Health, Physical Education and Sports Studies
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Advance your career in teaching Health, Physical Education and Sport Studies
If you want to teach Health, Physical Education and/or Sport, or you want to advance your professional learning as a school teacher, sports coach or health educator, our units of study in Health, Physical Education and Sports Studies (HPESS) can help you achieve your goals. Our team is made up of committed academics with former professional experience as teachers and leaders in school education. Our teachers are researchers who take pride in being teacher educators. Our research directly informs our teaching programs. The ratio of staff to students allows for the individual needs and interests of students to be catered for in a supportive and personalised face-to-face or online learning environment. Our students benefit from mentoring that is personal and flexible.
Our courses
The HPESS academic team offer units of study within both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Undergraduate courses
- Bachelor of Education (Primary) on-campus
- Bachelor of Education (Primary) off-campus - offers a major / minor sequence of electives in the PDHPE discipline.
- Bachelor of Sports Science.
Postgraduate coursework
Postgraduate —Higher Degree Research
If you have a teaching qualification, you can upgrade your qualifications to include Health, Physical Education and Sports Studies.
Accreditation
The Bachelors Degree qualification is the first step towards becoming a teacher in NSW. The Institute of Teachers provides accreditation. The Department of Education and Training offers registration.
Your career options
Primary Generalist Teacher and/or HPE Specialist Primary Teachers
Sports Coaching and Development
Sport and Recreation Program Officer
Sports Centre Manager.
Sporting facilities
Sporting recreation and areas for physical activity are provided by SportUNE.
Partnerships and industry links
Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation [ACHPER]
Physical Education Special Interest Group within the Australian Association for Research in Education [AARE] (Member)
National Coaching AccreditationArmidale City
The Armidale School
Glen Innes
New England Girls School
Presbyterian Ladies College, Armidale