Bachelor of Health and Physical Education (Honours)
University of Wollongong
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00102E
The honours program is an alternative option for students going into the second session of third year from the Bachelor of Secondary Education (Health and Physical Education) degree. Health and physical education teachers deliver curriculum through a range of movement areas including games, sports, dance, aquatics, and athletics. They also teach students about personal development and health focusing on healthy lifestyle issues and choices, nutrition, self-esteem, knowledge about sexual health and interpersonal skills. Students study core subjects in health, personal development, and physical education, while also gaining key professional knowledge about how the brain works, psychology and adolescent development, classroom management and relationships, Aboriginal education, inclusion, special education, technology, and pedagogy (that is, what to teach and how to teach it).
Structure
192 Credit Points
Standard entry requirements
- Completion of all required 100, 200 and 300 level subjects prior to admission to Honours (please review the Honours Subject checklist).
- Achievement of an approved standard of achievement (WAM of 75+) during the first, second and third year (first semester) of the undergraduate degree.
- WAM will be calculated from subjects only taught in the School of Education (EDPS101, EDUP234 & EDUP235 will not be counted).
- A suitable study proposal.
- A suitable and willing primary supervisor and a co-supervisor.
