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Postgraduate UND-SEP-GCE-2024

Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational Performance

Bring out the best in your students and athletes

Pursue leadership and coaching roles in schools and clubs. You’ll add pastoral care and mentoring to your professional teaching toolkit. Develop your career so you can develop athletes on the field and in the classroom.

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Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Study method

100% online

Price

From

$11,489

Total subjects

4

Assessments

100% online

Credit available

Yes

Applications Close

  • 04 Feb 24
  • 07 Jul 24
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QS Ranking 2023

33

Times Higher Education Ranking 2023

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  • 2023
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Degree structure

3

Core subjects

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0

Major subjects

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1

Elective subjects

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Degree

Degree details

What you'll learn

  1. Implement athlete centred programs to address physical and mental requirements of athletes across a range of sporting contexts.
  2. Appraise coaching and leadership strategies, practice and programming for holistic athlete development and lifelong learning.
  3. Apply models of pastoral care with an emphasis on curriculum, the individual and community.
  4. Communicate coaching and educational information effectively with a range of audiences.

Career opportunities

Coach educator, coaching director, head coach, assistant coach, high performance coach, performance director, sports development manager, sport management.

Entry requirements

Higher education

To be eligible for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational Performance applicants must also meet the following specific requirements. 

  • Hold a Bachelor-level qualification in an Education or related field  

OR 

  • Hold a Bachelor-level qualification in any field and a postgraduate qualification in an Education or related field 

English Proficiency Requirements

Defined as the successful completion of secondary education or a Bachelor’s degree in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada or the Republic of Ireland.

Education students who have English as an Additional language and are admitted on the basis of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) assessment, or an equivalent English language proficiency assessment, are only admitted if they have attained n overall IELTS (or equivalent) score of 7.5 (with no score below 8.0 in speaking and listening, and no score lower than 7.0 reading and writing.

All English language tests are valid for two years from the date of completion.

Credit for previous study or work

Applications for Advanced Standing and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be considered and reviewed on a case by case basis by UNDA's Student Administration.

Description

The Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational Performance is designed to meet the needs of professional teachers who wish to undertake further career development. Specifically, the program will support students to develop a comprehensive and ethical knowledge of athlete development and training prescription with the goal to enhance athletic performance. Unique to this program, students will also learn about pastoral care in the school, and how to mentor and coach peers in an educational setting in order to support personal and academic development.

Degree structure details

Recommended Study Pattern

To be eligible for the award of Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational performance students must complete a minimum of 100 Units of Credit chosen from two compulsory, one core, and one elective courses.

Award Requirements

To be eligible for the award of Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational performance students must complete a minimum of 100 Units of Credit chosen from two compulsory, one core, and one elective courses.

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