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Personal Trainer - Certificate

This certificate is designed to provide you with a background and hands-on experience in basic exercise principles, health screening, fitness assessments, nutrition, communication and exercise design within the current fitness industry standards.

We also offer a Letter of Recognition appropriate for individuals currently in the fitness industry who wish to improve their knowledge base and/or are seeking to be more marketable as a personal trainer.

In addition, the certificate provides a foundation of courses for those interested in advancing to receive an Associate of Science degree in Health, Fitness and Exercise Studies.

Occupational Goal:

  • Personal Trainer
  • Fitness Specialist

Program Requirements

  • Completion of the required courses with a C or better in each course.

Required Courses
(17-18 credit hours)

  • HEA/BIO 138 - Nutrition for Fitness & Sports, 1 cr.
  • BIO-135 - Principles of Nutrition, 3 cr.
    OR
    BIO-136 - Principles of Nutrition & Laboratory, 4 cr.
  • HEA-100 - Assessment and Theory of Fitness and Health, 3 cr. 
  • HEA-150 - First Aid/Safety & CPR, 3 cr.
  • HEA-230 - Personal Trainer Fundamentals, 4 cr.
  • COM-111 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication, 3cr. OR 
    COM-116 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers, 3 cr.
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Last Updated: Jul 23 2008 9:59AM