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Liberal Arts and Sciences - Associate in Arts degree (AA) - Personal Training

Overview

Personal Training is a multidisciplinary concentration for students to learn about the personal training profession and develop the skills commonly utilized by members of the profession. It will provide a strong foundation for students who wish to obtain various personal training certifications. The courses will cover anatomy, physiology and biomechanics as well as, nutrition, body composition, weight control and fitness assessment. Increasingly, employers such as health clubs, hospitals, YMCAs, and similar organizations are looking to hire individuals with degrees in personal training rather than just a personal training certification.

This LA1 degree program with a concentration in Personal Training will prepare students to transfer to senior colleges or universities such as: Queens College: B.S. Nutrition and Exercise Science, York College: B.S. Movement Science: Athletic Training or Coaching and Personal Training, Brooklyn College: B.S. Exercise Science, Lehman College: B.S. Exercise Science. 

Personal Training Concentration

To complete a concentration in Personal Training, students must complete the major requirements below:

  • Two Foreign Language courses (two sequential courses are required, level and sequence to be determined by department placement)
  • HI-110 or HI-111 or HI-112 (if already taken in common core, one course from HI-100 series is required; if two History courses have been taken in common core, one additional course from Anthropology, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology is required)
  • SP-211 (if already taken in common core, one course from HI-100 series is required; if two History courses have been taken in common core, one additional course from PSYC-100 series is required)
  • One English course from EN-200, EN-300, or EN-400 series
  • One science lab. course (students who take STEM variant in common core have satisfied this requirement)
  • HE 101 or HE-102
  • Two courses in Phys. Ed. or Dance from PE 400 and 500 series or DAN 100 series

8-9 credits

  • PE 826 Concepts of Personal Training I (3 cr.)
  • PE 827 Concepts of Personal Training II (3 cr.)

Choose from:

  • PE 540 Introduction to Physical Fitness (1 cr.)
  • PE 825 Introduction to Exercise Science (3 cr.)
  • HE 110 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (2 cr.)

Personal Training Coordinator

Prof. Jason Demas
RFK 213
(718) 281-5068
[email protected]

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