May 17, 2025  
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog

Coaching


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Graduate Certificate Awarded: Advanced Graduate Certificate in Coaching
Program Coordinator: Sue Ryan, susan.ryan.1@stonybrook.edu
 
Stony Brook University’s Advanced Graduate Certificate in Coaching program (HEGIS 0835) prepares students to become New York State certified athletics coaches. Students will examine a broad range of issues that impact the coach in today’s educational climate, including learning theories, social and psychological issues, principles of organization and administration, kinesthetic theories, injury care, and exercise and nutritional considerations.
 
For students who wish to continue their studies, this graduate credential may also be incorporated into our Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree program.

Admission Requirements


Application Website

  • Personal statement.
  • A bachelor’s degree, with a cumulative 3.0 grade point average.

In those cases where the departmental admissions committee deems it desirable, personal interviews with departmental representatives may be necessary.

Certificate Requirements


This 18-credit certificate program consists of 6 three-credit courses, distributed among the areas listed below.

Time to Completion


All certificate requirements must be completed within three (3) years from the semester date of admission as a matriculated student unless the student is also matriculated in a master’s degree program. Master’s students have five (5) years to complete the certificate requirements.

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