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Bachelor of Exercise Science Pass and Honours

Bachelor of Exercise Science (Pass and Honours)

BExSc

240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration:  3 years full-time or equivalent part-time

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration:  1 year full-time or equivalent part-time

Available at                   Melbourne Campus Vic

                                    Strathfield Campus NSW

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PASS DEGREE

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

(a)   240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(i)    100 cp from Core units;

(ii)    80 cp from an Elective Specialisation, including 20cp from Specialisation common units;

(iii)   60 cp from one Cognate Sequence;

(b)  3 Field Experience units; and

(c)  10 Professional Activities units from one strand, including:

      (i)   2 Core units; and

      (ii)   8 Electives.

2.          PROGRESSION WITHIN THE COURSE

Students normally complete:

(a)                 100 level units before undertaking related 200 level units, and 200 level units before undertaking 300 level units;  and

(b)                the core units in Exercise Science (other than EXSC300 Ethics, Law and Exercise Science Practice) before commencing specialisation sequences.

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Co-ordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.

3.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE HONOURS DEGREE

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

CORE UNITS

EXSC100          10         Introduction to Research Methods in Exercise Science

EXSC110          10         Anatomical Bases of Exercise Science

EXSC120          10         Mechanical Bases of Exercise Science

EXSC130          10         Foundations of Motor Development and Behaviour

EXSC140          10         Physiological Bases of Exercise Science

EXSC210          10         Functional Anatomy (Pre: EXSC110)

EXSC220          10         Biomechanics (Pre: EXSC120)

EXSC230          10         Motor Control and Learning (Pre: EXSC130)

EXSC240          10         Exercise Physiology (Pre: EXSC140)

EXSC300          10         Ethics, Law and Exercise Science Practice

ELECTIVE SPECIALISATIONS

Specialisation Common Units

EXSC345          10         Exercise Programming

EXSC347          10         Nutrition and Exercise

Exercise Science

EXSC235          10         Sport Psychology[1] (Pre: EXSC130 and EXSC230)

EXSC236          10         Exercise Psychology (Pre: EXSC130 and EXSC230)

EXSC305          10         Directed Research Study in Exercise Science[2]

EXSC306          10         Independent Study in Exercise Science[3]

EXSC320          10         Advanced Biomechanics (Pre: EXSC220)

EXSC330          10         Advanced Motor Control and Learning (Pre: EXSC230)

EXSC335          10         Advanced Exercise and Sport Psychology (Pre: EXSC235 or EXSC236)

EXSC340          10         Advanced Exercise Physiology (Pre: EXSC240)

EXSC346          10         Exercise Rehabilitation

EXSC348          10         Exercise, Sport Safety and Injury Management

Sports Management

EXSC260          10         Introduction to Sport Management

EXSC261          10         Sport Policy Making and Planning

EXSC305          10         Directed Research Study in Exercise Science1

EXSC306           10         Independent Study in Exercise Science2

EXSC360          10         Event Management (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

EXSC361          10         Human Resources in Sport and Physical Activity Management (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

EXSC362          10         Financial Management of Sport and Physical Activity (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

EXSC363          10         Creative Problem Solving for Sports Managers (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

EXSC364          10         Marketing and Promoting Sport, Leisure and Physical Activity (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

EXSC365           10         Management Information Systems for Sport and Leisure (Pre: EXSC260 and EXSC261)

COGNATE SEQUENCES

Health Promotion for Personal Development, Health and Physical Education[4]

EXSC180          10         Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles

EXSC182          10         Promotion of Mental Health

EXSC281          10         Interpersonal Health

EXSC150          10         HPE 1 – Aquatics and Athletics

EXSC250          10         HPE 2 – Gymnastics and Dance

EXSC350          10         HPE 3 – Games and Sport Skills

Health Promotion

EXSC180          10         Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles

EXSC181          10         Health Promotion and Prevention of Disease

EXSC280          10         Drugs and Society: A Health Promotion Perspective (Pre: EXSC180)

EXSC281          10         Interpersonal Health (Pre: EXSC280)

EXSC380          10         Foundations of Health Promotion Policy (Pre: EXSC281)

EXSC381          10         Programs and Practices for Health Promotion (Pre: EXSC380)

Outdoor Recreation

EXSC190          10         Foundations of Outdoor Experience

EXSC191          10         Journeying in the Natural World

EXSC290          10         The Marine Environment and the Outdoor Experience (Pre: EXSC190 and EXSC191)

EXSC291          10         Alpine Ecology and the Outdoor Experience

EXSC390          10         Leadership Practices and the Outdoor Experience

EXSC391          10         Evaluation of Outdoor Experience

Coaching and Strength and Conditioning

EXSC131          10         Coaching Principles

EXSC141          10         Training and Conditioning Principles

EXSC231          10         Issues in Coaching

EXSC241          10         Programming Resistance Training

20 cp from Exercise Science units or from other disciplines selected in consultation with the Course Co-ordinator.

Psychology(Victoria only)

60 cp from Psychology units selected in consultation with the Course Co-ordinator.

Second teaching area[5](Victoria only)

60 cp from units in a teaching curriculum area selected in consultation with the Course Co-ordinator

 

Professional Activity Units

 

Honours Units

 

FIELD EXPERIENCE

FXEX159           0          Field Experience 1

FXEX259          0          Field Experience 2

FXEX359          0          Field Experience 3

[1] Victoria only

[2] EXSC305 is available to potential honours students who have achieved a grade of Distinction or better in at least half the graded units undertaken.  Enrolment is subject to approval of the Head of School, on the recommendation of the Lecturer-in-Charge.

[3] Enrolment in EXSC306 is subject to Head of School approval.

[4] Students wishing to gain registration as a teacher of PDHPE in NSW must undertake this cognate sequence.

[5] Students wishing to gain teacher registration in Victoria must have completed major studies in two school subjects, ie a second teaching discipline (eg Science, English etc) as well as Exercise Science.

[6] Students wishing to pursue Physical Education teaching in Victoria are required to choose activities from the Physical Education and Coaching Strand in consultation with the Course Co-ordinator.

[7] Electives are subject to enrolment demand of at least 15 students.

[8] Not available for NSW students enrolled in the PDHPE Cognate Sequence.

[9] Students enrolled in the Outdoor Recreation cognate sequence are strongly advised to enrol in Professional Activities from this strand.