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Nursing, naturopathy, sport and exercise science, occupational therapy, speech pathology, psychology, biomedical science, osteopathic studies …there are so many career paths in health.If you&#39;re uncertain about which one is right for you, our Diploma of Health can provide the clarity you need for your future as a health professional.  Graduates can seek professional outcomes in several areas, including as allied health assistants, personal care assistants, lab assistants, and case workers. This Diploma is also an ideal pathway towards further study at Southern Cross University and provides guaranteed entry to a range of Bachelor degrees.

Make big strides towards a professional health career or further studies. This specialisation introduces you to sport sciences. You'll touch on anatomy, physiology, and nutrition. Start thinking about careers in sports, rehab, and fitness.

Diploma of Health (Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology)

The Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries will allow you to develop specialised skills in the prevention and rehabilitation of sport related injuries, assist individuals with pre-existing conditions to remain active, or assist individuals to return to sports performance. This graduate certificate provides you with specialist knowledge and skill of biomechanics, metabolic, and physiological-psychosocial aspects of the person to develop programmes and strategies for the enhancement and improved performance of active individuals to prevent potential injury or to support recovery in those who may have activity restrictions due to injury or disease limitations. The course integrates this specialist knowledge and skill to develop safe and effective exercise prescriptions and interventions.

Build on your health qualification with sports specialist knowledge. You’ll explore how strength and conditioning can manage injury. Aim for prevention. Write exercise prescriptions for active people and get them moving again. 

Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries

Improving health and wellbeing through exercise and physical activity is increasingly important in today’s sedentary world. This program aims to introduce students to methods used in exercise science to assess health status, provide basic exercise delivery, and understand the beneficial effect on human physiology. The program also introduces students to key skill areas in exercise and sport science including biomechanics, exercise physiology, basic data analysis, and technology in sport. It is a pathway to university study in the field of exercise and sports science at The University of Notre Dame, Australia and develops the necessary tertiary skills to succeed.

An introductory sports course designed by industry professionals. You’ll cover topics in health and exercise related to human bodies and wellbeing. Build key skills in sports science, including using data and technology for better outcomes.

Diploma of Exercise and Sport Science

Be part of the future of sport and join a global multibillion dollar industry. In this course, you’ll use cutting edge technology and remain connected to a professional network throughout your studies. You will learn how to manage sporting clubs and facilities, organise events, and develop community initiatives that promote healthy living.Taught by skilled experts in the field, this degree gives you an understanding of the financial, administrative and legal aspects of sports management. You’ll learn to analyse data to stay ahead of the game and graduate feeling workforce ready.

Win off the field with business skills including sports marketing and event management. From community clubs to national competitions, you’ll be set to join this high growth sector offering diverse job opportunities to sports management graduates.

Bachelor of Business with a Major in Sports Management

This program has been created specifically for general practitioners who want to develop or advance their knowledge and skills in sports medicine. The program provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to prevention, treatment and management of sports injuries. Students will develop the clinical knowledge, research and practical skills for evidence-based practice in sports medicine. Students will be well placed to treat different types of exercising individuals (e.g. athletes and amateur sports people), and different types of injuries sustained during sporting activities and other physical activity (e.g. muscular injuries and lumbar region injuries). An understanding of the fundamental principles of sports medicine and its applications will serve as an important backdrop within a general practice setting. This program offers flexible, work-based learning and is delivered entirely online using proven online learning pedagogies (such as hands-on video tutorials) and discussion forums to allow contact with expert staff and other general practitioners. Assessment projects are highly practical and industry relevant and they can also be customised to your own development needs.

Study a program designed for GPs to upskill in sports medicine. Build your capacity to help patients with different abilities and ages. You'll be well equipped to treat a range of active people—from amateur sports enthusiasts to elite athletes.

Master of Sports Medicine

There is high demand for innovative and well-informed sports coaches, with widely recognised qualifications, in all sectors of domestic and international sport.Elite coaches, expert academics, and world-leading researchers have combined their knowledge and skills in forging this unique and enduring program that offers the latest and most innovative theory and practice in sports coaching. This program provides practising coaches with the opportunity to enhance and develop quality in their professional practice and prepare them for the world of high-performance coaching.

Build your coaching confidence. You’ll study the markers of quality coaching and the sports science behind it. Co-designed by elite coaches and delivered by expert academics. Includes sports psychology studies to enhance your athletes’ performance.

Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching

In an ever-changing world, a Commerce degree from ECU gives you the edge to succeed for jobs of the future.Through work integrated learning, networking opportunities, as well as learning from academics with industry backgrounds, you’ll graduate with the skills you need to forge your career. ECU’s Bachelor of Commerce offers a range of majors and minors, as well as study options including on campus and online, so you can tailor your course to your field of interest all the while studying around your life.There are a broad range of majors to choose from that are created in consultation with industry, with many being professionally accredited and recognised by relevant industry bodies. You can choose up to two majors, a major and a minor, or a major and a range of electives.You will gain critical skills in areas of leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, communication and problem solving, helping you to succeed in a variety of complex, competitive and dynamic global business environments. The course is structured to provide students with great flexibility in tailoring the degree to suit their individual career aspirations.

A job-ready course created in consultation with industry, delivered by academics with industry backgrounds. Tailor your degree to suit your career goals with majors including accounting, HRM, management, marketing, sports business, and tourism. 

Bachelor of Commerce

The Master of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy course will be delivered online with short, intensive face-to-face blocks, over 1.5 years full-time equivalent. The course is suitable for graduate physiotherapists eligible for registration in their own country, with a minimum two years’ experience post-graduation. Eligible physiotherapists can commence this course at the Australian Catholic University in Semester 1 or as a mid-year intake in Semester 2 of the academic year, part-time or full-time and as on or off-shore students.The course will provide physiotherapists with the opportunity to acquire advanced theoretical, scientific and clinical knowledge of normal and pathological human movement as it relates to sports, exercise, performance, injuries, pathology and disease. Graduates will develop an understanding of how wellbeing relates to performance and be able to critically analyse, synthesise and apply knowledge, using an evidence-informed person-centred approach, for the physiotherapy management of sports injuries or other health conditions and to enhance sports or exercise performance and wellbeing in athletes and people of all ages, abilities and cultural contexts within the relevant ethical and legal frameworks.The aim of this course is to provide Physiotherapists with skills and knowledge to work with athletes and people of all ages, abilities and cultural contexts, in community, elite or high performance sport and exercise, in the private and public sectors.

Develop the skills you need to work with all athletes, from professionals to community players. Learn how to prevent and rehabilitate sports injuries. Understand sports-adjacent diseases and strategies for improving wellbeing.

Master of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy

Gain a formal qualification in data science with a unique sports context with a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics for Sport Performance at Victoria University.This course prepares you to succeed in the unique field of data analysis in sport.You will gain unique insights into sports performance analytics and graduate job ready by learning:<ul><li>from true industry leaders</li><li>the latest research insights</li><li>an essential programming language.</li></ul>Study in convenient four-week blocksFollowing the overwhelming success of the revolutionary VU Block Model with undergraduate students we have rolled out the Block Model to our postgraduate courses.This course is delivered in four-week mode, which means you study one unit (subject) at a time over four weeks, rather than juggling several units at once. And with its focused timetables and smaller, collaborative classes, VU’s Block Model gives you more time to connect with your peers, lecturers and industry partners, helping you to build strong professional networks.The VU Block Model has improved our student results and engagement, and has won multiple international awards for innovation and excellence.Study at a leading sport universityVictoria University is one of Australia&#39;s most recognisable sport universities. We have an outstanding reputation in sport, exercise science, health and fitness.We have strong, unique partnerships with more than 350 local, national and global sport organisations. Some of our partners are:<ul><li>Western Bulldogs Football Club</li><li>Australian Institute of Sport</li><li>Victorian Racing Club</li><li>Australian Sports Commission</li><li>Real Madrid Graduate School Universidad Europea</li><li>Melbourne Victory Football Club.</li></ul>VU’s facilities are the most comprehensive range of sport and exercise science facilities in the southern hemisphere. Our world-class sport and learning precinct at our Footscray Park Campus includes the Institute for Health &amp; Sport (IHES).We have the largest number of students enrolled in sport courses, and more sport industry partners than any other university. We also have the most graduates working in the sport industry.Flexibility &amp; optionsLearning within the Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics for Sport Performance is dynamic and accessible. The curriculum is designed to ensure you get the most out of your studies, and uses multiple delivery modes, including:<ul><li>group-centred</li><li>case analysis</li><li>work-integrated</li><li>face-to-face</li><li>intensive</li><li>hybrid</li><li>online.</li></ul>Qualify within six monthsUndergraduate certificates are a recent addition to our courses, and let you graduate with a recognised qualification in as little as half a year.Take advantage of the new certificates to begin an entry-level career sooner, or to take your first step towards further study and a bachelor degree.Study in convenient four-week blocksThis course will be delivered in VU&#39;s Block Model, which means you study one unit (subject) at a time over four weeks, rather than juggling several units at once.With its focused timetables and smaller, collaborative classes, VU’s Block Model gives you more time to connect with your peers, lecturers and industry partners, helping you to build strong professional networks.The VU Block Model has improved our student results and engagement, and has won multiple international awards for innovation and excellence.

Learn how to capture and interpret data about athletes and their performance. You’ll cover a range of techniques as you work to solve complex sport performance questions. Share your valuable analysis with athletes, coaches, and stakeholders.

Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics for Sport Performance

Study the Graduate Diploma of Strength and Conditioning and learn key aspects of strength and conditioning across different sporting industries and teams to monitor and analyse their workload, wellbeing and performance. Develop a greater understanding of various strength and conditioning activities to improve athletic performance and study injury prevention and rehabilitation programs for athletes, as well as sports nutrition and supplementation for health and performance. Offered online, with a number of face-to-face residential school courses at UniSQ Ipswich, this degree provides flexibility to suit your work and life commitments. Further study pathway includes the Master of Strength and Conditioning.

Build your understanding of the athlete’s body and potential. You’ll study sports nutrition, testing and monitoring, and exercise physiology. Reduce injury. Increase performance. Learn from expert coaches online and face-to-face on campus.

Graduate Diploma of Strength and Conditioning

Nutrition and Exercise Biochemistry

Nutrition for Exercise and Performance

Applications in Nutrition and Exercise

Strategic Project Management for Sport and Events

Sport Management in the Global Context

Sport Management Principles

Body in Motion 1

Body in Motion 2

Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 2

Sport Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs and their Detection

This subject was previously known as EDP383 Health and Physical Education.
This subject introduces students to health and physical education in the contemporary Australian primary school curriculum, where emphasis is on developing children’s health and physical literacies within safe and lifelong learning frameworks so they are able to flourish as healthy and active citizens. With attention to diversity and social justice, children’s rights to develop health and physical literacies within their personal, physical and socio-cultural contexts are explored, and relevant teaching approaches identified. Given the emphasis on evidence-based curriculum design, students will investigate the research that underpins the contemporary curriculum rationale and focus.
This subject reviews ongoing, developmentally appropriate and explicit teaching about health and movement, where children participate safely to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions and understandings to make healthy and active choices for the wellbeing of themselves and others. In this regard, the importance of physical skills in the early childhood years, including observation and practise of fundamental motor skills (FMS), assessment of FMS and appropriate interventions, is addressed. Advanced movement skills and strategies, components of personal, social and community health, fitness, spatial awareness and games-based teaching models are also explored.
Please Note:  If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Appreciate the factors that dictate the importance of health and physical education within the curriculum. Gain knowledge of children's physical and social development to instill positive attitudes towards personal health and activity in learners.

Health and Physical Education

Sport and event practitioners manage projects and need to harness a wide variety of resources to meet finite goals. This subject will equip you with the management skills you need to successfully establish sports teams and competitions, manage sporting events and promotional campaigns, develop and manage facilities, and develop fitness programs. You will learn to apply a well-structured project management approach that works in the sports industry, and more specifically, in sports events management. By studying this subject, you will develop knowledge of a team-based system of management, which is common in the sports industry, and blends various resources to achieve the desired outcomes.

In this subject you will learn the essentials of human nutrition that improve and sustain optimal performance for sport and exercise for athletes and active individuals. This subject will cover topics including assessment of energy needs, dietary intake and body composition in athletes; training and competition nutrition, sports foods and supplements; nutrition for specific sports and life stages and current issues in sports nutrition.Please note: this subject was previously known as Sports Nutrition.

Weigh up the nutritional demands of athletes. Isolate nutrition’s role in muscle gain or fat loss and optimising performance. Tackle subjects like sports supplements, fluid intake and the nutritional challenges that can affect older active individuals.

Nutrition For Sports Performance

Build your knowledge of the biochemical basis of biological systems. In this course, you’ll discover all of the key aspects of biochemistry including the major biomolecules including protein, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.Study the structure and function of amino acids and proteins in the body. Learn about the production, use, and storage of energy in the body. Build your knowledge of fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism in both health and disease states.UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree. Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Exercise)Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Uncover underlying processes that occur within human bodies—at a molecular level. You’ll study the synthesis, breakdown, and transformation of molecules essential for life. Delve into fats, protein, and carbs. Consider both healthy and diseased states.

We rely on skilled movements to take care of ourselves, to work and also to participate in sports and recreational activities. In this course, you’ll discover what’s required to learn and perform the motor skills we rely on in life. Gain the skills to create effective programs to improve your movement skills or to improve movement in clients that you train or coach. Explore approaches to analyse motor skills and measuring their performance. Discover how brain and sensory processes work to control the muscles that move the body. Study research and scientific evidence that proves how factors such as instruction, demonstration, practice scheduling and practice organisation can improve performance. You’ll also examine theoretical models that describe how humans learn and control skilled movements, as well as how humans perform under stress or anxiety. UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.  Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device. This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Exercise) degree. Please note: you are responsible for completing any relevant prerequisite courses before enrolling in this course.Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

As a result of a global interest in sports, both on and off the field, there is a demand for skilled professionals with a practical understanding of sports-related legal matters. Studying this subject equips you with a specialised knowledge in a range of contemporary legal issues associated with sport, as well as critical thinking skills about policy and society at large. You will develop advanced knowledge in a range of legal issues relating to sport in Australia, including aspects of international interest. As well as gaining valuable skills in the critical evaluation of how sport and the law interact, you will explore of a range of emerging sports law issues and the future directions governing sports law. Gain a professional edge in a sought-after field.

Sports Law

This course is designed to develop student’s professional skills and business understanding in high-performance sport. First, students will complete a series of practicum observations in the high-performance coaching environment across various sports/athlete groups. Further, students will examine the fundamentals of sports business and management to better prepare for working within the professional sport setting. For the final component, students will develop the essential skills required to support athletes experiencing a mental health problem or crisis via completion of the internationally acclaimed Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training.

Professional Practice in High Performance Sport

This subject will enable students to learn how to write an individualised exercise program to meet those needs. Students will be shown the fundamentals of exercise prescription and delivery to provide a basic program for healthy individuals. Concepts of progression and program modification will be identified.

Fundamentals of Exercise Programming

This subject will enable students to develop knowledge of the battery of anthropometric and physical tests available for human performance assessment, as well as performing health risk screening and appraisal techniques specific to exercise programmes for healthy individuals. These include measures of strength, endurance, sub maximal and maximal fitness testing and athlete profiling. Students will be able to identify which assessments are required for individuals with different exercise goals in the promotion of health and fitness.

Health and Exercise Performance Testing

This subject will examine the human anatomy and function of the musculoskeletal system and other body physiology systems including, nervous, circulatory and respiratory systems in the support of life and movement. Students will also understand how the anatomical and physiological characteristics and features within each system respond and adapt to exercise and physical activity for healthy individuals.

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