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
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Courses | 12-13 | |
Total Hours | 12-13 |
Required Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
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HEDU 101 | Personal Health | 2-3 |
or EXER 150 | Concepts in Health & Fitness | |
or SOWK 349 | Integrated Human Behavior and Health | |
HEDU 202 | Stress Management | 3 |
or NUTR 133 | Nutrition Fundamentals | |
or NURS 217 | Pathophysiology for Nurses | |
EXER 220 | Health Promotion and Behavior Change | 3 |
or SOWK 260 | Introduction to Addiction | |
or NURS 225 | Health Assessment | |
EXER 411 | Health & Wellness Coaching | 4 |
Total Hours | 12-13 |