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2025-2026 College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 College Catalog

Accelerated Personal Fitness Training Certificate


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Program Code: N.FXT.CER

Graduation requirement: 9 credit hours

The Accelerated Personal Fitness Training Certificate prepares students who currently hold a degree in kinesiology or related field for successful employment in the fitness industry as a personal fitness trainer.

Graduates are prepared to take the Certified Personal Training examination administered by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The NSCA-CPT is a nationally accredited certification program in the fitness industry.

Program Notes


  • Students must hold a degree in kinesiology or a related field.
  • Students must hold current CPR and AED certification by time of program completion. Students may gain certification on their own through agencies such as Red Cross or American Heart Association, or they may take KIN 183 .

Graduation Requirements


Program Courses (9 credit hours)


Suggested Full-Time Sequence


1st Semester (Fall)


2nd Semester (Spring)


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