Bachelor of Science (International Exercise and Sports Science)

Edith Cowan University

This International Dual Degree provides you with an opportunity to gain valuable international experience while receiving two degrees.

Graduates will receive both a Bachelor of Science (International Exercise and Sports Science) from ECU and a BSc (Hons) Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences dual degree from the University of Portsmouth (UK). This international dual degree involves three years of study at ECU (years 1, 2 and 4) and one year in the UK at the University of Portsmouth (year 3). If you are interested in health, fitness and general well-being, and like the idea of helping other people improve their lifestyle or sports performance through exercise, you should explore a career in Exercise Science. Your degrees will prepare you for a variety of professional roles – you could work with elite sportspeople, promote health in the community, work in corporate health or a wide range of other exciting environments. Your studies will give you the skills to design, implement and evaluate exercise programs targeted at improving general health and well-being, helping to prevent or reduce the impact of chronic disease and enhancing athletic performance. You can also specialise in a related field, with majors in Football Performance, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Occupational Safety and Health and Sport Business helping broaden your career prospects. You can also use this course as a pathway to further study in areas such as clinical exercise physiology, education, dietetics and strength and conditioning coaching.

Majors you can study in this course

Football Performance

Health Promotion

Nutrition

Nutrition and Bioscience

Occupational Safety and Health

Sport Business

Course learning outcomes

Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of exercise and sport science theoretical and practical situations.

Think critically to analyse, interpret and solve complex exercise and sport science situations.

Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in exercise and sport science contexts.

Use digital technologies and literacies to assess, evaluate and synthesise information from multiple sources.

Communicate exercise and sport science knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of populations.

Demonstrate a global outlook in exercise and sport science situations, showing sensitivity for diversity, including Aboriginal cultural competence.

Demonstrate appropriate social and ethical values by working cooperatively and collaboratively in exercise and sports science settings.

Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and initiative for own learning and professional practice.

Career Opportunities

Graduates have successful careers in specialty areas such as exercise science, sports administration, sports coaching, strength and conditioning, corporate fitness, workplace health, sports development and sports performance analysis plus the opportunity for further study in teaching, exercise physiology, dietetics etc.

Possible future job titles

Exercise Scientist, Exercise Physiologist, Biomechanist, Personal Trainer, Sports Coach, Sport & Exercise Scientist, Researcher, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Sports Medicine Trainer, Health& Safety Injury Management Coordinator