# Athletics (ATHL) courses Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 23 courses Source: https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-athletics-sport-sciences/courses/athl-courses "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027. ### ATHL-01A — Intercollegiate Baseball - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This is a course teaching theory, practice and game performance of competitive baseball. May be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01B — Intercollegiate Basketball - **Units:** 1.5-3 - **Hours:** 81-162 hours lab - **Advisory:** KINE-13 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course teaches theory, practice and game performance of competitive basketball. This course may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01D — Intercollegiate Football - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course offers the student the opportunity to develop and improve the fundamental skills involved in football, such as passing, receiving, kicking, blocking (with the aid of blocking dummies), team play and strategy. Rules and class competition will also be included. This class may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01F — Intercollegiate Soccer - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course teaches theory, practice, and game performance of competitive soccer. Students will have the opportunity to develop fundamental skills and conditioning to prepare them for intercollegiate athletics. This course is limited to intercollegiate athletes and may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01G — Intercollegiate Swimming - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course teaches theory, practice and game performance of the competitive sport. This course may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01I — Intercollegiate Track and Field - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab TBA - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This is a course teaching theory, practice, and game performance of the designated competitive sport. This course may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01J — Intercollegiate Water Polo - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This is a course teaching theory, practice and game performance of the competitive sport. May be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01K — Intercollegiate Softball - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Advisory:** KINE-15 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course teaches theory, practice and game performance of the competitive softball. This course may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-01L — Intercollegiate Volleyball - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 162 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team sport requiring coach’s or academic athletic advisor’s approval This course teaches theory, practice and game performance of the competitive sport. This course may be repeated three times. (11/24) ### ATHL-02A — Off-Season Conditioning for Baseball - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of baseball. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate baseball competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (02/20) ### ATHL-02B — Off-Season Conditioning for Basketball - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of basketball. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate basketball competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (03/20) ### ATHL-02D — Off-Season Conditioning for Football - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of football. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate football competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (09/20) ### ATHL-02F — Off-Season Conditioning for Soccer - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of soccer. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate soccer competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (02/21) ### ATHL-02G — Off-Season Conditioning for Water Polo - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of water polo. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate water polo competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (11/19) ### ATHL-02I — Off-Season Conditioning for Track and Field - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of track and field. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate track and field competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (12/19) ### ATHL-02K — Off-Season Conditioning for Softball - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature. This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of softball. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate softball competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. (12/19) ### ATHL-02L — Off-Season Conditioning for Volleyball - **Units:** 1-3 - **Hours:** 3-9 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - (CSU breadth area E) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier] Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature. This course is designed to optimize sports performance and reduce risk of injury for the off-season intercollegiate athlete in the sport of volleyball. Course content will include: sport specific skill development, sport specific strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, agility work, plyometrics, speed training, and flexibility exercises. This course is designed to prepare students for intercollegiate volleyball competition and may be repeated to meet requirements for CCCAA eligibility. ### ATHL-03 — Athletic Conditioning - **Units:** 0.5-2 - **Hours:** 1.5-6 hours lab - **Advisory:** Good general health; absence of medical conditions that would prevent planned physical activity - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md); Spring 2027, 11 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is varsity athletic team conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This class is designed to prepare athletes for athletic competition. Different training techniques will be used including: functional training, core training, plyometrics, and strength training. Emphasis will be placed on injury prevention and to improve athletic performance. Multiple workouts are required per week. This course may be repeated three times. (2/13) ### ATHL-13 — Advanced Basketball - **Units:** 0.5-1 - **Hours:** 1.5-3 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/athl.md) - Limitation on enrollment: This is a varsity team off-season conditioning course that requires coach’s or academic athletic adviser’s signature This course offers the more advanced student the opportunity to develop and improve fundamental skills involved in basketball, such as, ball handling, shooting, defensive and offensive tactics, and physical endurance. It also covers team strategy and play. Rules, strategy, and sportsmanship are also stressed. This course may be repeated three times. (2/14) ### ATHL-36A — Theory and Analysis of Football - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 1 hour lecture - **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) This course presents the fundamental knowledge of football through lecture and discussions. The analyzing of in season practices and games will take place during this course. This course is recommended for varsity football players. (09/20) ### ATHL-36B — Theory and Analysis of Basketball - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 1 hour lecture - **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) This course presents the fundamental knowledge of basketball through techniques of lecture, discussions, and video analysis. This course is recommended for physical education, recreation, and recreation-aide majors and varsity basketball players. (2/14) ### ATHL-36C — Theory and Analysis of Baseball - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 1 hour lecture - **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/athl.md) This course presents the fundamental knowledge of baseball through techniques of lecture, discussions, and video analysis. This course is recommended for kinesiology, physical education, recreation, and recreation-aide majors and varsity baseball players. (9/15) ### ATHL-36D — Theory and Analysis of Track and Field - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 1 hour lecture - **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules This course presents the fundamental knowledge of track and field through techniques of lecture, discussions, and video/DVD analysis. (11/15)