Certificate of Achievement, Personal Trainer

Program Description

This comprehensive program covers safe and effective exercise, fitness testing and analysis, body mechanics, wellness fundamentals, proper nutrition, and more to provide you with a strong foundation that prepares you to become a certified personal trainer with your choice of national certification agencies.

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Certificates of Achievement are a set of courses that can serve as a stepping stone to an associate degree or allow students to enter the workforce.  Certificates of Achievement have a general education component.

To earn a Certificate of Achievement, students must:

1. Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 (see requirements for graduation.)
2. Complete a minimum of 15 semester credit hours within the college.
3. Satisfy General Education requirements for the AAS.
4. Have no financial or library obligation to the college.

Students completing this program will:

• Apply skills and knowledge of safe and effective personal training fundamentals and techniques.
• Meet all requirements to become certified personal trainers.