Bachelor of Science in Health and Fitness
Program Quick Facts
100% Online
$398 per credit hour**
121-122 Credit Hours
12-24 Months*
The online B.S. in Health and Fitness will prepare you to support others in their pursuit of a better fitness and health lifestyle. Develop expertise in the essentials of improving overall physical well-being and performance—including kinesiology, nutrition, chronic disease lifestyle management, wellness coaching, chronic disease lifestyle management, functional fitness assessments and the foundations of public health. Students can take advantage of opportunities to achieve Husson-issued certificates and badges as in-program expertise credentials. Graduates are equipped to pursue careers in fitness, coaching, wellness and more.
*Based on a student transferring in between 60–90 credits.
**All rates subject to change.
Upcoming Start Dates:
Term 1: September 3, 2024
Course Spotlights
SC 107 Foundations of Functional Fitness, Nutrition, and Wellness
In this foundational course, students will examine the history and evolution of nutrition and fitness in individual and community health and explore the multi-dimensional elements of wellness, including the underlying basic biology and chemistry. Students will identify assessment methods used to quantify baseline nutrition, fitness, and health levels and the application of population and individual interventions to modify behavior.
SC 329 Specialized Therapeutic Exercise Programs
This class teaches students to anticipate, implement, and monitor the needs of those engaged in specialized therapeutic exercise programming and instruct clients on proper form and technique. Students will learn types of therapeutic exercises, common considerations and contraindications for each, specific therapeutic exercise tools (like functional fitness assessments, Range of motion or Time Up and Go), and how to instruct individuals and groups to perform therapeutic exercises with proper modifications, technique and form. By the end of the course, students will be able to implement medical professionals therapeutic exercise prescription orders and adapt to individual needs accordingly.
SC 263 Group Exercise Instruction, Design, and Management
This class teaches the skills needed to design, instruct and manage a fitness or wellness class/program based on organizational and individual needs. These skills include ensuring the safety and efficacy of group exercise endeavors and addressing members’ social dynamics, physical activity types, expertise levels, and environmental/emergency situations. Students will learn evidence-based best practices regarding instruction techniques, choreography principles, exercise class components (warm-up, endurance, and cool-down components), group facilitation, and class management (intensity, pacing, duration) in an exercise setting.
PY 340 Physiological Psychology
This course examines behavior as viewed by the biological perspective. It is an introduction to and survey of the physiological bases of behavior, including biochemical and neurophysiological determinants of sensation, motor control, sleep, eating and drinking, learning and memory, language and mental disorders.
ACCREDITATION
Husson Online programs are accredited through NECHE and prepare students for professional career opportunities.
ZERO OBSTACLES
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TRANSFER CREDITS
Generous transfer credit policy and lifelong career services.