The Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching) is a 108 unit program that must be studied concurrently with another Bachelor degree at an approved Australian higher education institution, for which 72 units of block credit will be awarded on completion of the requirements of the other degree. The Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching) is normally studied part-time over three years concurrently with the other Bachelor degree, thus adding one extra year to the overall study program. It is offered by the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.
The stream undertaken by the student will be identified on the student’s transcript of academic record and on the parchment presented to the student on completion of the course.
Students who complete 36 units of Flinders topics according to the program of study below but who do not complete the requirements of their other Bachelor degree may be eligible to exit with a Diploma of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching).
To gain entry into the Bachelor of Letters an applicant must be enrolled in a Bachelor degree (AQF level 7) at an approved Australian higher education institution.
The course aims to provide students with:
On the completion of the Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching), students are expected to be able to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching), a student must complete the requirements for his/her other bachelor degree, and 36 units according to the program of study set out below, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.
No topic may be counted towards both the Bachelor of Letters and the student’s other bachelor degree, if that degree is studied at Flinders University.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
31.5 units comprising:
HLPE1550 Introduction to Sport and Physical Activity (4.5 units)
HLPE1552 Human Functional Anatomy in Sport and Exercise (4.5 units)
HLPE2402 Physiological Testing in Sport (4.5 units)
HLPE2531 Sport and Physical Education (4.5 units)
HLPE2533 Exercise Prescription and Physiology (4.5 units)
HLPE3533 Applied Exercise Science (4.5 units)
HLPE3601 Sport Coaching Science (4.5 units)
plus 4.5 units from the following:
HLPE2300 Foundations of Sport Psychology (4.5 units)
HLPE3531 Skill Acquisition and Biomechanics for Physical Educators (4.5 units)
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