Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Northwest Vista College

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Student Centered Leadership

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Associate of Applied Science Programs – Career and Technical Education

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Student Services Now in DWWC (NOT CCC)

Student Services are now located in our new building, Desert Willow Welcome Center (DWWC). This includes admissions, advising, and more. They are no longer in Cypress Campus Center (CCC) currently being renovated.
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Northwest Vista College Schedule/Catalog 2016-2017 [Archived Catalog]

Personal Fitness Trainer A.A.S.

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The Personal Fitness Trainer Program will prepare students for technical careers in the professional fitness industry. The program will provide students with training in personal and group fitness pedagogies. Students will possess the knowledge and technical skills to work as a Personal Fitness Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor. Appropriate preparation for these occupations is ensured by the curriculum design and instruction methods used in the fitness industry. Students will gain extensive practical experience in many areas, including fitness evaluation and testing, wellness, injury prevention, exercise activity design and facility operations.

Related Degrees and Certificates: Personal Fitness Trainer Level 1 Certificate

Degree Requirements (Total Credit Hours 60)

Semester I

FITT 1301 - Fitness & Exercise Testing
ENGL 1301 - Composition I
SPCH 1311 - Introduction to Speech Communication or SPCH 1318 - Interpersonal Communication
BIOL 2401 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
Select any Kinesiology level 1 course

Semester II

FITT 1303 - Fitness Event Planning & Promotion
FITT 2311 - Prevention & Care of Exercise Injury
FITT 2313 - Exercise Science
CHLT 1305 - Community Nutrition
Select any Kinesiology level 2 course

Semester III

FITT 2301 - Lifestyle Change for Wellness
FITT 2409 - Theory of Exercise Program Design & Instruction
KINE 1112 - Weight Training I
PSYC 2301 - General Psychology
MATH — any college level math except 1350 and 1351

Semester IV

KINE 1306 - First Aid
FITT 1394 - Special Topics in Exercise Sciences/Physiology and Movement Studies
FITT 2331 - Group Exercise Instruction
FITT 2333 - Fitness Industry Operations & Technology
Any Language, Philosophy & Culture (40) Core or Creative Arts (50) Core

Semester V

MRKG 1311 - Principles of Marketing
FITT 2164 - Practicum (or Field Experience) - Health and Physical Education, General
Special fee to be paid by students persuing NASM certification exam, which well be assessed upon enrollment.

Notes:

Program CIP: 31.050100

Major Code: PFTR

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