Bachelor of Science Honours (Exercise and Sports Science)
The Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) with honours course provides an opportunity for advanced level study and research in a specific area of Exercise and Sports Science. It is an intensive one year postgraduate program designed to build on a three year undergraduate degree in Exercise and Sports Science.
Students are expected to apply a range of research methodologies to investigate specific research questions applicable to an area of study in Sports Science.
Entrance Requirements
To enter the course students must have successfully completed a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) with a course average of greater than 70% or program of study which contains substantially similar components at an appropriate level and receive an invite from the school.
Course Location
The course is offered on Joondalup campus. Students may elect to study in either the full-time or part-time mode.
Course Structure
The Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sports Science) with honours course comprises one year of full-time study or the equivalent part-time study. Three units of study are undertaken in Stage 1. Stage 2 is devoted to the development of a research thesis under the guidance of a Supervisor.
Students who successfully completed a Bachelor of Science Honours (Exercise and Sports Science) may enter directly into Stage 2 of the Master of Science program.
Stage 1
Students may undertake a course of study in one of three streams: Physiology of Exercise; Psychology of Athletic Coaching and Fitness Leadership, or Biomechanics.
YEAR ONE—Stage 1
Semester 1
SPS5101 Preparation of Thesis Proposal
SPS5105 Research Methods in Sports Science
Plus one stream unit
Physiology of Exercise
SPS5401 Physiological Testing of Human Performance
Psychology of Athletic Coaching and Fitness Leadership
SPS5201 Social Psychology of Athletic Coaching
Biomechanics
SPS5301 Quantitative Methods in Biomechanics
Semester 2
SPS5102 Thesis Development
SPS5103 Thesis Development
SPS5104 Thesis Development
