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Bachelor of Sport, Health

and Physical Activity

Professor Murray Drummond School of Education

What is the degree about? (what is its major focus?)

- The degree is based around sport (ie sport is its central focus)

- Sport plays a unique role in contemporary society (locally and globally)

- This degree will focus on the role of sport from a variety of perspectives including

- Biophysical

- Sociological

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- We understand the role of sport in promoting

health and physical activity

- Therefore Health and Physical Activity are integral

components of this degree (Both biophysical and

sociological)

What makes this degree unique/different

compared to ones at other unis?

- We like to think of this degree as sitting in between a Human Movement degree and a Recreation and Leisure degree offered elsewhere

- This is the only degree in South Australia that uses sport as its central point of focus around which learning occurs with and through.

- An important part of this degree is Flexibility to enable students to choose a pathway that they will enjoy leading to the type of employment (or education!) they desire

How is the degree taught?

- It is an on campus degree with in class lectures, tutorials and practicals

- Lectures are recorded and can be viewed externally although tutorials and pracs will be compulsory

- There is one topic (Sport Psychology) that can be accessed through Charles Darwin University through their online portal

- More of these topics will be offered in the future as we develop our relationship with CDU

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Practicals and Lab Use

- Learning through Sport and Physical Activity are key parts of the degree

- We will be using a number of existing topics in the PE and Health degrees (as well as electives from other disciplines)

- However, we have a number of new topics as well

- The SHAPE Research Centre will play an important part within the degree.

- Some of the topics in the degree will utilise the Centre’s lab to undertake physical activity assessment such as VO2 max testing etc

What industry links and/or placements

are available for students?

- The degree offers students potential to move into sport, health

and physical activity based employment positions such as

development officers with sporting organisations (SANFL, AFL,

Netball SA, Cricket Australia etc)

- External agencies such as ACHPER, SANFL, DECD, Health

SA have been approached to be in the course advisory

committee

- There is a student placement topic at a site of students’ choice

where they will have an extended placement and report back

through formal assessment items

Jobs

- We provide the opportunity to engage in a range of topics

- The degree is what the student wants to make of it and how

they tailor to their needs (ie flexible pathways)

- The degree could lead to roles with International agencies

such as UNESCO in using sport as an agent for community

development http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/physical-

education-and-sport/

- Other jobs may include local and state government Health

Promotion, Physical Activity positions eg (OPAL).

- Sports coaching, Sport, leisure and tourism opportunities,

developing small businesses through sport

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What industry links and/or placements

are available for students?

- The degree also offers the opportunity to students to

potentially apply for the MTeach and become a Physical

Education teaching within the H&PE learning area.

- This can be coupled with other learning areas for a minor

teaching area

- Finally, Honours and Postgraduate research opportunities

around Sport, Health and Physical Activity (within SHAPE)