This course presents the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to prepare students for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) – Health Fitness Specialist (HFS) certification. HFS provides leadership in fitness assessment and exercise programming of a preventive nature for apparently healthy populations and individuals with controlled disease in corporate, commercial, and/or community settings. The HFS-certified individual is a professional with a degree who is responsible for evaluating health behaviors and risk factors, conducting fitness assessments, constructing appropriate exercise prescriptions, and motivating individuals to modify negative health habits and maintain positive lifestyle behaviors for health promotion. Prerequisite(s): AES 363 and AES 364