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The Online College Certificate in Fitness Business Management
The Online College Certificate in Fitness Business Management is an innovative Web-based Certificate (with an Optional Field Internship course) designed to teach students how to manage a Personal Training Program &/or a Health-Fitness Department as a Strategic Business Unit (S.B.U.) in both commercial and non-commercial based health and fitness facilities in the United States and/or internationally. The program was developed to establish an industry standard in fitness management education for allied health and fitness professionals, personal trainers, fitness managers, and entrepreneurs that wish to establish a successful business model and fitness operation.
Who Should Attend:
The Certificate Program is for (1) current managers that are wishing to implement successful fitness management systems, (2) current allied health and fitness professionals and personal trainers interested in establishing a fitness business or becoming fitness managers, (3) education directors of multi-site facilities or chains developing fitness professionals and fitness managers, and (4) companies that require the certificate program as a professional development program for employees to achieve key business goals, career objectives, and skills to advance beyond entry-level positions.
Participating Schools:
1. University of South Florida - Visit Website
2. Sam Houston State University - Visit Website
3. Jacksonville State University -
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4. Thomas Edison State College -
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6. University of Georgia -
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7. Community College of Rhode Island -
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8. Auburn University - Visit Website
9. Delaware Technical and Community College - Visit Website
10. University of Tennesse at Martin - Visit Website
11. California State University, San Marcos - Visit Website
12. University of Nevada, Reno - Visit Website
13. State University of New York, Stony Brook - Visit Website
Certificate Program Co-Coordinators:
For program information contact:
Ken Baldwin, M.ED, ACSM-H/FI
Ken Baldwin, M.ED., is the Co-Coordinator for the Professional Certificate in Fitness Management Program. He is the former Chair of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer Committee and Chair of the Senior Fitness Subcommittee for the Massachusetts’s Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports. Ken is the Senior Editor and lead author for the American College of Sports Medicine - ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer Manual (2nd Ed.) and textbook. He continues to serve on national committees for ACSM, AAHPERD (AAPAR), and the Medical Fitness Association (MFA). He has been honored with numerous awards including IDEA’s Personal Trainer of the Year Award, presented at the IDEA International Personal Training Summit. If you have questions about the certificate program and courses, you may contact the Ken at kbpft@yahoo.com.
Please visit the participating School links above for information on course curriculum and enrollment.
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