At Georgian College in Barrie, Canada, Diploma in Fitness and Health Promotion is offered as a diploma in Sport and Exercise Science programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,619 per semester (CAD 1,652 per semester for local students).
Study begins with the fundamentals of fitness and health promotion, including anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, client counselling and nutrition, paired with a large number of practical hours in dedicated exercise science labs. Industry experience comes through off-campus work-integrated learning, on-campus client training, planning and running a health promotion event, and preparing healthy foods in culinary labs. Course credit can carry into formal articulation agreements with a number of university degree programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Georgian College's own admission-requirements page for Fitness and Health Promotion asks for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status, with Grade 12 English (C or U), any Grade 11 or 12 Mathematics (C, M, or U) — with a minimum of 60 per cent required if taken at the Grade 11 College or University level — and Grade 11 or 12 Biology (C or U), Grade 12 Exercise Science (U), or Grade 12 Kinesiology (U). The page lists no standardized English-language test scores (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL). Before the programme's practical-experience courses, students must hold Level C CPR and Standard First Aid, renewed annually and not accepted from online-only courses, and obtain a clear criminal reference check and vulnerable sector check at least three months before placement; an unpardoned criminal record may prevent a student completing the placement.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall 2026 and Fall 2027 (Barrie campus)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date for Georgian's highly competitive programs, which now covers Fall 2027, Winter 2028 and Summer 2028 entry, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats last; offers of admission for this 2026-2027 cycle must be accepted by 1 May 2027. Programs outside the highly competitive list carry no equal-consideration date and are assessed on a rolling basis year-round. International applicants apply directly through Georgian's own portal with no published closing date and are assessed on a rolling basis while seats remain, though Georgian warns a program open when applied to may close before assessment. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
