Credential

Upon completion of this program you will be awarded with an Ontario College Diploma

Program Description

Centennial College’s Fitness and Health Promotion program is comprised of hands-on, practical learning in laboratory and placement settings and a comprehensive academic grounding that will prepare you for a career assisting individuals and groups to reach their highest potential for overall well-being.

Fitness and Health Promotion, taught within the School of Community and Health Studies, is a two-year health diploma program that will include anatomy and physiology, fitness assessment, leadership skills, injury management, nutrition, fitness marketing, health promotion, computer skills, mental illness and mental wellness, current functional-fitness training principles, Olympic weightlifting principles, speed and agility principles, older adult and special populations programming, physical literacy, and Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD).

In addition to this combination of topics, you’ll have the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to, after graduation, become a certified personal trainer according to the CSEP-CPT and a group exercise leader according to the Ontario Fitness Council requirements. You’ll also learn course material related to the canfitpro Personal Training Specialist certification and have an opportunity to receive this certificate in the program