Diploma - Fitness and Health Promotion
- 2 years
- Duration
- 18,730 CAD/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Kingston / Canada
- Location
- St. Lawrence College, Canada
- School
Program description
Do you like exercise and health or helping others? If so, join this program.
Join our team to become a leader in fitness and health promotion, a profession with many career options.
This two-year program combines personal and professional development, exercise science, fitness, health promotion, business management, and human relations. The Student Health & Athletic Centre on the Kingston Campus will host several courses. Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certification from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, and Spin certifications from the Ontario Fitness Council are available to students (OFC).
Graduates will have 400 hours of work experience through two 5-week work placements in health promotion, inclusive fitness, injury prevention and management, fitness assessment and/or personal training, occupational health, and corporate wellness.
According to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, this program promotes fitness and health.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Fitness Training
- Nutrition & Weight Management
- Psychology of Exercise
- Professional Effectiveness
- Group Exercise and Leadership
- Community Health Promotion
Semester 2
- Professional Development and Communication
- Exercise Physiology
- Inclusive Fitness
- Fitness Assessment
- General Education Course
- Facility & Event Management
Semester 3
- Field Placement 1
- Injury Prevention and Management
- Complementary Health Care
- Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development
- Personal Training
- Coaching & Leadership
- Online General Education Online
Semester 4
- Field Placement 2
- Therapeutic Exercise Prescription
- Marketing
- Advanced Personal Training and Sport Conditioning
- Critical Thinking and Personal Training Logic
- Complex Health Conditions
Price
- Tuition 16,430 CAD
- Program Fees 0,00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees 2,300 CAD
Total tuition per 2 semester (one year) 18,730 CAD
Fees are estimates only
Requirements for applicants
Admission requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level
- Grade 11 Math at the C, U or M level
- Grade 11 or 12 Biology at the C or U level (or PSK4U)
English Proficiency requirements are:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (SDS requires an overall 6.0, with no band less than 6.0)
- TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or Home Edition - 78
- TOEFL Computer-based Test - 213
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL. In-person or Online)* - overall 60
- EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency)* - pre 1
- The Michigan English Test* - Overall 58 with no individual score below 56, ECCE/ECPE 650 or higher
- Cambridge English Proficiency* - 173
- Duolingo (Temporarily accepted)* - 105
- Pearson Test of English -Academic (Online & In-person) - 55
*Note: Students from India are not eligible to submit the results of this test as proof of English proficiency.
About the university
St. Lawrence College has campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall, Ontario. Our secure neighborhoods combine small-town atmosphere with big-city attractions, like shopping, eating, and nightlife.
The institution has 6,700 full-time and 20,000 part-time students in 89 academic programs and 829 full- and part-time employees, including 414 professors.
With modern, expansive facilities in three vibrant eastern Ontario cities and a solid track record of excellence, St. Lawrence College still combines all the benefits of a world-class education with the advantages of small-town living and personal attention to detail.
