- Program summary
- Program overview
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Special features
- Credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and articulation
- Program structure
- Program requirements and notes
- Enquiries
Program summary
QTAC code: 013141
OP/Rank for 2009 entry: OP-18 / Rank-64
Award abbreviation: BSp&Ind
Degree type: undergraduate
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Fee type 2010: Commonwealth supported places, visiting non-award domestic places, international fee-paying places
Total units: 288 units (normally 24 courses)
Recommended prior study: English, Maths and one or more of the sciences, preferably Chemistry
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
USC program code: SC342
CRICOS code: 057537G
Program overview
Sport is a part of Australian culture, so it is not surprising that the sport industry is one of our fastest growing business areas. The Bachelor of Sport and Industry’s unique combination of a university degree with an accredited sports industry qualification aims to make graduates more employable within this sector, with specialised skills in a specific sport.
As a student in this program, you will study a series of university courses, coupled with specific sports industry-accredited modules. You can choose to pursue a career in a range of different sport industries such as golf, surfing, surf lifesaving, and sailing. The industry modules are nationally accredited within that specific sport.
The specifically designed university courses in the program are built on the foundation courses in sport and exercise science that provide you with understanding and knowledge of human movement. In the second and third years of the program, this understanding is extended to how the human body responds to physical activity.
There are also opportunities to incorporate other areas of study in the program by choosing elective courses in areas such as sports marketing and management, or health promotion.
Professional recognition
Depending on courses selected, graduates are eligible to seek membership within key organisations such as Fitness Australia, Sports Medicine Australia, and the Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Career opportunities
Graduates may work as a:
- sport and recreation officer
- sports development officer
- sports marketing and event manager
- sports specific coach or administrator
Special features
- become a part of a the Australian sports industry
- study university courses alongside specific sports industry-accredited modules
Program structure
Core courses
2 required courses:
COR109 Population Ecology and Genetics
COR110 Genetics
COR111 Communication and Thought
Introductory courses
5 required courses:
LFS103 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
LFS122 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
LFS112 Introductory Bioscience
SPX102 Human Anatomy
Elective or approved industry module
Advanced courses
9 required courses:
LFS201 Human Physiology
SPX221 Introduction to Coaching Science
SPX201 Systemic Physiology I
SPX231 Introduction to Sports Medicine
SPX211 Functional Anatomy
SPX202 Motor Control and Learning
SPX222 Exercise Physiology I
Plus
Select 2 SPX coded courses
Elective courses
Plus choose 96 units of elective courses (equivalent to 8 courses), of which at least 48 unit equivalents (4 courses) must be from industry offerings. #
Course substitution: the GO (Global Opportunities) Program
As part of their USC program, students may apply to participate in the GO Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
Program requirements and notes
- Refer to the Academic Rules.
- Refer to explanation of terms.
- Refef to the recommended enrolment patterns. For previous recommended enrolment patterns refer to the relevant archived Student Handbook.
- International students need to refer to the University's English language proficiency requirements.
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students.
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including; namely essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
Enquiries
How to apply
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5430 2869
Email: sheinfo@usc.edu.au
# Students may select from a list of approved industry certifications. Industry modules will be assessed by the faculty.