This course has been Accredited by TEQSA as an AQF Level 5 – Diploma course.
This diploma 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. Throughout your diploma and degree, you will gain 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 pathway into further study in areas such as clinical exercise physiology, education, dietetics and strength and conditioning coaching.
Your Diploma of Health Science can lead into ECU second year of this degree:
Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) – 2 years
If you commence at ECU in July, it will take 2.5 years to complete at ECU due to sequencing of units.
Domestic students must enrol minimum 2 units (30 credit points) per study period.
Students will need to graduate from this degree to be eligible to register with the Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA).
Graduates have successful careers in specialty areas such as exercise rehabilitation, sports administration, teaching, sports coaching, exercise science, strength and conditioning, corporate fitness, workplace health, sports development and sports performance analysis.