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Corporations, hospitals, and government agencies see the positive effects a wellness program has on their employees and the community, leading to an increase in job demand. In addition, there continues to be a strong demand for performance specialists to train athletes at the youth to elite levels to assist the athletes in reaching the next level.\n\nThe main objectives of the human performance and wellness management program are understanding the health/wellness issues that face individuals and the role that corporate and community wellness programs play in addressing these problems; planning, developing, and establishing effective wellness and exercise programs; creating appropriate training protocols for a variety of individuals ranging from recreational athletes to special populations to elite competitive performers; facilitating, teaching, and promoting wellness program content areas; and managing and directing staff, facilities, and budgets of fitness and wellness programs.\n\nThe Degree in Human Performance and Wellness Management will also prepare you for a career in corporate and commercial fitness and/or prepare you to apply to occupational therapy graduate programs or other kinesiology and exercise science - related graduate school programs. Future job prospects include wellness coordinator, personal trainer, strength and conditioning specialist, and other fitness specializations. This track is focused on applied settings where you will be working with the general population, such as at a performance center, commercial gym, or recreational facility, or owning or managing a gym.\n\nThe BS in Human Performance and Wellness Management is designed to provide graduates with the following marketable skills:\n\n    Fitness assessment, exercise program design, and implementation.\n    Fitness and wellness entrepreneurship.\n    Determination of strategies for performance enhancement and the prevention of injuries.\n    Effective communication with a range of audiences in exercise science settings.\n    Effective teaching of motor skills in individual and group settings.\n\nCoursework:\nThe required coursework accomplishes the major objectives of the wellness management program including:  understanding the major health problems that face Americans and the role that corporate and community wellness programs play in addressing these problems; planning and development of comprehensive wellness programs; establishing effective wellness programs; facilitating, teaching, and promoting wellness program content areas; managing and directing staff, facilities, and budgets of wellness programs; and applying health care economic principles to community, corporate, and hospital wellness programs.\n\nInternships:\nThe wellness management degree culminates with a 400-hour professional internship. 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