Bachelor of Exercise And Sport Science (BESS) - Casuarina - Northern Territory - Bachelor of sports science brief description - I730

The Exercise and Sport Science course is designed to equip graduates as allied health professionals who use exercise as an intervention to improve health and fitness, enhance physical performance and prevent and rehabilitate injury in both healthy (including athletes) and physically challenged (such as the aged and injured) populations. Exercise and Sport Science graduates have diverse employment opportunities in fitness, sport and health industries. In the fitness industry they consult, test, prescribe and administer programs in commercial, corporate or government settings. In the sport industry they coach, train and apply physiology, psychology and biomechanics to human physical performance. In the health industry they are involved in education and promotion or in clinical settings for cardiac, pulmonary and musculo-skeletal testing and rehabilitation.

Bachelor of Exercise And Sport Science (BESS)

Course Structure

The course consists of Common, core and elective units. A feature of the course is an industry placement unit in which students have the opportunity to put their skills into practice and learn new skills in a workplace setting.

Professional Recognition Membership
graduates fulfil the requirements for registration as a full member of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sport Science.


A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Unit type    
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Common
(2 units)    
20
Units totalling 20 credit points selected from Common Units available at the time (e.g. units coded with a prefix of "CUC"). Students must complete the compulsory regional and indigenous issues unit (CUC107) and one of the two academic skills units.

CUC107 Northern Perspectives (compulsory)
Plus either:
CUC100 Academic Literacies or
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology

Select Common Units to find out more.
Core
(14 units)    
140
Compulsory Core units totalling 140 credit points from units detailed below:

PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A
SBI171 Anatomy & Physiology 1
SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2
SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies
SBI261 Functional Anatomy
SPE209 Exercise Physiology 1
SPE205 Biomechanics 1
SPE206 Exercise & Sport Psychology 1
SPE210 Motor Control & Development
SPE309 Exercise Physiology 2
SPE310 Advanced Study in Exercise and Sports Science x2 (repeatable unit). Topic in S1 2009 is still to be confirmed. Topic in S2 2009 will be "Exercise and Sport Psychology 2"
ENG429 Biomedical Engineering
SPE305 Exercise & Sport Science Practicum
Electives
(8 units)    
80
Units totalling 80 credit points selected from units offered by the University. Students may select additional units from one of the approved sequences as electives if desired:
Elective units may be selected from Exercise and Sport Science or units not already completed as part of a specialist stream. A table of suggested units is provided below.
    
240
Total Credit Points

Of the total 240 credit points:
· Not more than 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units
· A minimum of 40 credit points must be taken from 300 level units
· Not more than 30 credit points shall be included with a grade of "PT" or "PC" or "PS"


Unit Repository – provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
Timetables – provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally.  Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
Bookshop – if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.

Professional Recognition

Graduates fulfil the requirements for registration as a full member of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sport Science.

Career Opportunities

Exercise and Sport Science graduates have diverse employment opportunities in fitness, sport and health industries. In the fitness industry they consult, test, prescribe and administer programs in commercial, corporate or government settings. In the sports industry they coach, train and apply physiology, psychology and biomechanics to human physical performance. In the health industry they are involved in education and promotion or in clinical settings for cardiac, pulmonary and musculo-skeletal testing and rehabilitation.