Personal Training Certificate
Students that pursue a Personal Training Certificate will be prepared for initial client consultation, assessment, exercise programming and implementation. Throughout the program, students will be provided with opportunities to learn to monitor exercise techniques and response to exercise, including modifications as necessary. This certificate prepares students to gain expertise in exercise leadership and client education, as well as preparing students to adhere to legal and professional responsibilities. Students will be provided a pathway to continue their education in related fields such as Exercise Physiology or Kinesiology if further education is desired.
Courses
- BIOL 132 — Introduction to Public Health (3 Hours)
- BIOL 144 — Human Anatomy and Physiology (5 Hours)
- BIOL 235 — The Science of Human Nutrition * (3 Hours)
- DIET 151 — Nutrition and Meal Planning (3 Hours)
- DIET 200 — Medical Nutrition Therapy * (3 Hours)
- ENGL 119 — College Composition I with Review * (5 Hours)
- ENGL 121 — Composition I * (3 Hours)
- HPER 100 — Basketball (1 Hour)
- HPER 104 — Yoga (1 Hour)
- HPER 106 — Lifetime Sport: (1 Hour)
- HPER 108 — Pilates (1 Hour)
- HPER 130 — Running Awareness and Exercise (1 Hour)
- HPER 134 — Weight Training (1 Hour)
- HPER 135 — Advanced Weight Lifting for Athletic Performance * (1 Hour)
- HPER 139 — Pickleball (1 Hour)
- HPER 151 — Total Fitness (1 Hour)
- HPER 186 — Fitness Assessment (2 Hours)
- HPER 192 — Wellness for Life (1 Hour)
- HPER 195 — Introduction to Sports Medicine (3 Hours)
- HPER 200 — First Aid and CPR (2 Hours)
- HPER 202 — Personal Community Health (3 Hours)
- HPER 209 — Introduction to Kinesiology * (3 Hours)
- HPER 211 — Foundation of Fitness Training (3 Hours)
- HPER 215 — Introduction to Exercise Science (3 Hours)
- HPER 240 — Lifetime Fitness I (1 Hour)
- HPER 241 — Lifetime Fitness II * (1 Hour)
- HPER 250 — Introduction to Sports Management (3 Hours)
- HPER 251 — Sport and Society (3 Hours)
- HPER 255 — Introduction to Physical Education (3 Hours)
- HPER 292 — Special Topics: (1-3 Hour)
- PH 142 — Health Communication in a Diverse World (3 Hours)
- PH 152 — Health Education (3 Hours)
- PSYC 130 — Introduction to Psychology (3 Hours)
- PSYC 250 — Health Psychology * (3 Hours)