Fitness Management Program Description
The Fitness Management program provides you with the management and leadership skills needed to operate your own personal training business or serve as a manager at one of the top facilities in the country.
You will develop a business plan that includes a professional portfolio of required legal, business, equipment and human relation forms while developing competencies needed to succeed as a professional fitness provider.
Your experience and confidence grow as you and your classmates plan and execute hands-on campus and community events, such as our Weight-Lifting Competition, Indoor Triathlon, Pump & Run and 5K Road Race.
Our program provides you with training for employment in the fitness industry – from a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Group Fitness Instructor (GFI) and Certified Lifeguard to a manager of a fitness facility or even ownership of your business. Our affiliation with The American Council on Exercise (ACE) and dynamic hands-on curriculum provides our graduates with the skills and certifications necessary to start working as a CPT, GFI or Lifeguard at some of the most exciting and challenging fitness facilities in the world.
Hocking College offers all-inclusive pricing and works with students to assure they have complete college funding, including financial aid, before they start classes. Please reference the course curriculum tab for program costs.
All-inclusive pricing includes the following:
PER SEMESTER
$300......Learning Fee
$20........Health Center Services
$75........Career Center Services
OPTIONAL
$53......Parking
$275....Smart Start*
Pricing for housing and meal plans can be found here.
*Recommended for all first-year college students.
The following general or core outcomes are work and life skills, behaviors and attitudes cultivated in all students seeking an Associate Degree in Fitness Management Technology:
- Demonstrate math skills
- Demonstrate knowledge of science and the environment
- Demonstrate learning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
- Maintain professional skills and attitudes
- Practice human relations skills
- Demonstrate community, cultural and global awareness
- Communicate effectively
- Maintain a code of ethics
Outcomes from the Fitness Management Program at Hocking College
The following outcomes are skills, behaviors and attitudes cultivated in students seeking an Associate in Applied Science in Fitness Management Technology Degree::
- Create a portfolio of in-demand skills required in the fitness and recreation industry.
- Demonstrate ability to obtain complete fitness assessments that include the following: body composition, flexibility, cardiorespiratory and muscular strength and endurance.
- Design and supervise safe, appropriate and effective resistance training.
- Design and supervise safe, appropriate and effective cardiorespiratory training.
- Exhibit traits and skills of a personal trainer and fitness professional required in a successful business.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are statements of what a student will be able to do when they have completed a program. They represent the knowledge and skills a program has determined are most important for students to gain from that program and include both the Success Skills (institutional outcomes) and Program Outcomes. SLOs are specific and measurable so the program can accurately assess the degree to which students have achieved each outcome, and they align with college and institution mission and values. Data on the achievement of SLOs is used to make improvements in the program and increase student success.
Hocking College Institutional Learning Outcomes
1) Demonstrate sound critical thinking, information literacy and technological competency in the production of academic writing and presentations
2) Apply the methods of mathematical, statistical or analytical reasoning to critically evaluate data, solve problems and effectively communicate findings.
3) Demonstrate an awareness of the social, political and economic forces which shape individuals, institutions and communities in the modern world.
4)Understand social justice and the diversities and complexities of the cultural and social world past and present and come to an informed sense of self and others.
5)Demonstrate a foundation of knowledge in the natural sciences based on theory and laboratory skills.
6) Cultivate ethical values, personal wellness and personal learning strategies in the development of the whole person, mind, body and spirit.
7) Integrate content material to application in the workforce and apply discipline specific knowledge and skills to successfully transfer or effectively meet the expectations of internships, workplace, volunteerism and/or entrepreneurship endeavors.
8) Utilize the ethical and professional application of current information technology and tools effectively.
Program Outcomes
The following outcomes are skills, behaviors and attitudes cultivated in students seeking an Associate in Applied Science in Fitness Management Technology Degree:
- Create a portfolio of in-demand skills required in the fitness and recreation industry.
- Demonstrate ability to obtain complete fitness assessments that include the following: body composition, flexibility, cardiorespiratory and muscular strength and endurance.
- Design and supervise safe, appropriate and effective resistance training.
- Design and supervise safe, appropriate and effective cardiorespiratory training.
- Exhibit traits and skills of a personal trainer and fitness professional required in a successful business.
Retention Rates
- All registered fall/autumn students with registration status for the following fall/autumn.
- Excludes special populations - College Credit Plus, Non Degree, Online Military and University Center.
Potential for upcoming fall/autumn excludes graduates from that fall/autumn, spring and summer terms.
| Academic Year | Retention Rate |
| 2016 - 2017 | 17% |
| 2015 - 2016 | 36% |
| 2014 - 2015 | 51% |
Graduation Rates
Graduation rates are determined by the office of Institutional Research. To ensure appropriate time for data collection, this report will be run and posted annually in the last week of September for the previous academic year. It should be noted that annual graduation rates may change as students continue to graduate. The following criteria will be utilized for the calculation of graduation rates:
- Overall Program Completion Rate is defined as a percentage of the ratio:
All graduates of the program
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All students with the program in their history of programs of study - For the purposes of reporting, the program completion rates are aggregated by academic year of entry.
- A student is considered to have completed or graduated from a program or certificate by virtue of having been awarded the degree or certificate.
- A student is considered to be undertaking activity in a program of study for the duration of time that they are in an active status in a program or certificate. This is defined by having a Program of Study with a status of ‘A’ during the duration of time they are taking coursework. Should a student move in and out of active status in a program of study while continuing to take coursework, we only take into account the student’s activity while the program has an active status for that particular program of study.
| Academic Year | Graduation Rate |
| 2016 - 2017 | 1.94% |
| 2015 - 2016 | 1.25% |
| 2014 - 2015 | 1.09% |
A Career in Fitness Management Trains Students for a Strong Future
The demand for fitness management graduates continues to increase. Employment of fitness instructors and trainers is projected to grow by 8%.
Graduates of the Hocking College Fitness Management Technology program find employment as certified personal trainers, group fitness instructors, and fitness managers in a variety of commercial, corporate and community or recreational settings.
