EXERCISE SCIENCE
Certificate of Specialization
Program Details
The Exercise Science certificate is designed to provide students with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are essential for competency and success in the commercial and corporate fitness industries. In addition, the program is designed to prepare students to pass the national exams for certifications such as: American College of Sports Medicine�s Group Exercise Leader (GEL) certification, American Council on Exercise (ACE) Group Fitness Instructor Certification, and National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM) Certification.
EXERCISE SCIENCE Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2020-2021. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 50,760
- High salary: 169,560
- Average salary: 83460
Clinical Neuropsychologists
Post-doctoral training
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 51,410
- High salary: 163,570
- Average salary: 117580
Coaches and Scouts
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 27,490
- High salary: 93,980
- Average salary: 45920
All Careers in EXERCISE SCIENCE (8)
| Clinical Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training | Stable | 117,580 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training, Doctoral degree | Stable | 117,580 |
| Psychologists, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | 117,580 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Rising | 100,590 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Rising | 83,460 |
| Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Stable | 80,330 |
| Exercise Physiologists | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 58,160 |
| Coaches and Scouts | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 45,920 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Apply general principles of exercise and fitness to various populations.
- Construct safe, environmentally and developmentally appropriate fitness plans for the personal training of group exercise setting.
- Demonstrate a general knowledge of the career opportunities in exercise science.
- Develop a general knowledge of basic anatomy and its application to body movement.
- Interpret basic fitness test results � cardiovascular, strength, endurance, body composition, flexibility, etc.