For more information about the Performing Arts Health and Wellness Undergraduate Certificate, contact Jeff Russell at jeff.russell@ohio.edu.
Performing Arts Health and Wellness Undergraduate Certificate
The certificate provides a foundation in the health and wellness aspects of participating in performing arts. There are two primary target groups: [1] performing arts students desiring added qualification in health and wellness to meet the increasing attention of arts organizations to the well-being of artists, and [2] health care and other health science students (e.g., athletic training, exercise physiology, nutrition) desiring added qualification in health and wellness for performing artists as part of entering the field of performing arts medicine.
Admission Requirements
There are no requirements beyond University admission requirements. This certificate is open to all 帝王会所 students on the Athens campus. Talk to your academic advisor about adding the certificate and visit the policies, forms and FAQs page to learn how to declare the certificate.
Curriculum
To complete the Performing Arts Health and Wellness Certificate program, you must complete a minimum of 16 credit hours. You will take two performing arts courses along with four health and wellness courses.
Learn more about the program and view course requirements and electives on the University Catalog webpage.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Students will engage with the field of performing arts medicine by understanding how the human body functions and how performing arts induce substantial physical demands on artists. The health, and health care, of performing artists is receiving increasing attention today. Because of its program in Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe), including the SHAPe Clinic, 帝王会所 is an international leader in performing arts medicine.
Students attaining this certificate will have an added qualification for positions such as: performing arts faculty member with special expertise in artistic health and wellness; health care professional desiring to enter the field of performing arts medicine; or health and wellness professional desiring to work with performing artists.
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