Program Overview
Fitness Specialist
Campus
- H Hibbing
- I Itasca
- MV Mesabi Range – Virginia
- RR Rainy River
- V Vermilion
10
CreditsCertificate
Program Overview
The Fitness Specialist Certificate will equip students with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to enhance employment prospects in the health and fitness business, sports and leisure industry, coaching, and associated fields. The Certificate is a great addition to the Associate Degree!
$46K
Median annual salary for fitness training jobs
14%
Projected job growth in the next decade
350K
Jobs currently employed with this field
Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Reasons to Attend Minnesota North
Learn valuable techniques.
- Identify and describe human anatomy and body structure relating to sports
- Describe and explain physiological processes relating to sports
- Describe methods of prevention of, and demonstrate and explain appropriate care for, athletic injuries
- Increase fitness level by participating in class
- Describe various coaching styles and develop their own philosophy
- Demonstrate techniques for aerobic and anaerobic sports
Add an expertise to your degree.
This certificate program is often used as an additional focused area for other related degree programs. While students can get careers in the fitness and sporting industry, most will pair with another degree to add an expertise to that degree.
