As a leader in health care education, SHRS is continuously evolving to match the needs of an ever-changing, complex industry. After assessing market demands, we are reconfiguring our Master of Science in Sports Science and Master of Science in Sports Medicine programs.
Effective in fall of 2025, we will only offer the Master of Science in Sports Science to incoming students. Sports Medicine courses—like Advanced Musculoskeletal Assessment and Injury Prevention and Injury Epidemiology—will become electives in our Sports Science program.
Learn more about Pitt's Master of Science in Sports Science!
The Sports Medicine (SM) program focuses on enhancing the knowledge base in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illness. The SM program has a research focus and provides a core curriculum that is central to the pathokinesiology of injury, injury prevention, and the principles by which restoration of joint function is accomplished.
Fall Term
SPMED 2000 - ANATOMICAL BASIS SPORTS MEDICINE
SPMED 3000 - RESEARCH SEMINAR SPORTS MEDICINE
SPMED 3010 - LAB TECHNIQUES SPORTS MEDICINE 1
Spring Term
HRS 2655 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND APPLIED STATISTICS
SPMED 2010 - PATHOKIN ORTHOPADC/ATHL INJURIES
SPMED 3020 - LAB TECHNIQUES SPORTS MEDICINE 2
Fall Term
SPMED 2030 - INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY
SPMED 2020 - MUSCULOSKELETAL ASSESSMENT AND INJURY PREVENTION
Spring Term
Students will register for either HRS 2925 Graduate Research or HRS 2926 Scholarly Paper depending on the project that is selected.
SPMED 2040 - SEMINAR IN SPORTS MEDICINE
HRS 2925 - GRADUATE RESEARCH or HRS 2926 - SCHOLARLY PAPER
Approved Electives
Students can take 3 credits of elective courses during the fall and spring terms of the second year of the program. The following courses have been approved as electives.
SPMED 2628 - NUTRITION AND PERFORMANCE WITH LAB
SPMED 2650 - EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
SPSCI 2100 - ADVANCED HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND TESTING
