Undergraduate
Bachelor of High Performance Sport (Honours)
Australian Catholic University, Multi-campus (7 campuses, 5 states), Australia
About this program
This is a one-year degree or equivalent part time study, taught in English, for high-achieving students who have already completed a relevant Bachelor degree. Students initially develop an understanding of ethical research design, practice and analysis within a high performance research setting. This knowledge is then incorporated into an original and independent research project conducted under the supervision of academic staff and/or industry professionals with expertise in the field.In an increasingly competitive job market, an honours degree will give you an edge over candidates who just have an undergraduate degree. Honours scholarships are available to suitably qualified candidates please see the below Scholarships section, under Fees. Careers Examples of the work and settings the course prepares graduates for: government and non-government health, sport and recreation departments high performance sport organisations sports institutes and academies corporate fitness strength and conditioning coach sports scientist exercise scientist performance analyst data analyst rehabilitation coach fitness advisor sports coach sports science manager health and fitness consultant physical activity officer
Cost & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- Completion requirements To qualify for the Bachelor of High Performance Sport (Honours) degree, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of: 30 cp from Coursework Units (Part A) 50 cp from Thesis Units (Part B) Core / specified units include: HLSC406: Research Methods in Biomedical and Health Sciences Research
- HLSC407: Communicating Research in Biomedical and Health Sciences
- HLSC408: Qualitative Research Methods in Health Science
- HLSC409: Statistics for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research
- EXSC407: Honours Thesis (Part A)
- EXSC408: Honours Thesis (Part B)
- EXSC414: Honours Thesis P/T (Part C)
- EXSC415: Honours Thesis P/T (Part D)
Admissions
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.To be eligible for admission to the course, a student must have completed a relevant bachelor degree and attain a minimum grade point average of 5.0 on the ACU seven-point scale.Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2027 Admission.
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