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Bachelor of Health and Physical Education

Federation University Australia

Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00103D

You love motivating and helping young people learn. You're passionate about good health and exercise. You want a degree that's hands-on and gets you out into schools during every year of your degree. You want a career that can take you anywhere. At FedUni, we'll teach you how to teach and you'll spend about one quarter of your course getting your heart-rate up, learning and practicing the skills you'll soon be teaching. Along with graduating ready to teach health and PE in a secondary school, you'll also specialise in another teaching method from english, history, maths, psychology, science and outdoor education. Then, when you're looking for work, you'll have double the skills to offer. Once you finish your degree, you can register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. You may follow many of our graduates who teach overseas and around Australia in remote communities, regional centres and capital cities. This qualification has a strong orientation towards developing vocationally relevant knowledge and skills, through learning opportunities that blend theoretical knowledge with practice. You will experience ongoing opportunity to put your university studies into numerous and varied 'real life' practice situations, preparing you for a diverse range of teaching contexts now and into the future. Areas of study include: exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor development and learning, fundamentals and foundations of health and physical education; health and human development, nutrition, physical activity, creative movement, applied sports science, contemporary curricumlum design, pedagogy and assessment for teaching and learning in health and physical education.

Structure

480 credit points

Subjects

  • Exercise physiology
  • biomechanics
  • motor development and learning
  • fundamentals and foundations of health and physical education
  • health and human development
  • nutrition
  • physical activity
  • creative movement
  • applied sports science
  • contemporary curricumlum design
  • pedagogy and assessment for teaching and learning in health and physical education.

Standard entry requirements

  • Successful completion of Australian Year 12 with final-year mathematics courses
  • Or overseas equivalent.Academic IELTS with an Overall score of 7.5 with no band less than 8.0 in speaking and listening, and no less than 7.0 in reading and writing.

Recognition

Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT); Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER). Upon completion graduates will be eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) and may be eligible to apply for professional accreditation throughout Australia and overseas, although requirements for registering organisations in other states, territories or countries may be different from the Victorian requirements. Graduates and students are eligible for professional memberships with the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER). ACHPER offers members the opportunity to contribute to their profession through participation in face-to-face and online forums, seminars and conferences, and access additional professional learning opportunities and resources.

Study pathways

Candidates seeking alternate entry to the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education can consider the following options: Undertake the first year of the Bachelor of Sport, Physical and Outdoor Education and apply to transfer into the second year of this program. Foundation Access Studies program (FAST) is designed to provide you with an alternate entry into tertiary study. On successful completion of FAST, you may then apply for the Bachelor of Sport, Physical and Outdoor Education, and then follow pathway 1. It is recommended that you also undertake additional work to enhance your application including: working in a sports related field in a paid employment and/or voluntary capacity, or obtaining additional qualifications (coaching certificate, lifesaving course etc.). You may complete a single subject enrolment in a related field. Important to note: These suggestions will not guarantee a place into this program. There are specific entry requirements to meet the expected standards of the external regulation bodies.

Further information

Essential requirements for selection and application CASPer: All applicants must sit the CASPer assessment. CASPer is a requirement for many of the initial teacher training courses in Victoria. It is a non-cognitive online test designed to assess an applicant's personal and professional attributes. To register for your sitting or for further information about the assessment, visit https://takecasper.com/. Don't miss the deadlines for each offer round; check the dates here. Essential requirements for enrolment and graduation Working with children check: Applicants will be required to hold a valid Working with Children (WWC) Check prior to undertaking professional placements. Police record check: Applicants will be required to hold a valid National Police Record Check for professional placements. Literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE): Successful completion required prior to undertaking the final professional experience placement. Learn more about LANTITE online. Further information: study.federation.edu.au

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