
The Health and Fitness Program at the School of Kinesiology is perfect for students interested in wellness, personal training, coaching, or being a health and fitness educator. This is a rapidly growing field and graduates are in high demand. The “Michigan Advantage” lies not only in the quality of our offerings, but also in the strength of all the highly ranked, interdisciplinary programs across U-M’s campus — medicine, public health, education, and business, to name a few — and a world-class athletics program.
The Health and Fitness Program at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology provides a science-based curriculum focusing on physical activity across the lifespan. Our program prepares students for careers and advanced learning in health promotion while addressing the health and wellness needs for people of all ages and abilities.
Health and Fitness majors will participate in a well-rounded curriculum that extensively examines the biological, psychological, social, business, research, and clinical aspects of health and fitness. In addition to coursework, students will engage in a variety of internships and experiential learning opportunities that will train them how to assess and promote health and physical activity across the lifespan through preventative and therapeutic methods.
The Health and Fitness curriculum includes courses that prepare students to take a variety of professional certification exams, as well as business and legal courses that can inspire new start-ups or other entrepreneurial endeavors.
Students who complete the Health and Fitness Program receive a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.
View the sample curriculum from current and past years in the Forms and Bulletins section of this page, below.
Browse only HF courses in the Course Catalog
Undergraduate Bulletin 2016-17
Undergraduate Bulletin 2016-17, HF/PE Section Only
HF 290 Field Experience Guidelines 2017-18
HF 403 Internship Policy Guidelines 2017-18
HF Record Sheet 2017-18
HF Record Sheet 2016-17
HF Record Sheet 2015-16
HF Record Sheet 2014-15
HFL Record Sheet 2013-14
HF Sample Curriculum 2016-17
HF Sample Curriculum 2015-16
HF Sample Curriculum 2014-15
HFL Sample Curriculum 2013-14
Policies and Procedures page, listing all Bulletins, plus HF, PHYSED, and HFL documents.