FSS 299 - Co-op: Fitness Professional

1 Credits, 3-12 Contact Hours
1 lecture period 0 lab periods

Introduction to Cooperative Education which provides for success in securing and retaining a job related to subject area. Includes communication skills, time and energy management, stress and its management, and careers. Also includes placing yourself on the job market, principles, theories, and practices in the career field, and problems in the work situation.

Corequisite(s): FSS 299WK  
Information: May be taken two times for a maximum of two credit hours. If this course is repeated, see a financial aid or Veteran’s Affairs advisor to determine funding eligibility as appropriate. This course is intended for the Fitness Professional program and may be taken in the 2nd semester or later upon satisfactory completion of either FSS 276  or FSS 277 .

1. Discuss the need for skills in oral and written communication and the importance to job success.
2. Describe the techniques for managing time and energy for job efficiency.
3. Identify stress in work situations and begin to develop techniques for coping with stress.
4. Find and relate information on some career fields to career goals.
5. Write a resume and plan an employment interview (real or simulated) and observe and interview (real or filmed) and successfully complete such experience(s).
6. Identify some basic principles and theories learned in courses completed, and apply them to problems encountered in real work situations.
7. Identify problems which arise in work situations and develop some techniques for successful solution to them.

1. Communication Skills
   1. Importance in Job Success
   2. Oral Skills Developed
   3. Written Skills Developed
2. Time and Energy Management
   1. Identifying Resources and Their Uses
   2. Techniques for Managing Job Efficiency
3. Stress and Its Management
   1. Types of Job Stress
   2. Causes of Stress
   3. Characteristics of Stress
   4. Techniques for Managing Job Stress
4. Careers: Information and Its Uses
   1. Review of Careers in Field of Study
   2. Sources of Career Information
   3. Uses of Career Information
   4. Career Objectives
   5. Career Plans

1. Placing Yourself on the Job Market
   1. Identifying Varied Job Markets
   2. Selecting Job Markets Appropriate to Your Potential 
   3. Uses of Career Information
   4. Aspects of Presenting Oneself on the Market

1. Job Information
2. Resume Writing
3. Backing Up the Resume
4. References
5. The Interview
   1. Principles, Theories, and Practices in the Career Field
      1. Application in the Work Situation
      2. Ongoing Discussion
      3. Understanding Through Application
   2. Problems in the Work Situation
      1. Types of Problems Identified
      2. Ways of Dealing With Problems Encountered