Spa Management Curriculum
The certification includes four courses (12 semester hours) focused on major
business administration topics identified by a recent ISPA survey of spa directors
and by members of the Spa Management Advisory Committee as crucial to success
as a spa director. The faculty selected to instruct these courses are experts
in their respective area of business.
- BUA 381 – Small Business Accounting and Finance
- BUA 382 – Small Business Sales and Market Development
- BUA 383 – Small Business Working Relationships
- BUA 330 – Organizational Leadership
Healthy nutrition is an important component of high-level health, and should
be an important consideration in any spa.
- NTR 345 – Development of Healthy Cuisines
The Exercise and Wellness Department brings considerable experience and expertise
in all areas of wellness to the program. The following courses have been designed
to address key wellness and fitness issues for future spa directors, as well
as specific spa operations and management issues, and provide students with
hands-on spa experience.
- EXW 325 – Fitness for Life
- EXW 400 – Stress Management for Wellness
- EXW 484 – Exercise and Wellness Internship
- EXW 498 – Professional Seminar in Spa Management I
- EXW 498 - Professional Seminar in Spa Management II
Complementary and alternative health care has long been embraced by the spa
industry. The rapid growth of medical spas is testimony to the expansion of
this component of the spa experience. We have selected two courses to provide
a broad overview of complementary and alternative health care.
- WED 165 – Overview of Massage Therapy
- HHS 300 – Overview of Complementary Health Systems
Required hours of ASU credit
The Spa Management Certificate entails 34 semester hours of combined study and
internship. Thirty-two of those semester hours are scheduled as ASU courses.
A minimum of 20 semester hours must be taken at ASU. The WED 165 course may
be waived if the applicant can produce evidence of a current valid license to
practice massage therapy, or evidence of a similar course at an accredited institution.
Lower division courses at a community college or university may not be substituted
for any of the courses in the certification program, except the WED 165 course.
The EXW 484 and EXW 498 courses must be taken at Arizona State University’s
Polytechnic campus located in Mesa, Arizona.
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