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Postgraduate UOQ-SCA-MAS-2023

Master of Sports Coaching

Strengthen your career as an innovative sports coach

Get set for advanced coaching roles with high-performance athletes and teams. You’ll learn with a global cohort under the guidance of elite coaches and expert academics. Topics include sports psychology and nutrition. For coaches of all sports.

Available loans

Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Total subjects

16

Price

From

$48,000

Study method

100% Online

Assessments

100% online

Credit available

Yes

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QS Ranking 2023

5

Times Higher Education Ranking 2023

3

  • 2023

Degree details

What you'll learn
  • Join the longest running online sports coaching program in Australia, educating coaches worldwide for 20 years.
  • Enjoy the convenience of flexible, online study and benefit from work-based learning and online collaboration with your peers, program staff and coaches.
  • Gain an internationally recognised qualification through a program designed by elite coaches, expert academics, and world-leading researchers.
  • Develop your coaching practice through practical, work-based learning approaches that can be tailored to your individual circumstances.
Career opportunities
  • Coach educator
  • Coaching director
  • Head coach
  • Assistant coach
  • High performance coach
  • Performance director
  • Sports development manager
Entry requirements

Higher education

To be eligible to complete the degree in 2 years full-time (or part-time equivalent), you'll need:

  • a bachelor's degree and current coaching qualifications endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent, and one year's coaching experience. The minimum GPA to be considered for admission into this program is 4.0, or
  • a current coaching qualification endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent, and five years coaching/high-performance sporting experience, comprising:

(a) 150 contact hours per year, and

(b) 450 hours per year in planning, preparation, self-reflection and learning, and continuing professional development.


High-performance sporting experience means experience in performance sport contexts that are primarily focused on peak performances at major competitions. These contexts will typically be characterised by intensive preparation over prolonged periods involving extensive intervention and interpersonal contact.


To be eligible to complete the degree in 1.5 years full-time (or part-time equivalent), you'll need:

  • a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in sports science or health or physical education, or
  • a Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching from this university;

You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.


To be eligible to complete the degree in 1 year full-time (or part-time equivalent), you'll need:

  • a bachelor's honours degree (or equivalent) in sports science, health or physical education.

You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.


Relevant disciplines include sports science, health or physical education.

English Proficiency Requirements

All applicants must satisfy the UQ English language proficiency requirements for admission.

Credit for previous study or work

If you've completed previous study, you may be eligible to receive credit for – or exemption from – certain subjects in a UQ program. 

Description

There is high demand for innovative and well-informed sports coaches, with widely recognised qualifications, in all sectors of domestic and international sport.

Degree structure details

Recommended Study Pattern

The Master of Sports Coaching is a 2 year course for a full-time student. Each year consists of 2 Study Periods, also known as semesters. The recommended study pattern consists of 16 core subjects, with 8 to be completed in your first year and 8 in your second.


Award Requirements

To qualify for the Master of Sports Coaching , students must satisfactorily complete a program of study consisting of 16 subjects.

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