Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) Edith Cowan University

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) offered at Edith Cowan University  will give you the skills to design, implement and evaluate programmes 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.

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.

Career Opportunities

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.