Program Overview

Exercise and Health

About the course

Are you passionate about exercise and health? Do you want to spread the word and educate others about keeping fit and being healthy? This major develops your knowledge and skills in the exercise and health domain, with relevant training for careers in the health education, exercise rehabilitation, health service delivery, and fitness industries.

Course Structure

Level 1

• Core
  • PHYL1001 Physiology - How your body works (6)
  • SSEH1101 The Musculoskeletal System and Movement (6)
  • SSEH1102 Applied Anatomy and Athletic Performance (6)
  • SSEH1103 Physical Fitness and Health (6)
• Bridging
  • MATH1720 Mathematics Fundamentals (6)

Level 2

• Core
  • SSEH2201 Exercise Prescription and Delivery (6)
  • SSEH2260 Exercise Physiology (6)
  • SSEH2270 Psychology of Motivation (6)
  • SSEH2280 Applied Nutrition for Sport, Exercise and Health (6)

Level 3

• Core
  • SSEH3366 Bioenergetics in Exercise, Nutrition and Energy Balance (6)
  • SSEH3388 Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity (6)
  • SSEH3553 Exercise as Medicine (6)
  • SSEH3555 Motor Development: Principles to Teaching in Practice (6)

Admission Requirements

Minimum entry requirements

• All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE): 9
• Canadian High School (except Quebec): 68
• French Baccalaureate: 10
• Gao Kao (PR China NCEE)/750: 507
• GCE A-Levels: 8
• German Abitur: 3.6
• Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education: 14
• Indian Senior School Certificate (CISCE): 45
• Indonesian Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) - Pass of 65: 75.5
• International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB): 24
• Malaysian STPM: 10
• Monash University Foundation Year: 254
• NCUK Foundation Program: 8
• Norwegian Vitnemål: 3.5
• Singapore - Cambridge A Levels: 6.5
• South African National Senior Certificate: 4
• South Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT): 324
• Sweden Slutbetyg: 14.5
• Trinity College Foundation: 280
• Unified Examination Certificate (UEC): 14
• University of Western Australia College (UWAC) Foundation Program: 61
• US College Board Advanced Placements: 7
• US College Board SAT: 1130
• Western Australian Universities' Foundation Program (WAUFP): 56
• Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2016 onwards: 75

English competency

• Minimum overall IELTS score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0.

Fees and scholarships

Domestic Student Fees

• For Commonwealth-supported places, student contribution amounts are charged by unit, based on area of study.
• Fees are subject to annual indexation.

International Student Fees

• Annual course fee: $46,300.00 (2025)
• Fees are subject to annual indexation.

Scholarships

• Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.

Careers and further study

Career Pathways

• Employment opportunities exist in the professions of healthy lifestyle programming for the community and industry, sports development, health and fitness coordination and program management, and as an Exercise Scientist.
• You may decide to move on to specialised postgraduate qualifications in education, teaching, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, corporate training, recreation management, health promotion, medicine or work health and safety.

Further Study

• Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health provides you with interdisciplinary research skills and advanced knowledge in a select sub-discipline area (exercise physiology/biochemistry, biomechanics, motor development, exercise and health psychology or activity promotion).
• The honours specialisation provides an ideal background for continuance to a PhD or other professional-based research degrees.

ATAR Requirements

• Bachelor of Science: ATAR 75
• Bachelor of Biomedical Science: ATAR 80

Your degree options

• This major is offered as a degree-specific, or first, major for these degrees: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Biomedical Science.
• It is also offered as a second major in our other bachelor's degrees.