Personal Fitness Trainer  New!
(Program requirements effective Fall Quarter 2007.)

Degree Options:  Certificate of Proficiency and Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Prerequisites

See your faculty adviser for specific details.

... For certificate only: 2 or 4 year degree or significant industry experience is preferred

Certificate	44 credits

Professional-Technical (PT)

PFT 100	Personal Fitness Trainer Orientation	1
PFT 110	Exercise Science	5
PFT 120	Components of Exercise	5
PFT 130	Exercise Fundamentals	3
PFT 140	Fitness Center: Internship I	2
PFT 205	Program Design	3
PFT 210	Client Consultation & Assessment	3
PFT 215	Functional Training	2
PFT 220	Body Composition	3
PFT 225	Athletic Performance	2
PFT 230	Group Exercise	2
PFT 235	Training Special Populations	3
PFT 240	Fitness Training: Internship II	2
PFT 245	Safety, Emergency Procedures & Legal Issues	2
PFT 250	Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries	3
BUSN 256	Business of Personal Training	3

Associate of Applied Science	90 credits
All courses listed for the certificate and all the related instruction courses listed below.

Related Instruction (RI)

BIO 118	Human Physiology	5
NUTR 110	Nutrition	5
PE 160	Standard First Aid/CPR	3
BUSN 134	Principles of Salesmanship	5
	or
BUSN 155	Entrepreneurship
	or
BUSN 165	Managing Customer Service
BTECH 111	Modular Introduction to Microsoft Office	3
WRIT 101	Principles of Writing	5
SPCH 100	Basic Oral Communication	5
	or
SPCH 210	Interpersonal & Group Communication
	or
SPCH 205	Non verbal Communication
MATH	Any Math above the 100	5
	or
ACCTG 121	Practical Accounting I
	or
BUSN 135	Business Math
PSYCH 100	Introduction to Psychology	5
	or
BUSN 160	Human & Labor Relations
	or
PSYCH 120	Psychology of Human Relations
	Electives	5

Important Notes:

...This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.

...Students must achieve a minimum grade of 2.0  in each PFT  class.

...Not all classes are offered every quarter or at night.

Updates:

... 11/1/07  ~ changed certificate designation from certificate of completion to certificate of proficiency; added to prerequisites bold text "is preferred"; added PFT 110; changed credits for PFT 140 to 2; changed credits for PFT 240 to 2; replaced PFT 256 with BUSN 256

Department Web Site and Contact Information
http://flightline.highline.edu/pft