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Bachelor of High Performance Sport
Bachelor of High Performance Sport

Bachelor of High Performance Sport

  • ID:ACU610006
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • Duration:
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Fees (AUD)

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requrements

  • Applicants require the equivalent of an Australian Year 12 Certificate.

English Requrements

  • 6.5 minimum overall score (with a minimum score of 6.0 in all bands)

Course Information

At the heart of high performance sport is the conditioning of the athlete, with the aim of optimising individual and team performance and keeping them at the top of their game. You will gain skills in sports performance and analysis, exercise programming, and strength and conditioning of athletes. You’ll learn to design and deliver programs that enhance athletic performance and reduce the likelihood of injury and illness.

CRICOS Code: 096799F

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Year 1 - Semester 1, EXSC187

  • Growth, motor development and ageing, EXSC199

  • Psychology of sport, EXSC119

  • From health to high performance sport, BIOL125

  • Human biology 1

Year 1 - Semester 2, ANAT100

  • Anatomical foundations of exercise science, EXSC217

  • Research and Ethics in Exercise Science, EXSC120

  • Mechanical bases of exercise, UNCC100

  • Self and community: exploring the anatomy of modern society

Year 2 – Semester 1, EXSC230

  • Motor Control and Learning

  • (Pre: EXSC187), EXSC222

  • Functional anatomy

  • (Pre: ANAT100), EXSC118

  • Nutrition and exercise, EXSC198

  • Physiological Bases of Exercise

  • (Pre: BIO125)

Year 2 - Semester 2, EXSC242

  • Exercise Physiology: Adaptation to Exercise and the Environment

  • (Pre: EXSC198), EXSC204

  • Exercise testing, prescription and delivery

  • (Pre: EXSC198), EXSC216

  • Resistance training: science and application (Pre: EXSC198), EXSC296

  • Health and exercise psychology

  • (Pre: EXSC199)

  • , EXSC218

  • Internship preparation for coaching and prescription

  • 0 credit points

  • (Pre: EXSC119, EXSC187 , EXSC199, BIOL125)

Year 3 - Summer, EXSC310

  • Strength and conditioning: fundamentals of athlete preparation

  • (Pre: EXSC216 or EXSC204)

Year 3 - Semester 1, EXSC396

  • Strength and conditioning: prescription for athlete performance

  • (Pre:EXSC310), EXSC220

  • Biomechanics

  • (Pre: EXSC120), EXSC309

  • Internship in Coaching and Prescription

  • 20 credit points

  • (Pre: EXSC118, EXSC120, EXSC198 , ANAT100, EXSC204, EXSC216, EXSC217, EXSC218)

Year 3 - Semester 2, UNCC300

  • Justice and change in a global world

  • (Pre: UNCC100), EXSC319

  • Performance analysis in sport

  • (Pre: EXSC230), Elective,

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Our graduates have pursued careers in:

  • the AFL 

  • the NRL 

  • Super Rugby 

  • A-league

  • professional sporting organisations

  • national sporting organisations 

  • national institutes of sport

  • state institutes or academies of sport

  • state sporting organisations

  • small business in the health and fitness industry 

  • academia

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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