Health & Wellness Coaching, Certificate

Certificate in Health & Wellness Coaching (555239C)

The Certificate in Health & Wellness Coaching is appropriate for any student pursuing a health-related career in which patient/client lifestyle changes are part of prevention or treatment goals. Courses meet partial eligibility requirements for the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching exam and cover competencies in coaching structure, coaching process, health & wellness, and ethics/legal domains. To be fully board certification exam eligible, students must accumulate 50 coaching sessions each lasting at least 20 minutes, not with family or friends. Support for accumulating coaching sessions will be provided after certificate program completion. 

The following information has official approval of The School of Exercise & Nutrition Science and The College of Health and Human Sciences, but is intended only as a guide. Completion of this certificate is contingent upon many factors, including but not limited to: class availability, total number of required credits, work schedule, finances, family, course drops/withdrawals, successfully passing courses, prerequisites, among others.

The following courses constitute a “Certificate in Health & Wellness Coaching” and must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall for the certificate to be noted on the student’s record.

Requirements

Summary

Required Courses12-13
Total Hours12-13

Required Courses

HEDU 101Personal Health2-3
or EXER 150 Concepts in Health & Fitness
or SOWK 349 Integrated Human Behavior and Health
HEDU 202Stress Management3
or NUTR 133 Nutrition Fundamentals
or NURS 217 Pathophysiology for Nurses
EXER 220Health Promotion and Behavior Change3
or SOWK 260 Introduction to Addiction
or NURS 225 Health Assessment
EXER 411Health & Wellness Coaching4
Total Hours12-13