Embarking on a wellness management journey is a smart decision given the optimistic and expanding career outlook in this field. With a multitude of opportunities available, from fitness-focused careers to corporate wellness planning, wellness management offers a versatile and fulfilling path in the thriving wellness industry, allowing you to positively impact people's health and well-being.
Quick Facts
Rolling Admission Apply anytime
You Can Start Fall, Spring
Delivery Option 100% Online
Overview
Oswego's online wellness management program offers students a flexible, convenient way to pursue their degree. The coursework and faculty are the same as our on-campus program.
As the healthcare industry continues to expand, the job outlook for wellness management graduates is excellent. Our unique SUNY wellness management program combines fitness and health promotion disciplines along with business.
You can select a track focusing on wellness, worksite health promotion, etc. In addition to a broad liberal arts education, you can graduate with a foundation in health science/wellness, management and human behavior, and gain skills in needs assessment, program planning, program implementation and program evaluation.
You'll gain valuable real-world experience during your junior or senior year internship, which consists of 120 hours of supervised fieldwork. Choose from a wide variety of settings — including fitness centers, YMCAs, worksite health promotion programs, physical therapy offices, public health agencies, nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and more.
Curriculum
Bachelor of Science
Is Wellness Managaement Right For You?
If you have a passion for improving the lives of others, the skills you’ll acquire with a Wellness Management degree will help equip you for the rewarding career you seek.
Outcomes
With your Oswego degree, you’ll be eligible to sit for national certifications, including Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Personal Trainer and ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist.
This multidisciplinary degree is unique in the SUNY system because it combines fitness and health promotion disciplines and business and prepares students to assume roles as wellness/health promotion and fitness professionals in private business and industry, community organizations, and health care and insurance agencies.
Career Opportunities
- Corporate fitness
- Corporate health promotion
- Club management
- Fitness instructor
- Graduate school
- Wellness coach
At SUNY Oswego, I feel fully equipped to embrace my future. I feel like I’m ready to embrace the real world and take what I’ve learned here to apply it to my career.
Several faculty members have inspired me to grow academically. They really have taken the time to get to know me and encourage me to be a successful student and beyond.
Program Resources
Academic Planning Coordinators specialize in assisting students enrolled in our online degree programs. Whether you're a first-year student or transferring, these dedicated professionals will support you in identifying the requirements for degree completion. Your coordinator will guide you through the most streamlined route to achieving your academic goals while also acquainting you with the resources and support systems available to ensure a successful online learning experience at SUNY Oswego.
The Division of Extended Learning will help you get acquainted with the services, supports and instructions that make online learning at SUNY Oswego a successful experience.
Great programs rely on great educators. As a SUNY Oswego online student you will be taught by the same dedicated faculty members who teach our on-campus students. Our faculty members work with instructional designers who are experts at making online courses accessible, meaningful, and of equal quality as in-person classes.
Online students have access to the help desk at Campus Technology Services (CTS) for technology support. CTS strives to offer the services and support that are required to make your online student experience successful.