Overview
Combined Degree Program Goals:
Goal 1 – Students will build on PFT interviewing techniques to master professional interviewing skills for clients with various dysfunctions including medical concerns. Students will understand medical infirmity in order to establish effective communication and rapport with both the patient and the patient’s doctor and/or primary care provider.
Goal 2 - Students will build on Fitness Assessment methodologies to master professional fitness assessment skills for clients with various dysfunction including medical concerns.
Goal 3 – Students will master Exercise Prescription methodologies in order to remedy any of the client’s existing dysfunctions as well as any medical concerns and aid the client to achieve all of their health, fitness, and longevity goals.
Goal 4 – Students will build on Program Design methodologies to master professional Program Design skills for clients with various dysfunctions including medical concerns. Program Design methodologies are a critical step in helping the client and the client’s doctor in attaining health, fitness, and longevity goals.
Goal 5 - Students will master Exercise Management methodologies in order to continuously progress the health, fitness, and longevity program of the client with the highest degree of safety and effectiveness, thus avoiding stagnation and client dropout.
Programs Offered
- Associate of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training & Medical Fitness Specialization
- Bachelor of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training & Medical Fitness Specialization
- Master of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training & Medical Fitness Specialization
- Doctor of Philosophy in the Applied Science of Fitness Training & Medical Fitness Specialization
Academic Program
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- Associates
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Semester I
1) Personal Fitness Trainer
2) Sports Nutrition Coach
3) Group Fitness Instructor
4) Exercise Technique Expert
5) Sports Conditioning Specialist
(Internship I)
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Semester II
6) Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer I
7) Weight Management Instructor
8) Functional Trainer
9) Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer II
10) Women’s Fitness Instructor
11) Post/ Secondary Rehab Specialist
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- Bachelors
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Semester III
12) Youth Fitness Instructor
13) Senior Fitness Instructor
14) Program Design Specialist
15) Master Personal Fitness Trainer I
16) Functional Senior Fitness Instructor
17) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
(Internship II)
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Semester IV
18) Master Personal Fitness Trainer II
19) Advanced Sports Nutrition Coach
20) Lifestyle Fitness Coach I
21) Fitness Facility Manager
22) Flexibility Coach
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- Masters
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Semester V
23) Anatomy
24) Physiology
25) Lifestyle Fitness Coach II
26) Fitness Assessment Specialist
27) Exercise Management
(Internship III)
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Semester VI
28) Kinesiology
29) Biomechanics
30) Strength Band and Ball Trainer
31) Speed and Power Specialist
32) Exercise Prescription Specialist
33) Exercise Management II
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- PhD
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Semester VII
34) Low Back Disorder Specialist
35) Obesity Specialist
36) Special Population Expert
37) Exer. Mgmt. Chronic Disease/Disability
38) Exercise Endocrinology
39) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
40) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
(Internship IV)
(Doctoral Dissertation)
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Semester VIII
41) Stress Management
42) Sports Injuries Specialist
43) Rehabilitative Medicine
44) Development Exercise Physiology
45) Periodization Expert
46) Exercise Management II