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Prepares students for a career in Personal Training and Group Fitness Instruction. Focuses on client consultations, fitness assessments, program design and implementation as well as business aspects and ethical and legal responsibilities in the fitness industry. Certification is through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) or the National Strength and Conditioning Association NSCA)
Courses
- BSCI 117 — Human Biology
- BSCI 150 — Principles of Biology I
- BSCI 201 — Anatomy and Physiology I
- BSCI 223 — Microbiology for Allied Health
- CHEM 101 — General Chemistry I
- EXSC 180 — Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
- EXSC 227 — Principles of Resistance Training Technique and Program Design
- EXSC 230 — Fitness Instruction
- EXSC 240 — Fitness Assessment and Programming
- EXSC 250 — Essentials of Personal Training
- HLTH 165 — Fitness for Living
- INTR 103 — Internship
- NUTR 102 — Nutrition in a Changing World
- NUTR 200 — Principles and Application of Nutrition