Health & Wellness Coaching

This Public Health Undergraduate Seminar Series is intended to train undergraduate students to meet the requirements for certification as a Health & Wellness Coach. Certification will enable the student to provide Health & Wellness Coaching in a number of various healthcare organizations. The required courses will present the frameworks, methods, and skills necessary to meet required competencies for credentialing.   

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Employment opportunities are increasing rapidly as increased evidence demonstrates it's role in improved patient outcomes, medical compliance, employee health and productivity, and lower health care costs.

 

Course Location/Delivery

The Certificate is offered on campus and is delivered face-to-face.

Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: physical education, exercise science, public health, psychology, health education, anthropology.  
 

​Time Limit for Completion of Certificate

The approximate time to complete the Certificate is three semesters.
 

​Prerequisites

None
 

​Requirements

12 credit hours

• PHC 4942 Seminar: Health & Wellness Coaching: Core Principles (3 credits)

• PHC 4942 Seminar: Health & Wellness Coaching: Advanced Methods (3 credits)

• PHC 4942 Seminar: Topics Health & Wellness Coaching Practicum (6 credits)​

 

Contacts

Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH
rdebate@health.usf.edu
 

Jennifer Bleck, PhD, MPH
jbleck@health.usf.edu