Study Sport
Approximately 300 students are enrolled in Sport Studies undergraduate courses, postgraduate degrees and online programs. In addition Sport Studies provides subjects that comprise a required elective component of a number of other courses within the University. Sport Studies students are able to complete part of their studies in selected international locations, under exchange agreements with institutions in the United States, Canada and China. Graduates for Sport Studies now fill a large number of key professional positions in government agencies, the media and the sport industry both in Australia and overseas.
Undergraduate
- Sport Management
- Sport Media
- Bachelor of Sport Studies (Honours) Please contact Robin McConnell for information on scholarship grants available ($5000).
- Bachelor of Sport Coaching and Exercise Science
Double Degrees
- Sport Media / Law
- Sport Management / Tourism Management
- Sport Coaching and Exercise Science / Bachelor of Human Nutrition
- Sport Coaching and Exercise Science / Bachelor of Sports Management
- Psychology/Sport Coaching and Exercise Science
- Sport Coaching and Exercise Science / Bachelor of Information Technology
Postgraduate
The National Institute of Sport Studies at the University of Canberra offers Honours, Masters and PhD degree courses specialising in sport and exercise.
Coursework
Research
A fourth year of study at the Honours level provides the opportunity to proceed directly to a PhD degree course, or for meeting the expectation of many North American universities that commencing postgraduate students will have completed four years of undergraduate study.
Download the Course Handbook for more information (263K).
The Masters research degree courses are 2 years full time or equivalent, and result in the award of either a Master of Sport Science or Master of Sport Studies.
Within the area of Sport Science, specialisations are available in Sport Performance Analysis, Physiology, Biomechanics, or Motor Learning. Most courses include both coursework subjects and a research thesis. Coursework subjects are intended to develop new and advanced knowledge and abilities in students, and to contribute to the preparation of a research topic for the thesis to follow. The thesis is required to be an advanced investigation, embodying a substantial piece of original research which adds significantly to the literature in the subject area.
The University of Canberra also offers a Doctoral degree program, leading to the award of the Doctor of Philosophy degree. A minimum time period of at least three years full time study or equivalent will be required for completion of the Doctoral degree course.
- Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Science)