Wellness

The School of Professional & Continuing Studies offers periodic classes and programs that focus on health and healthy living for personal enrichment or professional skill enhancement.

Our classes and programs cover topics including meditation and mindfulness, personal training, and nutrition.

Our Wellness classes and programs seek to extend the values and resources of a liberal arts education into health and wellness categories, for both personal enrichment and professional growth.

The selections listed in the tabs below represent a portion of what we have to offer. Additional listings are available and include a wide range of classes.

Registration

In the tabs below, classes and programs include a registration link. For specific information on how to register for online classes, review the information in the Online Partner Registration page. Procedures differ slightly by partner, but may all be completed online.

Programming Levels

In our Professional Education & Enrichment areas of study, we seek to provide a selection of coursework and programs that meet different enrichment and workforce levels of study. Each is described below:

  • Career-curious and enrichment: Designed to explore a career or expand an interest
  • Career-level: Designed to build skills or shift to a new career
  • Professional-level: Designed to deepen or widen knowledge and experience
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  • Career-Curious & Enrichment Programs
    Meditation for Wellness

    Online. We offer meditation classes remotely, led by Richmond’s own Marc McGahee. These virtual classes are designed for those who may be new to meditation or those who would like to enhance their overall meditation skills. Participants learn to better manage stresses of everyday life and move beyond old patterns of thinking and behavior. Instructor-led (start dates vary) through SPCS.

  • Career-Level Programs
    Nutrition and Health Bundle

    Online: This bundle consistes of two accredited certificate programs: the Certificate in Food, Nutrition, and Health and the Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion. Provided in partnership with ALLEGRA Learning Solutions. Instructor-led (start dates vary) through ed2go.

    Global Health and Healing Bundle

    Online: This bundles consists of three accredited certificate programs: the Certificate in Global Healing Systems; the Certificate in Healing Environments for Body, Mind, and Spirit; and the Certificate in Infectious Diseases and Infection Control. Provided in partnership with ALLEGRA Learning Solutions. Instructor-led (start dates vary) through ed2go.

    Nutrition Specialist Certification

    Hybrid: In partnership with the American Academy of Sports Dietitians & Nutritionists (AASDN), we offer the AASDN Nutrition Specialist certification program. Program includes a 5-week self-paced learning module and an 8-week instructor-led, in-person instructional course. Self-paced & instructor-led (start dates vary) through AASDN.

    Personal Fitness Trainer Certification

    Online: In collaboration with the World Instructor Training Schools (W.I.T.S.), we offer a Personal Trainer certification program designed to help you start a successful career as a trainer. Program covers topics such as biomechanics, exercise physiology, fitness testing, equipment usage and health assessment. Instructor-led (start dates vary) through W.I.T.S.

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Certificate Program In partnership with World Instructor Training Schools (W.I.T.S.), we offer the Personal Fitness Trainer certification program. Personal Trainer Certification
Women stretching on floor mat
Certificate Program In partnership with the American Academy of Sports Dietitians & Nutritionists (AASDN), we offer the AASDN Nutrition Specialist certification program. Nutrition Specialist Certification