2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Coaching and Fitness Leadership, M.S.

Requirements: 30 Credit Hours

All candidates complete eighteen (18) hours in core of courses, six (6) hours in an emphasis, and six (6) hours in
elective courses.

Core requirement: 18 Credit Hours

HHP 530 - Research Methods Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 532 - Applied Nutrition Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 534 - Exercise Physiology Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 535 - Exercise Testing and Prescription Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 633 - Current Issues in Coaching and Fitness Leadership Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 638 - Administrative and Management Strategies Credit(s): 3 hours

Emphasis courses: 6 Credit Hours

HHP 537 - Coaching and Fitness Leadership Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 631 - Advanced Coaching and Fitness Leadership Credit(s): 3 hours

Elective courses: 6 Credit Hours

HHP 531 - Applied Statistics Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 533 - Behavior Change in Health Promotion Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 536 - Foundations of Physical Activity in Health Promotion Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 630 - Health Promotion through Physical Activity Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 632 - Social Determinants in Health Promotion Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 634 - Strength and Conditioning Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 635 - Youth Health and Fitness Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 636 - Plant Based Nutrition Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 637 - Applied Sports Medicine Credit(s): 3 hours
HHP 639 - Special Topics Credit(s): 3 hours