PGCert in Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services

This graduate certificate, delivered online, lets health and wellness practitioners add nutrition expertise to their practice. The program joins nutrition science with exercise science and builds skill in personal training and fitness coaching. Applicants complete prerequisite coursework in nutrition and in anatomy and physiology with labs before entering. All certificate courses are delivered online and must be completed at Simmons. Students typically arrive from related health fields, including dietetics, kinesiology, exercise physiology, sports medicine, athletic training, nursing, biology, and physical therapy. The flexible online format allows working professionals to complete the credential alongside other commitments, and the sequence is designed to be finished in one to two years. Because the certificate is a credentialing program, it suits practitioners who want formal recognition of added expertise.