Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for FT 104 Fall 2025


Course Number:
FT 104
Course Title:
Fitness Assessment
Credit Hours:
3
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
60
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Introduces fitness assessment for generally healthy populations. Covers client consultation, pre-screening procedures, assessment protocols, and results interpretation. Prerequisites: FT 131, MTH 58 or MTH 60, WR 121 or equivalent placement, and (HE 295 and PE 295) or HPE 295. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Conduct an initial client consultation to gather client information, and promote and sell fitness services.
  2. Select and administer pre-screening tools and fitness assessments for generally healthy individuals in accordance with industry standards.
  3. Interpret pre-screening tools and fitness assessment results and communicate them to clients.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  1. Lab assignments 

  2. Exams and quizzes

  3. Practicals 

  4. Attendance and participation records

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  1. Describe the health benefits of physical fitness. 

  2. Administer appropriate health screening and evaluation of health risks. 

  3. Apply ACSM Guidelines to exercise testing. 

  4. Identify safe and appropriate testing methods, and modifications.

  5. Communicate with clients regarding testing administration, guidelines, purpose, and interpretation

  6. Describe normal and abnormal cardiovascular responses to an exercise testing bout.

  7. Conduct field and laboratory tests of the 5 health related components of fitness.