My Academic Plan
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should be completed in the order listed. If you are unable to complete all courses listed in a semester,
complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows. If you have questions or concerns about your MAP, please
see your Pathways Advisor.
Program Description
This program is designed for students wanting to complete a one-year (two semester) Certificate in Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching and enter the workforce. Students explore coaching techniques for healthy lifestyles and well-being. This certificate trains individuals in the core competencies of the coaching profession, including skills in relationship-building, active listening, powerful questioning, goal-setting, motivational interviewing, and the influences of positive psychology and lifestyle medicine. Students will also learn about nutrition, fitness and mindfulness. As a career health and wellness coach in professional settings the student will empower clients to make healthy lifestyle choices and lasting behavioral changes to optimize their health and well-being. This program has been approved and accepted into the consortium of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) https://nbhwc.org/.
Learn more about this program.
First Semester
| IHP 107 | Stress Management for Health | 1 |
| IHP 158 | Intro to Health & Wellness Coaching | 1 |
| IHP 201 | Integrative Health Keystone | 3 |
| IHP 240 | Holistic Nutrition: Digestive Wellness | 3 |
| IHP 258 | Advanced Integrative Health Coaching | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | Any IHP or MST Course(s) | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Second Semester
| IHP 106 | Enhancing Personal Empowerment | 1 |
| IHP 108 | Journaling Towards Wellness | 1 |
| IHP 252 | Mindfulness for Health & Wellness | 2 |
| IHP 259 | Specialized Coaching Techniques | 2 |
| IHP 262 | Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | IHP 272 or Any IHP or MST Course(s) | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 11 |
Semester Note: Coaching clinic is recommended in final term for either 1 of these 2 credits pending offering that term.
You must complete 4 credit hours of IHP Electives over the First and Second semesters. You may select any IHP or MST course or choose to complete a 1-2 credit clinical experience (IHP 272) as part of your elective choices beginning Fall of 2017 or Spring 2018.