Graduate Admissions

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION AND COMPLETION OF THE SPORT HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM

In order to meet the academic/practical and technical requirements for admission to, participation in, and completion of the Sport Health Science Program, all students must possess the physical and mental abilities to perform the functions and tasks that are essential and fundamental to the field of Sport Health Science. These essential qualifications and requirements for the Sport Health Science Program include but are not limited to:

Physical and mental ability to perform in the various practical settings, the exercise science laboratory, the biomechanics laboratory and the physiological therapeutics laboratory without posing a threat to themselves or others; 

Physical and mental ability to perform the primary skills of the functions essential to the areas of Chiropractic Sport Science and Exercise and Sport Science and Sport Injury Management

Verbal and written communication, hearing and visual senses (with the help of auxiliary aids if necessary) to record client histories, to provide and to perform anthropometric, physical assessment and interpretation of the laboratory data with a high level of competency.

All students must be able to display a high level of competency in all phases of classroom, practical and laboratory activities. To the extent that any student does not possess these essential qualifications, Life University may deny admission to, or graduation from, the Sport Health Science Program.

Transfer Credit

A student may be able to transfer up to 18 quarter hours of graduate credit earned at Life University from the Doctor of Chiropractic Program (contact the Registrar’s Office or the Department of Sport Health Science for eligibility of specific courses).

A student may be able to transfer up to 12 quarter hours (nine semester hours) of graduate credit earned at another regionally accredited institution (international credits may be considered based on submission of a transcript evaluation from an accepted foreign credit evaluation clearing house i.e. World Education Services (WES) or AACRAO).  These hours must be equivalent to courses taught at Life University.  Equivalency is determined by the Department of Sport Health Science.

The following are required before transfer credit from another institution will be considered: 

1. Evidence that courses are equivalent in content and quality to those given at Life University.  It is up to the transferee to prove equivalency.  Examples of evidence including college catalog, course description from class, syllabi, etc.
2. An official transcript indication that work has been completed with a grade of “B” or better (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) from a regionally accredited institution.

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