The NSCA wants to change their requirements to possibly be Master's Degree, or a Bachelor's in a related field. Members and executive officers have been trying to get this changed because of the watered-down effect the current requirements have on the CSCS credentials. Everyone has the CSCS. But the problem is they will lose out on some serious $$$.
I have a CSCS, and I am a PTA student, so I can tell you right off the bat that most of the interventions learned in the cirriculum are not the same as what a CSCS professional utilizes in or out the weightroom. I will agree that you hold knowledge to complete and pass the CSCS exam, but what are your goals that require you to get the CSCS, Sports Medicine like myself, or somewhere else working with athletes?? If you petition to the NSCA that you will be working with athletes, and not trying to get the CSCS just for the sake of having the CSCS, they may be lenient in your situation.
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