Health and Wellness Coach Preparatory Program Certificate

The Health and Wellness Coach Preparatory Program certificate is designed to prepare students for a career in a health and wellness field. Students will develop skills on how to empower diverse populations to make healthy lifestyle changes that will optimize their health and wellbeing. Additionally, students will learn behavior change strategies and goal-setting techniques for adopting a healthier lifestyle, ethical cross-cultural communication skills, and to differentiate the health and wellness needs between race, ethnicity, social class, gender, age, ability status, and sexual identity.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Health and Wellness Coach Preparatory Program certificate program, students should be able to:

• Assess an individual’s health status
• Analyze factors that influence behavior change strategies
• Integrate communication strategies
• Construct a behavior change plan with goal setting techniques