• The AAS degree in Health and Fitness Instructor is designed to provide the knowledge base and the technical skills needed for employment in the fitness field. Students will be able to conduct health risk appraisals, interpret fitness tests, teach strength training, provide nutritional counseling, design exercise programs and supervise the operations of a fitness facility.
  
  The capstone for the Health and Fitness Instructor AAS is FITT 2364, Practicum. The capstone for the Health and Fitness Instructor Certificate is FITT 1301, Fitness, and Exercise Testing.
  
  For more information, call 713-718-6084 or e-mail
  caprice.dodson@hccs.edu.
  
  

Choose a Course

• FITT 1301 Fitness and Exercise Testing
• FITT 1303 Fitness Event Planning and Promotion
• FITT 2311 Prevention and Care of Exercise Injury
• FITT 2313 Exercise Science
• FITT 2333 Fitness Industry Operations and Technology
• FITT 2364 Practicum Field Experience – Health and Physical Education, General
• FITT 2409 Theory of Exercise Program Design and Instruction
  

Study Links

• American Council on Exercise
• National Strength & Conditioning Association
• American College of Sports Medicine

Health and Fitness Instructor Links

• Physical Education Program
• Fitness Center