Programs of Study

Recreation Leadership: Fitness

Degree: AAS | Graduation Requirements: 61 credits

Program Summary:

Share your passion for fitness! Work as a certified personal trainer in fitness centers, athletic venues, spas and health clubs, hotels, resorts and cruise lines.

Graduates of the Recreation Leadership: Fitness – AAS will have will have demonstrated:

Knowledge in the processes of human growth and development and their effect on skill development
Ability to analyze skills and improve movement in self and others through an understanding of the concepts and principles of motor behavior
An understanding of body composition, methods to assess body composition, and principles of weight management
An understanding of nutrition as it relates to health and fitness
An understanding of the health-related components of physical fitness
CPR and First Aid certification
A basic understanding of the fields of recreation, leisure, sport management, physical education, and coaching and how they relate to fitness

The SUNY Sullivan

Advantage

Knowledge and understanding of the entrepreneurial process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling as well as advertising and marketing within the fitness field
Preparation for national certification, employment, and/or further study

degree plan

Courses

PE, Sport, Recreation & Leisure
Composition I
General Psychology*
Nutrition w/ Lab
PED prefix course
ENG/HUM/FLA prefix course
Principles of Management
Introduction to Biology I w/ LAB
REL 1505 Philosophy of Sport
PED A course with the PED prefix
Fundamentals of Speech
Health Sciences Applied to Coaching
Theory & Techniques of Coaching
Essentials of Personal Fitness Training I
Physical Fitness & Wellness
Advanced First Aid and CPR
Principles of Marketing
Elective by Advisement
Elementary Statistics
Motor Learning
Sport Psychology
Essentials of Personal
Fitness Training II