Undergraduate study in Sports Coaching and Education

This degree is your opportunity to become a leader in the exciting worlds of sport, health and physical education. The programme is flexible in design, so you can choose from a range of courses across different disciplines to create your own unique pathway that complements your interests and career aspirations. Pathways to explore include Sport Leadership and Coaching, Health Education and Promotion, Health and Physical Education, Sport Science, and Dance.

The Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Education allows you to tailor your courses to fit your interests.

In total, you need 360 points (or 24 courses worth 15 points each) to pass the degree. Seven of those courses need to be at Stage II or higher, and at least five at Stage III.

Here’s what you need to study:

• Core compulsory courses listed on this page.
• Two papers in General Education, which students choose, one in Year 1 and the other in Year 2
• Six elective courses

You can choose your elective courses to follow one of five pathways outlined below. Or if you’d prefer not to specialise, you can choose a mixture of courses from any of the pathways or the general elective courses.

Specialised pathways

Sport Coaching and Leadership 

• SPORT 101 Making a Difference in Sport

• SPORT 203 Physiology, Exercise, Fitness

• SPORT 204 Coaching Sport

• SPORT 302 Sport Leadership

• SPORT 304 Sport Psychology and Coaching

• SPORTHPE 303 Health, Fitness and Culture

School Health and Physical Education

• PHYSED 101 Games and Sport Education

• PHYSED 102 Alternative Sport and Play

• PHYSED 104 Aquatics and Water Safety

• SPORTHPE 301 School Health and Physical Education

Sport Science

• EXERSCI 101 Foundations of Exercise Science and Sport

• EXERSCI 103 Human Anatomy

• EXERSCI 105 Exercise Prescription

• EXERSCI 201 Exercise Physiology

• EXERSCI 203 Biomechanics 1

• EXERSCI 206 Exercise Nutrition

• EXERSCI 301 Exercise Physiology 2

• EXERSCI 303 Biomechanics 2

• SPORTHPE 303 Health, Fitness and Culture

Dance

• DANCE 101 Introduction to Dance and Creative Processes

• DANCE 131 Dance Education

• DANCE 210 Contemporary Dance and Choreography 2  

• DANCE 231 Community Dance  

• DANCE 310  Contemporary Dance and Choreography 3

• DANCE 331 Dance Education Research

• SPORTHPE 303 Health, Fitness and Culture

Health Education and Health Promotion

• HEALTHED 101 Food and Education

• HEALTHED 201 Child and Youth Health Education

• HEALTHED 202 Sexuality, Education and Society

• HEALTHED 302 Leading Health Promotion in Schools

• SPORTHPE 303 Health, Fitness and Culture

• POPHLTH 111 Population Health

• POPHLTH 203 Health Promotion, Philosophy and Practice

• POPHLTH 206 Life Cycle Nutrition

• POPHLTH 306 Health Promotion 2

• DISABLTY 316 Supporting Active Participation

We offer a range of scholarships every year. Find out more about undergraduate scholarships.

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