Bachelor of Sport and Recreation (Health and Physical Education Major)

• Coaching
• Health and Physical Education
• Management
• Outdoor Education
• Sport and Exercise Science
• Standard pathway

• Bachelor of Sport and Recreation (Honours)

• HEAL506 Knowledge, Enquiry and Communication
• SPOR504 Leadership in Sport and the Outdoors
• SPOR511 Skill Learning in Sport and Recreation
• SPSC501 Sport and Exercise Science Fundamentals

• SPOR501 Sport and Recreation in Aotearoa/New Zealand
• SPOR502 Innovative Planning in Sport and Recreation
• SPOR503 Contemporary Issues in Sport and Recreation
• HEAL505 Human Anatomy and Physiology I

• SPOR610 Law and Ethics in Sport and Recreation
• SPOR624 Group and Individual Behaviour
• SPOR608 Evidence Based Practice
• SPOR609 Teaching, Leading and Coaching
• SPOR601 Health and Physical Education Principles and Practices
• SPOR606 Sport, Health and Wellbeing
• SPOR612 Skill Acquisition and Sport Psychology
• SPSC604 Applied Sports Biomechanics I

This year also includes two work placements of 30-40 hours, designed to introduce you to the workplace and help you identify where you want to complete your third-year workplace experience.

• SPOR709 Sport and Recreation Co-operative I
• SPOR710 Sport and Recreation Co-operative II
• SPOR707 Pedagogy and Performance
• SPOR706 Health and Physical Education Philosophy and Pedagogy

Plus two optional/elective courses.

In your third year you complete 350 to 400 hours in an organisation, which includes working on a project related to your major through the Cooperative Education courses. This takes approximately two days per week. Students in this major normally complete their workplace experience in a school setting.

Recent placements covered a wide range of schools, including:

• Whangaparaoa College
• Gladstone Primary School
• Alfriston College
• Wentworth College

Read more about workplace experience in AUT programmes, how it works and why it's so beneficial when you start your career.

Workplace experience in AUT programmes