Wellness Coaching
Certificate of Achievement Health · Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog
This certificate trains individuals in the core competencies of the coaching profession, including skills in relationship-building, active listening, powerful questioning, goal-setting, positive psychology, and motivational interviewing. Enhanced knowledge in the areas of nutrition, fitness, and mindfulness practices are a vital part of the curriculum to prepare individuals to work in a variety of professional settings in the emerging field of Health and Wellness Coaching. This certificate focuses on empowering clients to make healthy lifestyle choices and lasting behavioral changes in order to optimize their health and well-being.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Assess client wellness within accepted professional standards and within the scope of practice.
- Implement comprehensive behavior change programs including the cognitive-, effective-, and psychomotor-learning domains.
- Comply with professional standards, ethics, and applicable laws and regulations regarding the practice of Wellness Coaching.
Requirements
Review Graduation Requirements.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| Complete the following: | ||
| FN C170 | Nutrition | 3 |
| HLTH C100 | Personal Health | 3 |
| HLTH C120 | Introduction to Wellness Coaching 1 | 3 |
| HLTH C230 | Health Psychology 1 | 3 |
| orPSYC C230 | Health Psychology | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select six units of the following: | 6 | |
| BIOL C102 | Introduction to the Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology | |
| orBIOL C221 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | |
| FN C180 | Nutrition and Disease | |
| FN C225 | Nutrition through the Lifecycle | |
| orAGNG C225 | Nutrition through the Lifecycle | |
| KIN C190 | Physiology of Exercise 2 | |
| KIN C201 | Fitness for Life | |
| orPE C201 | Fitness for Life | |
| KIN C289 | Exercise Testing and Prescription 2 | |
| Total Units | 18 | |
- Taking HLTH C120 Introduction to Wellness Coaching AND HLTH C230 Health Psychology or PSYC C230 Health Psychology will prepare you to take National Certification Exams.
- Students wishing to gain the skills to be a Physical Trainer should take KIN C190 Physiology of Exercise AND KIN C289 Exercise Testing and Prescription. These courses will prepare you to take National Certification Exams offered by agencies, such as the National Strength and Conditioning Association or the American Council on Exercise.