Wellness Management BS

The wellness career outlook is positive and growing. From fitness-focused careers to corporate wellness planning, opportunities in wellness management are countless.

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Overview

SUNY Oswego's online wellness management program offers students a flexible, convenient way to pursue their degree. The coursework and faculty are the same as our on-campus program.   

As the healthcare industry continues to expand, the job outlook for wellness management graduates is excellent. Our unique SUNY wellness management program combines fitness and health promotion disciplines along with business.

You can select a program that focuses on wellness, worksite health promotion and managing such programs. In addition to a broad liberal arts education, you can graduate with a foundation in health science/wellness, management and human behavior, and gain skills in needs assessment, program planning, program implementation and program evaluation.

You’ll gain valuable real-world experience during your junior or senior year internship, which consists of 120 hours of supervised field work. Choose from a wide variety of settings — including fitness centers, YMCAs, worksite health promotion programs, physical therapy offices, public health agencies, nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and more.

Importantly, you’ll earn your degree from SUNY Oswego, a nationally ranked and highly respected college.

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Is Wellness Managaement Right For You?

If you have a passion for improving the lives of others, the skills you’ll acquire with a Wellness Management degree will help equip you for the rewarding career you’re seeking.

Outcomes

With your Oswego degree, you’ll be eligible to sit for national certifications, including Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Personal Trainer and ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist.

This multidisciplinary degree is unique in the SUNY system because it combines both fitness and health promotion disciplines, along with business and prepares students to assume roles as wellness/health promotion and fitness professionals in private business and industry, community organizations, and health care and insurance agencies.

Career Opportunities

  • Corporate fitness
  • Club management
  • Corporate health promotion 
  • Wellness coach
  • Fitness instructor
  • Graduate school

Several faculty members have inspired me to grow academically. They really have taken the time to get to know me and encourage me to be a successful student and beyond.

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