Explore Associate of Arts Degrees
Health
Healthy life; happy life. Make it even better by enrolling at Coastline. Keep your finger on the pulse of the medical field so you can eat your greens and bring home the bacon – keto approved.
Areas of Study
- Health and Fitness - AA Degree Major
- Physical Education and Health - AA Degree
- Wellness Coaching - Cert. of Achievement
Academic Plans
Health and Fitness
The Health and Fitness major integrates courses that provide students with information related to physical fitness, health, and quality of life. Topics include physical conditioning and the value of physical activity, food and nutrition, disease prevention and management, and additional health related issues. By focusing their electives, students may gain the skills necessary to become a personal trainer or a wellness/health coach.
Coure requirements / digital catalog info:
Health and Fitness - Associate of Arts Degree Major (60 units)
Physical Education and Health
Apply major theories and concepts of health, nutrition, and fitness to improve one's overall wellness and to guide others to make healthy lifestyle choices. Direct, practice, and organize sports and recreation activities.
Coure requirements / digital catalog info:
Physical Education and Health - Associate of Arts Degree (60 units)
Wellness Coaching
This certificate trains individuals in the core competencies of the coaching profession, including skills in relationship-building, active listening, powerful questioning, goal-setting, positive psychology, and motivational interviewing. Enhanced knowledge in the areas of nutrition, fitness, and mindfulness practices are a vital part of the curriculum to prepare individuals to work in a variety of professional settings in the emerging field of Health and Wellness Coaching. This certificate focuses on empowering clients to make healthy lifestyle choices and lasting behavioral changes in order to optimize their health and well-being.
Coure requirements / digital catalog info:
Wellness Coaching - Certificate of Achievement (18 units)
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Why study Health at Coastline?
Become a professional trainer, wellness coach, or community health worker. Or start here and go on to pursue careers such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, physician's assistant, and medicine. Our faculty can guide your first steps through education or offer advice about how to reach higher ranks within your career.
General awareness about the importance of health and fitness continues to rise, as does the variety of related careers and a need for more workers in the field. Health fads come and go but medical professionals will always be needed. Choose a course of study here at Coastline College that inspires you - and others - to make healthful decisions.
