Pursue your passion for helping people promoting health and fitness—become a wellness coach, personal trainer or chiropractic technician in two years or less with a Health and Wellness degree from Moraine Park Technical College.
Whether you have a passion for helping people or want to make the gym your office, a career in the health and wellness industry is calling your name.
Moraine Park’s Health and Wellness associate degree program is designed for students who want to learn how to coach clients in developing healthy lifestyle habits through proper nutrition, managing daily stress and becoming more physically active. Students can choose career pathways as a wellness coach and personal trainer or chiropractic technician.
Upon completion, students can become certified as an American Council of Exercise (ACE) Personal Trainer, ACE Group Fitness Instructor and/or become Wisconsin state certified in the chiropractic health setting in therapies and radiography.
The best part? You can begin a career with a faster than average job growth rate in two years!
In Moraine Park’s Health and Wellness program, students gain hands-on experience and learn up-to-date practices from instructors who currently work in the industry. Students learn how to create a culture of wellness within an organization, use holistic wellness strategies to guide behavior and lifestyle change in clients, and lead and evaluate personal and group fitness and strength training exercise sessions.
Upon completion of the Health and Wellness program, students will know how to plan, implement, and evaluate corporate, community, or individual wellness plans, assess personal fitness levels and prescribe exercise intervention plans, develop, deliver, and evaluate health and wellness educational sessions to small and large groups. Students will also learn to analyze key behaviors and implement social marketing campaigns designed to promote healthy lifestyles.
The program also prepares students with the knowledge they need to explain the causes of chronic disease and how to prevent and manage chronic disease through lifestyle and behavior changes, assist in patient education and office operations, and administer therapeutic modalities and radiographic imaging.
For additional information on program curriculum, prerequisites and general education course options, please contact your advisor.
Check out the Credit Transfers page for more information.
*Enrollment may limit the campus availability or delivery of certain courses.
| Number | Title | Crs |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | ||
| 501-104 | Culture of Healthcare | 2 |
| 501-107 | Digital Literacy for Healthcare | 2 |
| 546-110 | Natural Wellness Concepts | 3 |
| 546-112 | Nutrition for Health and Wellness | 3 |
| 801-136 | English Composition 1 | 3 |
| 890-101 | **College 101 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 546-120 | Advanced Wellness Concepts | 3 |
| 546-122 | Theory and Practice of Fitness | 3 |
| 546-124 | Chiropractic Technician | 3 |
| - OR - | ||
| 546-126 | Strength Training and Group Fitness | 3 |
| 546-128 | Chiropractic Radiologic Technician | 3 |
| - OR - | ||
| 546-130 | Fitness Testing and Prescription | 3 |
| 806-189 | Basic Anatomy | 3 |
| - OR - | ||
| 806-177 | General Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| 546-132 | Wellness Coaching and Interviewing | 3 |
| 546-134 | Wellness Assessment Procedures Lab | 3 |
| 546-136 | Wellness Consultation | 3 |
| 801-196 | Oral and Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| 809-1xx | Behavioral Science Course | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| 546-138 | Health and Wellness Marketing and Promotion | 3 |
| 546-140 | Health and Wellness Internship | 3 |
| 809-1xx | Social Science Course | 3 |
| 809-1xx | Social Science Course | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| Required Elective Credits | 6 | |
| Total Program Credits and Institutional Requirements | 63 | |
