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University of Wollongong

Bachelor of Health and Physical Education (Honours)


Course Details

The honours program is an alternative option for students going into the second session of third year from the Bachelor of Secondary Education (Health and Physical Education) degree. Health and physical education teachers deliver curriculum through a range of movement areas including games, sports, dance, aquatics, and athletics. They also teach students about personal development and health focusing on healthy lifestyle issues and choices, nutrition, self-esteem, knowledge about sexual health and interpersonal skills. Students study core subjects in health, personal development, and physical education, while also gaining key professional knowledge about how the brain works, psychology and adolescent development, classroom management and relationships, Aboriginal education, inclusion, special education, technology, and pedagogy (that is, what to teach and how to teach it).

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Honours)

Course structure: 192 Credit Points


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