PERSONAL TRAINING
Certificate of Specialization
Program Details
A Certificate of Specialization in Personal Training is designed to prepare a student for work in the personal fitness field. Students who complete the Personal Training Certificate will be prepared to site for the certification exam from an accredited personal training or group exercise leadership organization such as the American College of Sports Medicine.
PERSONAL TRAINING 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?
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Conduct health and fitness assessments, including assessment of coronary and other risk factors.
- Design a fitness and exercise prescription plan based on functional anatomy and biomechanics.
- Design and evaluate appropriate nutrition and weight management programs to complement exercise prescription for apparently healthy populations.
- Posses the knowledge, skills and abilities to take and pass the national exams for the following certifications: the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) personal training certification and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) Group Fitness Instructor certification.