The coaching minor prepares students to assume the responsibilities of coaching in competitive athletics. The coaching minor enhances a student's credentials and employment opportunities as a varsity coach in the state of Minnesota and other states. The coaching minor is available to students pursuing either a teaching or non-teaching degree. This licensure is an excellent complement to the physical education major. Class sizes range from 15 to 20 students in upper division courses and offer students direct contact and personal attention from instructors.
Students complete an internship to gain work experience and strengthen their marketability.
HPE Club sponsors seminars and social gatherings to familiarize students with the career they have selected and other students who share their same interests. Students receive hands-on experience in the department's Human Performance laboratory. The laboratory includes a hydrostatic weighing tank, treadmill, cycle ergometer, clinical spirometer and heartrate monitor equipment. Students can get in shape at MSUM's fitness center, which includes treadmills, step machines, exercise bikes, rowing machine and weight training equipment. Health service administrators are employed in health maintenance organizations, nursing homes, hospitals, extended-care facilities, rehabilitation programs, health planning agencies, health departments, health associations, insurance companies and research institutes.