Fitness and Health Promotion
Course
In Sault Ste. Marie (Canada)
*Indicative price
Original amount in USD:
$ 1,518,080
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
Sault ste. marie (Canada)
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Duration
4 Semesters
Does seeing others succeed get your heart racing? Fitness and Health Promotion at Sault College will have you inspiring people and communities to live their best lives through custom wellness programs.
This 2-year program builds on your passion for health and wellness by teaching you how to assess, design and implement fitness and health programs for individuals to groups of all needs.
You know how to meet goals. It’s time to show the world that they can do it too!
And graduates looking to pursue a degree in Sport Sciences, Kinesiology or exercise science can transfer eligible earned credits to programs at our partnering universities. Yep, you can earn a diploma AND degree in as little as four years!
Oh, and also as part of the program, qualified students may have the opportunity to earn nationally recognised industry certifications.
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About this course
Fitness and Health Promotion is an increasingly popular health field. As the health of our population continues to decline the need for prevention and promotion of healthy lifestyles increases. As a Fitness and Health Promotion graduate you will have the skills to assess, motivate, educate and train the population and you will be situated to move quickly into this advancing field of employment.
This diploma program will position you to find employment as a personal trainer, health coach, group fitness and activity leader in public and private healthy active living clubs/ agencies (fitness and recreation), workplace fitness programs and the fitness industry.
Opportunities exist for graduates to pursue a University education (subject to grade requirements):
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science at Lake Superior State University
Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at University of Guelph-Humber
Bachelor of Health Science in Kinesiology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma with Grade 12 English (C or U) and at least one of the following senior sciences: Grade 11 Biology or Physics (C) or Grade 12 Chemistry (C) or Grade 12 (U) Exercise Science or mature student status.
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Subjects
- Fitness
- Health and Fitness
- Communication Skills
- Communication design
- Lifespan Development
Course programme
Semester 1
- CMM110 - 3 College Communication Skills
- FIT107 - 3 Functional Anatomy
- FIT108 - 3 Personal Wellness and Lifestyle Change
- FIT109 - 3 Leadership I - Healthy Active Living for Children and Youth
- FIT110 - 3 Professional Standards and Communication
- NTR101 - 3 Sport Nutrition
- OPA104 - 4 Human Movement
- PNG111 - 3 Anatomy and Physiology I
- PSY120 - 3 Lifespan Development
Semester 2
- FIT151 - 3 Group Fitness
- FIT153 - 4 Leadership II - Healthy Active Living for Adults
- FIT154 - 3 Research and Trends in Wellness
- FIT155 - 3 Applied Exercise Physiology I
- FIT210 - 3 Fitness and Lifestyle Counselling
- PNG121 - 3 Anatomy and Physiology II
- GEN100 - 3 Global Citizenship
Semester 3
- FIT156 - 3 Fitness Assessments I
- FIT202 - 3 Health Promotion I - The Foundations of Health Promotion
- FIT203 - 3 Prevention and Management of Injury
- FIT204 - 5 Leadership III- Healthy Active Living - Special Populations
- FIT206 - 3 Applied Exercise Physiology II
- FIT208 - 3 Group Fitness II
- GEN110 - 3 Student Selected General Education
Note: *This student-selected general education course code indicates a general-education course is taken in this semester. Students will choose from a selection of courses (details) prior to the semester in which the student-selected general education course is to be taken.
Semester 4
- FIT205 - 4 The Business of Fitness
- FIT207 - 3 Fitness Assessments II
- FIT251 - 4 Exercise Prescription
- FIT252 - 4 Health Promotion II - Community Mobilization
- FIT254 - 1 Career Preparation
- FIT255 - 18 Consolidating Field Placement
Additional information
Tuition -$2,716.50
Ancillary: $1,117.00
International
Tuition: $15,180.80
Ancillary: $1,767.00
Fitness and Health Promotion
*Indicative price
Original amount in USD:
$ 1,518,080