Personal Fitness Training

3 Credits

This course provides instruction and practice in the principles of written composition. The major emphasis is on improving the ability to organize and express thoughts clearly and effectively. Students will be expected to write coherent essays that declare and support a thesis, as well as use and document research material. A reading text is used for criticism and discussion. This course is required for all degree programs.

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3 Credit Hours

This course will provide a study of the entrepreneurial process specifically focused on the business of personal training. The course will cover topics such as opportunity recognition, entry strategies, market opportunities and marketing, business plan, financial projections, venture capital, financing, external assistance for startups and small businesses, legal and tax issues, intellectual property, franchising, and entrepreneurship economics.

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1 Credit Hour

This course is an introduction to the world of college. The course will include preparation of an academic plan to obtain an associate degree in a selected major. The course will also cover curriculum structure, college success skills, transferring to a four-year institution, decision- making, and career planning.

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1 Credit Hour

This introductory course provides practical experience for students pursuing a personal trainer degree. The course will focus on exercises associated with personal fitness training, setting up and explaining proper form for using fitness machines, and interacting with fitness trainees. The course will also provide preparation for the National Council of Strength and Fitness personal trainer exam.

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Students will need to take a Computer Literacy course and a Physical Education elective as well. Please contact your advisor for more information about courses available.

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SP 101 Oral Communications, SP 106 Public Speaking, or ENG102 Composition II

4 Credit Hours

This course is an anatomical study of the systems forming the human body. Emphasis is placed on the organs forming each system, the embryonic development of the system, and the functions of the tissues and organs of each system. The course includes a brief physiological review with each system and will consist of three hours lecture and one and one half hours of laboratory work per week.

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1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite: PE 150

This course provides additional practical experience for students pursuing a personal trainer degree. The course will focus on exercises associated with personal fitness training, setting up and explaining proper form for using fitness machines, and interacting with fitness trainees. The course will also provide preparation for the National Council of Strength and Fitness personal trainer exam.

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3 Credit Hours

This course provides an introduction to athletic training techniques for trainers, coaches, athletes, and physical education teachers at all levels. The course covers identification, care, and prevention of common injuries occurring in physical education and athletic programs. The course also examines program administration concerns.

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Students will need to take a Physical Education elective as well. Please contact your advisor for more information about courses available.

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3 Credit Hours

This course provides an overview of the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual components of health that affect the whole human being. The course will include an introduction to the interdependency and relationships between such topics as mental/emotional health, drug use, drug misuse, drug abuse, physical fitness, nutrition, consumer health, human sexuality, death and dying, community health, environmental health, and diseases.

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4 Credit Hours

This course provides a physio-chemical study of the systems forming the human body. The course will focus on the relationships between the systems and the maintenance of a homeostatic condition within the body. Diseases, defects, and abnormalities are covered with each system. The course will consist of three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of laboratory per week.

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PSY 101: General Psychology | 3 Credit Hours

This general survey course provides a broad background in the principles and applications of scientific psychology. The course will focus on the principles and proponents of psychological theories and methods of scientific inquiry, as well as the biological basis of behavior, including physiology of the brain and nervous system and the accompanying sensory systems and perceptual processes. The course also covers learning theories and cognitive processes, theories and applications of motivation and emotion, the major phases of human life span development, and the major theories of personality, including disorders, treatments, therapies and how human interaction is influenced by the individual, group, and environment.

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PSY 205: Human Growth & Development | 3 Credit Hours

This course focuses on human development using normative scales for physical, intellectual, emotional, language, social, and personality development. The process of human growth and development across biological beginnings, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and end of life will be presented. Environmental and biological influences that affect development are also reviewed.

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5 Credit Hours

This course will provide a study of food and the effect nutrition has on health, growth and development, and physical performance. The course topics include: calorie expenditures and the nutritional value of foods, including related calculations; human metabolism and metabolic pathways for carbohydrates, fat, and protein; methods for determining body composition, general fitness levels, and exercise intensity; nutritional health research data and statistics; and scientific data concerning the effects of nutrition on health, fitness, and sports activity.

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1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite: PE 150A

This introductory course provides practical experience for students pursuing a personal trainer degree. The course will focus on exercises associated with personal fitness training, setting up and explaining proper form for using fitness machines, and interacting with fitness trainees. The course will also provide preparation for the National Council of Strength and Fitness personal trainer exam.

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3 Credit Hours

This course provides an introduction to athletic training techniques for trainers, coaches, athletes, and physical education teachers at all levels. The course covers identification, care, and prevention of common injuries occurring in physical education and athletic programs. The course also examines program administration concerns.

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3 Credit Hours

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to give immediate care to an ill or injured person until more advanced medical care arrives. The course covers identifying and eliminating potentially hazardous conditions in personal or work environments, recognizing emergencies, and making appropriate decisions for first aid care.

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PHI 102: Intro to Ethics | 3 Credit Hours

An introduction to ethical theory focusing on the major traditions of Western philosophical ethics and their practical application to contemporary moral issues.

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PHI 103: Logic & Critical Thinking | 3 Credit Hours

The study of critical thinking and logic allows the student to practice skills in clear and logical thinking, analysis of information, and effective argumentation. The student will formulate and deliver arguments in written and oral form, supported by evidence and valid underlying assumptions.

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1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite: PE 150 B

This introductory course provides practical experience for students pursuing a personal trainer degree. The course will focus on exercises associated with personal fitness training, setting up and explaining proper form for using fitness machines, and interacting with fitness trainees. The course will also provide preparation for the National Council of Strength and Fitness personal trainer exam.

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5 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

Released by the National Council on Strength & Fitness (NCSF), this is an intensive cumulative core course designed to prepare students for the NCSF National Certified Personal Trainer Exam.  The course covers all the areas required for the exam and will include lessons with textbook reviews, presentations, and study guide sessions, as well as lab activities for each lesson or chapter of the textbook. There will be three hours lecture and two hours lab per week.

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3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Permission

This course is designed for students seeking an Associate of Applied Science degree in personal fitness training.  The course will focus on how to build an individual exercise program that includes cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility for maintaining a fitness lifestyle.  The course will also cover nutrition, body composition, and weight management.

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3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: BS 105 - Human Physiology 

This course investigates the fundamental physiological processes that operate during exercise. Emphasis will be placed on integrating systems and organs into a functional whole. Laboratories provide experience in evaluating exercise stress by motion methods and equipment.

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