The Online Professional Certificate in Fitness Management is a collaboration between San Diego State University, College of Extended Studies, and Educational Fitness Solutions (EFS). This certificate program is interactive, comprehensive, web-based, and allows students from around the world to fit courses into their busy work and home schedules, access the courses wherever they are, and complete the certificate within five months or have up to two years if necessary.

This interactive, comprehensive web-based certificate program with an optional field internship elective course is designed as a "one-of-a-kind" program that teaches students how to manage a personal training program and/or fitness department as a strategic business unit (SBU). This program will provide students with a reality-based framework and practical training skills necessary to prepare certificate graduates to work as a fitness manager in both commercial and non-commercial based health clubs in either the United States and/or overseas.

Who Should Attend
Current managers interested in successful fitness management systems, current allied health and fitness professionals and personal trainers interesed in establishing a fitness business or becoming fitness managers, education directors of multi-site facilities or chains developing fitness professionals and fitness managers, and companies that require the certificate program as a professional development program for employees to achieve business goals, career objectives, and skills to advance beyond entry-level positions.

Required Certificate Courses
Business Development and Entrepreneurship in Fitness; Financial Principles and Business Concepts; Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service Management (CRM); and Fitness Management and Business Administration. Students may also elect to take the optional field internship.

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