Section 22 - Student Transfer Policy

Transfer students are welcome at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Students who wish to transfer to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Training Program (UNL ATP) after completing coursework at another institution of higher education should contact the UNL ATP Program Director prior to transferring to discuss their specific situation and completed coursework.

Details surrounding students who wish to transfer vary. Below is a list of some, but not all, of the criteria used by UNL ATP Administration to assess students who wish to transfer to the UNL ATP:

  1. Coursework transfer credit may only be accepted in place of ATHT 145 and ATHT 146.
  2. The transfer student must document the completion of six hours of related athletic training didactic coursework.
  3. A minimum of 60 hours of documented athletic training clinical education/observation under the direct supervision of an athletic trainer in good standing with the BOC at the time of clinical education/observation.
  4. BOC and UNL ATP approved emergency cardiac care certification.
  5. No professional athletic training courses taken outside the UNL ATP will be accepted toward graduation from the UNL ATP.
  6. The three-year (six-semester) clinical education will not be shortened.
  7. Additionally, the transfer student must meet all other requirements for eligibility in the UNL ATP.
  8. An application to the UNL ATP (requested from the Program Director) and all supporting documentation must be provided to the UNL ATP Program Director one month prior to the start of the academic year the student wishes to transfer to UNL.
  9. A transfer student who demonstrates exemplary prior experience will be accepted provisionally to the UNL ATP. Academic course ATHT 247 will be added to the athletic training student’s schedule with permission from the Program Director after all required documentation has been received.
  10. The provisional period will last one academic semester (approximately 16 weeks). During the provisional period, the student will be assigned to preceptor for 8-weeks at the Osborne Complex Athletic Training Room and to a preceptor for 8-weeks at the Devaney Center Athletic Training Room. The provisional student will spend 8 weeks with each preceptor and clinical skills associated with ATHT 247 will be assessed.
  11. At the end of the provisional period, the clinical skills completed and assessed by the preceptors will be submitted to the program director as partial documentation for full acceptance at regular status into the UNL ATP.
  12. Acceptance is contingent on the UNL ATP ability to provide meaningful clinical education experiences to all ATS, while not disrupting current clinical athletic training student/preceptor ratios.