Collegeof Health
278
Elective
HLTH 3012, 3320, 3341,
3401, 3420, 3501, 4153,
MGMT 4311, or MKTG
4207
Elective
HLTH 3012, 3320, 3341,
3401, 3420, 3501, 4153,
MGMT 4311, or MKTG 4207
Total
15 Total
15
Health&FitnessManagement Program
ADMINISTRATIVEOFFICER
MelaniePoudevigne,
Health andFitnessManagement
FACULTY
ChrisPitsikoulis
MelaniePoudevigne
Bachelor of Science in
HealthandFitnessManagement
The Health and Fitness Management major provides students with a solid
foundation concerning themanagement and clinical sides of preventative health
care. Students will be prepared for entry andmid-level management positions in
organizations providing health and fitness services, such as within Commercial
Fitness Centers, YMCA, Corporate Fitness/Wellness Centers, University
Wellness/Adult Fitness Centers, Hospitals/Clinicals with specialties in Cardiac
and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Municipal/City Recreation/Family Centers,
Activity Centers for Older Adults, Community Centers and Worksite Health
Promotion Programs. Graduatesmay also pursue employment as salespersons,
administrators, andmanagers of all types of fitness/wellness facilities. Additional
opportunities exist for thosewho aspire to become entrepreneurs in the field and
pursuehealthand fitness coaching/consulting.
Themainobjectivesof theproposeddegreeprogramare to:
•
provide content/discipline foundation for careers in health and fitness
management within corporate wellness centers, hospital-based fitness
facilities, traditional health clubs, resorts, andothers;
•
enhance students’ abilities to acquire and synthesize health and fitness
information in a critical, scientific, and effective manner through detailed,
intensiveanalysisandevaluationof texts and other researchmaterials;
•
provide students with relevant strategies of health promotion, illness/injury
prevention, and illness/injury rehabilitation tomaximize healthy outcomes of
individuals, families and communities in amulticultural society;
•
develop students’ critical thinking and research skills to levels of excellence
expected of bachelor’sprepared health and fitnessprofessionals;
•
prepare students for national certification exams in the field of health and
fitness; and
•
enhance thepreparationof students for graduate study (exercisephysiology,
exercise science, management, business administration, gerontology and
other related fields).
