
orthotics. Assessment and treatment of the paatient with peripheral
vascular disease including lymphedema and amputations.
Introduction to principles of rehabiltation of patients with
neurological dysfunction. Prerequisites: PTA 221* PTA 253*, and
PTA 250*. Fifteen lecture and thirty laboratory hours per semester.

PTA 270* Therapeutic Applications V (4) Continuation of
therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation techniques for patients with
neurological dysfunctions and advanced theory of electrical