Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Performance

The Bond University Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Performance equips you with comprehensive knowledge and applied skills in health, fitness and sport performance.You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the basic and applied sciences as they apply to personal and community health and fitness, and sport performance at all levels.

Focusingon real-world learning, this program is delivered by award-winning teaching staff through significant practical experience and authentic assessment to maximise employment outcomes for graduates.Thisprogram allows you the flexibility to tailor your studies to your interests and career aspirations by choosing from a range ofsubdisciplines, including biomechanics;

exercise testing, prescription and delivery;

or physiology and biochemistry of exercise, as well as electives inentrepreneurship and innovation, sport management, and tourism and events management.

This program is primarily delivered at the Bond Institute of Health and Sport where you will gain high-quality and practical learning experiences through our National Strength and Conditioning Association-accredited High-Performance Training Centre.

These facilities provide sports science testing, training and recovery services to state, national and international athletes and teams.

You will alsogain industry accreditations in Strength and Conditioning as well as Sport First Aid.The program prepares graduates for exciting career opportunities in exercise and sports performance including strength and conditioning as well as providing an accelerated undergraduate pathway to graduate-entry studies including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetic practice, and high-performance sports science.

The Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Performance comprises 24 subjects including (6) general electives, 3 CORE subjects plus: Beyond Bond: Professional Development and Community Engagement as follows:

Semester 1

• Critical Thinking and Communication (CORE11-001)
• Foundations of Exercise and Sports Science (SPEX11-102)
• Principles of Human Structure and Function (BMED11-109)
• Sport, Health and Exercise Psychology (SPEX11-104)

Semester 2

• Collaboration Teams and Leadership (CORE11-002)
• Chemistry for Living Systems (BMED11-114)
• Human Organ Systems 1 (BMED11-110)
• Elective

Semester 3

• Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse (CORE11-003)
• Biochemistry of Exercise and Sport (SPEX11-103)
• Functional Anatomy (SPEX11-113)
• Elective

Semester 4

• Biomechanics of Exercise and Sport (SPEX11-304)
• Physiology and Biochemistry of Exercise and Sport (SPEX12-312)
• Exercise and sport for Lifelong Health (SPEX13-337)
• Elective

Semester 5

• Exercise and Testing, Prescription and Delivery (SPEX13-335)
• Health Research Methods (HPER12-101)
• Elective
• Elective

Semester 6

• Advanced Physiology and Biochemistry of Exercise and Sport (SPEX13-336)
• Advanced Exercise Testing, Prescription and Delivery (SPEX13-338)
• Exercise and Sports Performance Practice and Practicum - Capstone Project (SPEX13-300)
• Elective

Electives (6)

Students may choose to undertake an additional major (60CP) from those listed to replace their six (6) general electives; OR students may choose to undertake an optional minor (40 CP) from those listed which will replace four (4) of their general electives plus two general electives; OR students may choose from the four (4) Exercise and Sports Performance discipline subject option as part of their elective choice plus two general electives; OR choice six (6) general electives from any subject on offer across the University.

Majors

Students may choose to undertake an additional major (60CP) from those listed. This will replace their six (6) general electives:

• Advertising (Major)
• Australian Studies (Major)
• Big Data (Major)
• Communication (Major)
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Major)
• Global Studies (Sustainability) (Major)
• International Business (Major)
• International Relations (Major)
• Management (Major)
• Marketing Communications (Major)
• Marketing (Major)
• Media Studies (Major)
• Public Relations (Major)
• Sport Industry (Major)
• Tourism Management (Major)

For further information relating to the subjects within the Majors listed, please click here: https://bond.edu.au/major-minor-and-specialisation-study-areas

Minors

Students may choose to undertake an optional minor (40CP) from those listed. This will replace four (4) of their electives plus two general electives:

• Advertising (Minor)
• Communication and Society (Minor)
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Minor)
• International Business (Minor)
• Management (Minor)
• Marketing Communications (Minor)
• Marketing (Minor)
• Public Relations (Minor)
• Social Media (Minor)
• Tourism Management (Minor)

For further information relating to the subjects within the Minors listed, please click here: https://bond.edu.au/major-minor-and-specialisation-study-areas

Students may choose from the four (4) Exercise and Sports Performance discipline subject option as part of their elective choice plus two general electives OR choose one or more as general electives:

• Behaviour change to Enhance Health (SPEX13-334)
• Exercise and Sport for Lifelong Health (SPEX13-337)
• Advanced Biomechanics of Exercise and Sport (SPEX13-339)
• Sports and Exercise Nutrition (NUTR12-101)

Students may choose to undertake six (6) University General Electives: subjects that may be chosen from any subject on offer across the University provided faculty requirements have been met.

https://bond.edu.au/faq/48682/i-want-select-elective-how-do-i-search-elective-subjects

*Subject names and structure may change. 

N.B: Students who have undertaken prior tertiary/post-secondary studies can apply for credit transfers and advanced standing towards this program.

Advanced Standing Application Form        

Recommended study structure

Please visit Program Structure and Sequence Plans for the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine for guidance on study plans.                                               

Academic requirements

Applicants with recent secondary education (within the past two years)

Entry score for 2021 entry

Visit our student profile if you are interested in the profile of all students who commenced undergraduate study at the Faculty in the January semester 2020.

Applicants must meet the University's general minimum admission criteria.

In addition, this program requires successful completion of:

• English, and
• Mathematics at the level of Mathematics A or equivalent; and
• One (1) of Physical Education or Biology or Chemistry or Physics or Science 21 or equivalent. 

Adjustment factors for undergraduate admission

If you are a current Australian year 12 applicant or successfully completed your Australian Year 12 studies no more than two years ago and have not commenced any university studies, you may be eligible for adjustments to help you get into your intended program at Bond University. Upward adjustments to ATAR scores can be based on sporting excellence at school, club or representative levels; community engagement and school or community leadership; subjects’ studies at school, indigenous background, and living remotely. For more information go to https://bond.edu.au/future-students/study-bond/how-apply/undergraduate-admissions-criteria.

2021 Year 12 Entry

To ensure students are not disadvantaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, current Year 12 students can be assessed now for a guaranteed offer for 2021 entry conditional on the completion of Year 12. Applications will be assessed based on their first semester Year 12 results and meeting any subject prerequisite requirements for their program. Find out more.

• The Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Performance will provide you with an accelerated undergraduate pathway to postgraduate studies in sports science, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, as well as broader sporting allied health programs.

Successful completion of this degree guarantees graduates an interview for the following Bond University programs*:

• Doctor of Physiotherapy
• Master of Nutrition & Dietetic Practice
• Master of Occupational Therapy

You can also undertake higher degree qualifications through a masters by research and PhD in areas such as exercise and sport physiology, exercise biochemistry and molecular biology, exercise and sport psychology, biomechanics, motor control and learning and strength and conditioning. 

*As entry into these programs is highly competitive, an offer may be dependent on a candidate's final GPA and interview outcomes.

The Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Performance will equip you with a strong understanding of exercise and sport performance. Graduates of this degree may seek employment in a range of careers around the world that may include:

• Community health
• Community fitness
• Corporate health
• Aged care
• Disability
• Athletic / sport program coordinator
• Health education
• Strength and conditioning in community, school, college or university settings