Bachelor of Sport and Recreation (Outdoor Education Major)

• Coaching
• Exercise Science and Nutrition
• Health and Physical Education
• Management
• 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

• HEAL507 Health and Environment
• HEAL505 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• HEAL504 Lifespan Development and Communication

• SPOR610 Law and Ethics in Sport and Recreation
• SPOR624 Group and Individual Behaviour
• SPOR608 Evidence Based Practice
• SPOR602 Roto-Awa: Lakes and Rivers
• SPOR603 Motu-Moana: Islands and Sea
• SPOR619 Maunga-Ngahere: Mountains and Bush
• SPOR618 Contemporary Approaches to Outdoor Education
• SPOR609 Teaching, Leading and Coaching

Plus one optional/elective course.

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
• SPOR708 Outdoor Education

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.

Recent placements included:

• Bigfoot Adventures
• Camp Adair
• Dilworth School Rural Campus
• Howick College
• Kahunui Campus, St Cuthbert's College
• Mt Albert Grammar School
• Sir Peter Blake Marine Education Recreation Centre (MERC)
• St Cuthbert's 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