Are you interested in health, fitness and general well-being? If you like the idea of helping other people improve their lifestyle or sports performance through exercise, you should explore a career in Exercise Science.
This degree will prepare you for a variety of professional roles – you could work with elite sportspeople, promote health in the community, work in corporate health or a wide range of other exciting environments The course will give you the skills to design, implement and evaluate programs targeted at improving general health and well-being, helping to prevent or reduce the impact of chronic disease and enhancing athletic performance.
You can also specialise in a related field, with majors in Football Performance, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Occupational Safety and Health and Sport Business helping broaden your career prospects. You can also use this course as a pathway to further study in areas such as clinical exercise physiology, education, dietetics and strength and conditioning coaching.
You can study units for this degree on-campus with weekly lectures and laboratories or through a blended format that involves weekly online content, such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and/or seminars, accompanied by timetabled, intensive on-campus laboratory sessions twice per semester.
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Course Entry
English Language requirements (Band 3)
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0);
Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
University Preparation Course;
Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment;*
AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree;
Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
Course learning outcomes
Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of exercise and sport science theoretical and practical situations.
Communicate exercise and sport science knowledge, concepts and skills to diverse population groups.
Demonstrate a global outlook in exercise and sport science situations, showing sensitivity for diversity, including Aboriginal cultural competence.
Demonstrate appropriate social and ethical values by working cooperatively and collaboratively in exercise and sports science settings.
Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and initiative for own learning and professional practice.
Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in exercise and sport science contexts.
Think critically to analyse, interpret and solve complex exercise and sport science situations.
Use digital technologies and literacies to assess, evaluate and synthesise information from multiple sources.
Fees and Scholarships
> AUD $40,050 - International students estimated 1st year indicative fee
> ECU has a scholarship program that provides many opportunities each year to students undertaking studies here.