Exercise Science for Health and Performance Graduate Certificate
Do you want to gain the skills needed to help high-performance athletes reach their performance goals or design programs for individuals with health challenges that enable them to lead healthier lives?
As an Exercise Science for Health and Performance graduate, you will assess, counsel, and prescribe programs for athletes and individuals with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart conditions, obesity issues, and other chronic conditions.
Campus Information
Welland
The campus is home to the NC Teaching Hair Salon, the Walker Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Centre, NC Research and Innovation, a new Green Automotive Technology lab and the Rankin Technology Centre. The Applied Health Institute, which specializes in allied health programs, operates a functioning Dental Clinic offering services to the community while teaching students. Also inside the main building you will find the Athletic Centre, home of Athletics and Recreation and the NC Knights intercollegiate sports program.
Intakes
- Sep
Application Processing Time in Days: 20
Application Process
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
All candidates selected for an interview must present evidence of education credentials to support the requirements of the position they are applying to. Niagara College requires original certificates, diplomas, degrees or transcripts to be presented at the time of interview.
Educational credentials within Canada must be granted from a recognized post-secondary institution.
Candidates with non-Canadian credentials must provide a World Education Services (WES) evaluation confirming the Canadian equivalency of the credentials. Non-Canadian credentials must be at an accredited, recognized post-secondary institution and must be deemed to be equivalent to a certificate, diploma or degree at a recognized post-secondary institution in Ontario.
Candidates who have non-Canadian credentials who have not yet been assessed as indicated above are expected to make application to WES. Offers of employment require a completed evaluation from WES.
PSW Opportunity
The PSW of 3 years course is 2 years and 1 year course is 2 years
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent.
- English–any Grade 12 (U), or equivalent (minimum grade 60%)
- Mathematics–any Grade 12 (U) or Grade 12 Accounting (M), or equivalent (minimum grade 60%)
- Four additional Grade 12 (U) or (M) level courses in any field of study
- An overall average of 65% in the six Grade 12 (U) or (M) courses
Note: Secondary School grades from co-op courses and half-credit courses are no
Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE)
176 – No skill under 169.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test
6.5 – No individual band under 6.0.
Duolingo Language Test
Degrees: Between 115 – 120.
Graduate Certificates: Between 125 – 130.
Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test
Paper-based: 550
Computer-based: 213
iBT: 79-80
Minimum: 22 Writing, 22 Speaking
Pearson Test of English (PTE)
58+
Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test
60 – No individual band under 50.
Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP)
Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 75% and no individual grade under 60%.
- Course Code: P0260
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate
- Duration: 01 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
17736 CAD
Annual Cost of Living: 20635 CAD
Application Fee: 100 CAD
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