Health & Wellness Coaching

This Certificate program is intended to train graduate students and healthcare providers 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.   

NOTE: This certificate is pending official approval Fall 2018. You may enroll in the Fall course and apply for the certificate upon approval.

 

Course Location/Delivery

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

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: physical education, exercise science, public health, psychology, health education, anthropology.  

 

Application Process

NOTE: Application will be available in Fall 2018
Please visit us here to access the application. In addition, to the application forms please submit:

• Graduate Certificate Department Approval form (Print, sign and submit this form with all other documents to our office).

• Official transcripts

• A resume

• Letter of Interest

 

Time Limit for Completion of Certificate

Per University Policy, all Certificates have a five year time limit; however, the approximate time to complete the Certificate is three semesters.

 

Prerequisites

None

 

Requirements

12 credit hours

• PHC 6939 Special Topics Health & Wellness Coaching: Core Principles (3 credits; proposed PHC 6585)

• PHC 6939 Special Topics Health & Wellness Coaching: Advanced Methods (3 credits; proposed PHC 6585)

• PHC 6939 Special Topics Health & Wellness Coaching Practicum (6 credits; proposed PHC 6944)

 

Electives

None

 

Credit toward Graduate Degree

Up to 12 hours of certificate course credits may be applied to a graduate degree with departmental approval.

Standardized Tests

International students must submit a TOEFL score when English is not the native language. A minimum score of 550 on the paper-based test or 79 on the web-based test is required.

 

Contacts

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

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