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Course Descriptions

PFS231
Fitness Management
Fitness Management is designed to assist students gain an understanding of issues and topics that are essential in the successful management and operation of health-fitness facilities. Conventional business management principles and operational guidelines will be applied to the unconventional business of health and fitness. Past, present, and future programming trends in the health fitness industry will be presented, market segmentation and member demographics will be clarified, and organization-management concepts, as they are related to the fitness industry, will be covered. Business and organizational planning skills will be developed and practiced, fitness marketing strategies will be discussed and applied, and responsibilities for "front-of-the-house" and "back-of-the-house" management will be explained and evaluated. 3 Credits (3 Lecture - 0 Lab) Prerequisite(s): CSC110 and MGT115 and PFS210 and PFS216 and PFS220 and PFS225. Corequisite(s): PFS250.