2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Graded: A/F
• Prerequisites: Open to all students.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A mixed ensemble performing a wide repertoire of fine choral music. Generally two campus concerts each semester. 

May be repeated for credit as often as desired.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Graded: A/F
• Prerequisites: Open to all students by audition.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A select choral ensemble performing unaccompanied chamber repertoire from a wide range of time periods. 

May be repeated for credit as often as desired.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to help students develop a clear understanding of the use of evidence based practice concepts in healthcare so that they may deliver the most effective patient care in the field. Students will engage in class activities that require them to search the literature for the most up to date, effective clinical practices and learn how to evaluate the research to determine and apply such concepts as specificity, sensitivity, diagnostic accuracy, clinical prediction rules, etc.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ATR 420.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will teach theory and hands-on skills necessary for the integration and application of therapeutic modalities into the treatment and rehabilitation protocols used by athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals. This course will cover the use of (but not necessarily limited to) the following modalities: ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, TENS, iontophoresis, laser, traction and other mechanical modalities, cryo/thermotherapy, hydrotherapy, diathermy, biofeedback, massage, etc.  

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: BI 207, BI 208 and ATR 420.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will teach theory and hands-on skills necessary for the integration and application of therapeutic exercise into the treatment and rehabilitation protocols used by athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals. This course will cover the use of (but not necessarily limited to) the following therapeutic interventions such as techniques to reduce pain, limit edema, restore joint mobility, restore muscle extensibility, restore neuromuscular function, improve strength, endurance, speed and power, improve balance, neuromuscular control, coordination and agility, improve gait, posture and body mechanics, improve cardiovascular fitness, understand functional exercises (eg: sports specific activity), develop exercises which comprise home based programs, utilize aquatic therapy rehabilitation techniques, etc.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: BI 207 and BI 208.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students will learn and develop skills in orthopedic taping and bracing with specific emphasis on common techniques used in both the athletic and clinical settings. Students will practice application skills in a lab setting. Instruction will include, but not be limited to prophylactic techniques, casting/splint design for specific orthopedic injury, fitting and application of surgical braces, etc.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: BI 207 and BI 208.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students will receive initial training in injury recognition, injury prevention, injury evaluation and injury treatment procedures. The focus with be on musculoskeletal injury, but will also cover such topics as physiology if injury, sport equipment fitting, risk management, etc.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: ATR 420.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

 A continuation of ATR 420 with an emphasis on the upper quadrant of the body including the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck, head and trunk. 

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: BI 207, BI 208 and ATR 421.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Techniques used in the evaluation of athletic injuries to the foot, ankle, knee, hip and lower spinal region. Emphasis is placed on taking a medical history, performing a medical observation, physical palpation, functional and special testing, and injury pathology and injury epidemiology. Techniques and concepts are presented with a strong focus on the importance of the use of an evidence-based approach to orthopedic assessment practices.

• Offered: Fall Winter Summer
• Prerequisites: Admission to the RN to BSN program, NU 311, NU 411, NU 414, NU 421, and NU 441.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will focus on applying and integrating knowledge gained in previous coursework within a primary, secondary or tertiary care setting allowing students to enhance the skills necessary to function in the professional role. The student focuses on a selected area of practice within the current health care environment.