Johnson University is a place of uncommon community where students get ready for a fulfilling career and a meaningful life. Join us in Tennessee or online!
Whether you're an incoming freshman, a transfer student, or a graduate student, this is the place to begin your application and join our community. Welcome to Johnson!
Johnson is more than a place where you receive a quality, affordable education - it's a community where classmates become friends, professors become mentors, and the campus becomes home.
Johnson University is a place of uncommon community where students get ready for a fulfilling career and a meaningful life. Join us in Tennessee or online!
Whether you're an incoming freshman, a transfer student, or a graduate student, this is the place to begin your application and join our community. Welcome to Johnson!
Johnson is more than a place where you receive a quality, affordable education - it's a community where classmates become friends, professors become mentors, and the campus becomes home.
The two-year Associate of Science in Sport & Fitness Leadership provides students with foundational preparation for work in a kinesiology-related field. Career possibilities include entry-level employment in strategic vocations or pursuit of of the four-year bachelor’s degree. Graduates with this degree may pursue a variety of career paths for entry-level positions in fitness, coaching, sport administration, sports ministry, and related professions, as well as advanced training in allied health or kinesiology.
Core Classes
This course provides instruction and practice in prevention, care, and evaluation of common sport-related injuries. Students will learn how to manage injury and emergency situations in the absence of an athletic trainer or medical professional.
This course is designed to help students understand the most common muscles and muscle groups relevant to exercise and body movements. The course will focus on muscle origin, insertion, and action which will better equip the students to understand what exercises target and which body movements are generated by specific muscles and muscle groups. This course will give students additional knowledge that will help improve body awareness, which, over time is helpful for lifetime health and fitness. Content of this course is a solid foundation for understanding and explaining body movement. Improving one’s understanding of body movement is important for lifetime wellness, adapting exercise to one’s abilities, as well as provide some context of understanding with musculoskeletal medical needs.
The two-year Associate of Science in Sport & Fitness Leadership provides students with foundational preparation for work in a kinesiology-related field. Career possibilities include entry-level employment in strategic vocations or pursuit of of the four-year bachelor’s degree. Graduates with this degree may pursue a variety of career paths for entry-level positions in fitness, coaching, sport administration, sports ministry, and related professions, as well as advanced training in allied health or kinesiology.
