Corporate and Worksite Wellness, Graduate Certificate

 

Department of Human Movement Science 433 Meadow Brook Rd  (map) (248) 370-4041 • Fax (248) 364-8660 www.oakland.edu/shs

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Coordinator:
Daniel Goble, Associate Professor
dgoble@oakland.edu

Program description

The Graduate Certificate in Corporate and Worksite Wellness is designed to offer advanced graduate courses to prepare exercise science practitioners for the demands of careers in corporate and worksite wellness. Worksite Wellness focuses on establishing and maintaining a healthy environment in the workplace, as well as in schools and the community.  The primary goal of Worksite Wellness is to promote and encourage employees to lead a healthy lifestyle. Wellness promotion is done through programming including, but not limited to, smoking cessation, biometric screenings, stress management, weight loss, back health/safety, and fitness classes. Successful worksite wellness programs show more productive employees, higher employee satisfaction, and lower absenteeism due to illness.

Admission terms and application deadlines

Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.

• February 15 (early) April 15 (regular) and July 15 (late) for fall semester
• October 1 (early) and November 15 (regular) for winter semester
• March 1 (regular) for summer semester
• International applicants   

Application requirements

To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:

1. Graduate Application Requirements    
2. Additional department application requirements

Applicants should have a background in basic and applied health sciences and a minimum overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (B).    The two Recommendations for Graduate Admission forms listed above must be from academics familiar with the student’s abilities (preferred) or from employment supervisors. Goal statement

Applicants with an undergraduate GPA less than 3.0 (B) with the appropriate academic background and strong letters of recommendation may be considered for admission with limited standing. Applicants who qualify for this admission status must complete a minimum of 12 credits of graduate-level work, with a GPA of 3.0 (B) or above within the first year of their program, to be advanced to full admission.

Admission review and assessment

Admission to graduate school at Oakland University is selective. In making admission recommendations to Oakland University Graduate School, each department assesses the potential of applicants for success in the program by examining their undergraduate records, goal statement, letters of recommendation, prerequisite courses and any other admission requirements established by the academic department.

Related links

• Readmission (not enrolled for two years)      
• Transferring to Oakland University    
• Transferring to a new program

Academic advising

Students who are considering applying to the Graduate Certificate in Corporate and Worksite Wellness may contact the academic adviser for the School of Health Sciences to review prerequisite courses and application requirements. Upon acceptance to the program, students are assigned a faculty adviser.

Certificate prerequisites

Completion of the following prerequisite courses is required.  Students should have completed the required prerequisite coursework at the appropriate undergraduate or graduate level, prior to beginning coursework for the master’s degree.

• Human anatomy

• Human physiology

• Exercise physiology

• Biomechanics (human motion analysis)