Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science/Bachelor of Nutrition Science

BExSc/BNutrSc

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Melbourne
• North Sydney
• Strathfield

Note:

Students in Sydney will normally be located at the Strathfield Campus, however, some units are undertaken at the North Sydney Campus. Students will not be required to travel between campuses on the same day.

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science/Bachelor of Nutrition Science degree, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 160 cp from Exercise and Sports Science units, consisting of:
2. 150 cp from Specified Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science Units (Part A);
3. 10 cp from Professional Experience Units including EXSC206 Professional Experience Preparation (0 cp)(Part B);
4. 140 in Specified Bachelor of Nutrition Science Units (Part C);
5. 20 cp from University Core Curriculum Units (Part D).

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator.

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

Part A : Specified Exercise and Sports Science Units

Complete exactly 150 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ANAT100	Anatomical Foundations of Exercise Science	10
EXSC122	Research and Ethics in Exercise Science	10
EXSC187	Growth, Motor Development and Ageing	10
EXSC199	Psychology of Sport	10
EXSC204	Exercise Prescription and Delivery	10
EXSC216	Resistance Training: Science and Application	10
EXSC222	Functional Anatomy	10
EXSC224	Mechanical Bases of Exercise	10
EXSC225	Physiological Bases of Exercise	10
EXSC230	Motor Control and Learning	10
EXSC296	Health and Exercise Psychology	10
EXSC316	Nutrition for Sports Performance	10
EXSC321	Biomechanics	10
EXSC322	Exercise Physiology: Adaptation to Exercise and the Environment	10
EXSC394	Exercise Prescription for Health and Wellbeing	10

Part B : Professional Experience Units

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EXSC206	Professional Experience Preparation	0
EXSC325	Professional Practice in Exercise Science	10

Part C : Specified Nutrition Science Units

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL123	Cells and Tissues - the Fabric of Life	10
BIOL124	Human Body in Health and Disease 1	10
BIOL204	Human Body in Health and Disease 2	10
BIOL234	Nutritional Physiology	10
CHEM105	Foundations of Chemistry	10
CHEM112	Organic and Food Chemistry	10
CHEM204	Biochemistry	10
CHEM206	Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry	10
NUTR101	Introduction to Nutrition	10
NUTR102	Culinary Nutrition Science	10
NUTR202	Lifespan Nutrition	10
NUTR302	Diet, Health and Disease	10
NUTR303	Food Science in Practice	10
NUTR304	Food Product Design and Development	10

Part D : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10