The Health and Fitness major is designed to prepare students for employment in the highly competitive and rapidly growing fitness industry. Students will acquire the necessary skills through course work, research experience, and internships in a variety of health, fitness, and/or strength and conditioning facilities.
- Focus on either the enhancement of health and fitness in the average population, or the development of optimal performance in an athletic population via strength and conditioning.
- Participate in a combined lecture and hands-on laboratory educational program to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to assess human fitness, and to design the exercise programs necessary to enhance fitness and athletic performance.
- Get internships in areas of fitness, personal training, corporate wellness, cardiac rehabilitation, and strength and conditioning.
- Learn the business of health and fitness via specific coursework covering the operation and management of a fitness facility.
- Understand the science of fitness with courses in kinesiology, biology, psychology, and health.
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