Athletic Coach Certificate

The Athletic Coach Certificate is designed to educate and prepare students to become certified athletic coaches in the recreational and competitive sports industry. Upon successful completion, students will earn a certificate and be more qualified to coach inter-scholastically and within sport organizations and private business. A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken. This certificate requires a total of 13-15 units, with at least 1 unit coming from the Restricted Elective list.

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Upon completion of the certificate program the student will be able to:

1. Formulate a full season training curriculum using short and long-term goal setting.

2. Demonstrate, communicate and apply their knowledge and understanding of the "rules of the game" in their chose sport.

3. Develop and apply their coaching philosophy.

4. Create practice plans using the five components of fitness.

5. Demonstrate effective communication skills and interpersonal skills with their athletes, parents, other coaches and co-workers, officials, community members and the media.

.A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken. This certificate requires a total of 13-15 units, with at least 3 unit coming from the Restricted Elective list.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
PE 244 F	Techniques and Principles of Coaching	3	S1
PE 235 F  or PE 245 F	First Aid, CPR, and Safety Education OR Lifesaving, Basic Rescue and CPR	3 OR 3	S1
PE 250 F	Sports and Society	3	S2
PE 266 F	Fitness for Living	3	S2
Restricted electives, selected at least one course from the list below:
PE 105 F	Badminton	1	S1
PE 112 F	Fencing	1	S1
PE 115 F	Golf	1	S1
PE 117 F	Gymnastics - Tumbling	1	S1
PE 126 F	Beach Volleyball	1	S1
PE 127 F	Racquetball - Indoors	1	S1
PE 134 F	Beginning Swimming	1	S1
PE 139 AF	Beginning Tennis	1	S1
PE 144 F	Volleyball - Beginning	1	S1
PE 145 F	Volleyball - Intermediate	1	S1
PE 154 F	Fitness Testing with Exercise Prescription	3	S1
PE 180 F	Baseball	1	S1
PE 181 F	Intermediate/Advanced Basketball	1	S1
PE 185 F	Football - Defense	3	S1
PE 189 F	Soccer II	1	S1
PE 202 F	Intercollegiate Baseball	3	S1
PE 203 F	Intercollegiate Basketball - Men	1.5	S1
PE 204 F	Intercollegiate Basketball - Women	1.5	S1
PE 205 F	Intercollegiate Cross Country - Men and Women	3	S1
PE 207 F	Intercollegiate Football	3	S1
PE 208 F	Intercollegiate Golf - Women	2	S1
PE 209 F	Intercollegiate Soccer	3	S1
PE 210 F	Intercollegiate Softball - Women	3	S1
PE 211 F	Intercollegiate Swimming	3	S1
PE 214 F	Intercollegiate Tennis	3	S1
PE 215 F	Intercollegiate Track and Field - Men and Women	3	S1
PE 217 F	Intercollegiate Sand Volleyball - Women	3	S1
PE 218 F	Intercollegiate Volleyball - Women	3	S1
PE 219 F	Intercollegiate Water Polo	3	S1
PE 221 F	Intercollegiate Volleyball - Men	3	S1
PE 252 F	Introduction to Kinesiology	3	S1
PE 270 F	Exercise Nutrition	3	S1
PE 281 F	Professional Activity: Theory of Basketball	2	S1
PE 282 F	Theory of Coaching Softball	2	S1
PE 283 F	Theory of Coaching Football	3	S1
PE 284 F	Theory of Coaching Soccer	2	S1
PE 285 F	Theory of Coaching Volleyball	3	S1

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