Bachelor of Health and Physical Education

The University of Wollongong health and physical education instructors teach and promote a range of movement areas including sports and exercise, sports, dance and sports. They also promote healthy lifestyles in schools to promote healthy lifestyles, healthy lifestyles coupled with drugs, good nutrition, self-esteem development, sexual health information and interpersonal skills. While studying in Australia, this four-year degree offers you professional theory and professional experience by being employed as a Health and Physical Education teacher. You can also get a job in other fields of education, for roles such as Game Development Officials and teaching in sports or working after school care programs. You will learn about face-to-face delivery in classrooms, online reading and social settings.

You will complete a comprehensive professional experience throughout your degree, allowing you to learn by watching and practicing your classroom skills. This includes Professional experience in the second and third year and last Professional experience / Internship for seven weeks. You will have opportunities to experience locally and abroad, study abroad and the University of Wollongong overseas exchanges and study with international partners, as well as join other international immersion programs. You can also apply for the Honors program, which is based on the third / fourth year, which includes a research project under the direction of education. Entrance to honors is app-based and relevant.

University of Wollongong health and physical education courses include movement skills, sports and games, rhythm, mental health and homosexuality, relationships, drugs and personal safety, curriculum and pedagogy (methodology and pedagogy), anatomy and physiology, biomechanics and foundations of education. You will also study a broad range of courses including Aboriginal Education, Information and Communication Technology, Students with Special Needs, Educational Research, Communication, and Risk and Behavior Management. As part of your basic studies, learn basic information around the human body including anatomical and physiological vocabulary. Using techniques such as exercise and dance, you will explore the science and art of movement and performance and gain an understanding of how the body responds to movement and emergence from different parts of the body (cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and nervous).