This combined degree gives students the opportunity to study two complementary fields and understand how athlete's bodies work, as well as the fuel required to unlock peak performance.
Exercise and sport science at Deakin University gives students the expertise to become a professional leader in the field. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the biology, technology, behavior and best practices that underpin exercise and sport science.
Students will have the opportunity to participate in two sport industry practical experiences during this course.
These work-integrated learning experiences allow students to undertake hands-on training in a variety of sporting, exercise or health environments, and set students apart from other graduates. The roles can involve coaching, sport science, sports administration, sport management, exercise research and fitness. Many graduates have even been offered employment based on their excellent fieldwork performance.
Students can find work experience with a variety of organizations such as:
- AFL/VFL football clubs
- Basketball Victoria
- Cricket Victoria
- Cycling Victoria
- Football Federation Victoria
- health and fitness providers
- recreational gyms
- rehabilitation clinics
- state and national sporting organizations and clubs
- state and national institutes of sport
- Tennis Australia.
The complementary nutrition science component of this course gives students an in-depth understanding of the nature of food and the importance of nutrition for wellbeing. Become career-ready with a comprehensive knowledge of human nutrition, as well as the complexity of current issues relating to food and health including:
- bone health
- cardiovascular disease
- children’s food habits
- food policy, regulation and sustainability
- nutrition and ageing
- social and physiological aspects of food and nutrition.
