Acquire the skills and expertise to become a qualified health professional.
With a qualification in Exercise & Sport Science, you'll help your clients improve their health and fitness, enhance physical performance and prevent and rehabilitate injury.
Making a difference
As an exercise and sport scientist you'll be an expert in understanding how human bodies respond to exercise, and how to make a difference in the quality of life for all people.
You'll teach people to use exercise as an intervention to improve health and fitness both healthy and physically challenged populations.
Placements
The course is integrated with health, fitness and sporting agencies within the community. This gives you a variety of options for work placement as part of your study program.
Heat training & acclimatisation
Delivered on campus in the Northern Territory and external delivery mode, you'll study the general principles of health and physical performance, specialising in tropical hot and humid conditions.
CDU is a partner in the Darwin-based National Heat Training and Acclimatisation Centre and mainstream sports in the Northern Territory.
Professional recognition membership
Graduates are eligible to submit applications for registration to the following associations:
Become an expert in fitness, and you can choose to work in fitness and health, elite athlete training or community health.
Through the skills you will gain in injury rehabilitation, you're on a pathway to physiotherapy.
Prize giving
The College awards prizes to the highest achieving students in the Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science. We look forward to celebrating with students at our annual prize giving ceremony
Scholarships
Scholarships are available in many categories. Some scholarships give the opportunity to participate in paid work experience during semester breaks.
Scholarships are open to all students currently enrolled at CDU or have applied for a place at CDU.
The scholarships finder will help you find scholarships where you may be eligible for. Please ensure you check the criteria for each scholarship before applying.