30 credits, 10 months
The Personal Trainer Certificate Program prepares students for entry-level employment in the expanding fields of personal training and health and fitness. Graduates of the program will have the knowledge and skills needed to work with clients in a wide variety of health and wellness environments. This program requires the completion of practicum assignments, which require students to complete hands-on demonstrations.
Following the completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics to training strategies.
- Help problem solve with future clients the impact of nutrition on the human body.
- Perform fitness assessments on a wide range of clientele.
- Create individualized exercise programs based on assessment, client need, while remaining cognizant of cultural differences.
- Perform foundational, advanced, and sport-specific movement patterns and exercises.
- Teach foundational, advanced, sport-specific movement patterns and exercises.
- Use current sales techniques to skillfully and critically ask questions to obtain and retain clients.
- Implement current marketing strategies utilizing new technologies.
- Utilize coaching to identify strategies for client behavior change.
- Influence client behavior through a systematic process and analysis.
- Demonstrate core values and ethics critical to the field of personal training.
- Recognize the value of lifelong professional development in the field of personal training.
- Test for a national personal trainer certification.
The following is a list of example occupations that one could pursue upon graduation:
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Gym or Studio Staff Member
- Nutrition/Supplement Store Associate
- Fitness Instructor
- Independent Trainer/Contractor
include, but are not limited to, the following:
- 39-9031.00 – Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
- 39-9032.00 – Recreation Workers
- 11-9039.02 – Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
*Detailed information regarding classifications can be found at www.onetonline.org.
Students must earn a minimum of 30 credits with a CGPA of 2.0 or better. Students who elect to do so may also sit for a wide variety of fitness certifications, which completion of are not required to graduate. One attempt at certification is included in tuition costs; passing scores are not required for graduation.
Each semester is 16 weeks, split into two 8-week terms. The following term schedule is subject to change.
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Term 1 |
PTD-100/UNV-101F (First 8 weeks) |
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Term 2 |
PTD-104/PTD-102 (Third 8 weeks) |
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Term 3 |
PTD-106/PTD-110 (Fifth 8 weeks) |