About Sport and Exercise Science

Sport and exercise science professionals have the expertise and skills to help people improve their overall health through training and exercise. Students learn the scientific principles underlying the benefits of physical activity as they study in world-class facilities. You’ll learn how to design exercise programs that consider your future clients’ fitness levels, existing health conditions, physical goals, and their needs for improving their fitness.

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Develop a strong understanding of the processes and mechanisms underlying human physical activity. You’ll learn the fundamentals of human anatomy, as well as exercise, fitness, health, and training outcomes. Build foundational knowledge in areas such as sport and exercise psychology, physiology, motor control and biomechanics.

Gain in-depth knowledge of sport and exercise science as you study in state-of-the-art facilities, including JCU’s Exercise Testing & Rehabilitation Clinic the Movement Analysis Lab, and the Cowboys Community, Training and High Performance Centre. Attain first-hand experience and put your knowledge into practice with sport and exercise placements. Your practical experience will equip you to identify your future clients’ problem areas, design effective exercise programs for athletes and sporting groups and empower your clients to incorporate exercise into their overall wellness plan.

Benefit from JCU’s strong focus on the relationship between exercise and health in rural, remote, and tropical living environments. You’ll be equipped to work in diverse settings and help a range of future clients, from elite athletes or athletes in your local sporting community to non-athletes needing prevention, maintenance, or improvement-focused training.

Sport and Exercise Science graduates pursue careers in various areas such as the fitness industry, where you could be a fitness centre manager or an accredited exercise scientist, or in corporate health, where you could work in government health departments. You could take on consultancy positions in health education as well as community health clinics and organisations. In sport science, you could be an accredited sport scientist, biomechanist or a research officer. You could also find employment in sports management, sports coaching, sports journalism, and occupational health and safety.

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Student

Josiah McCarthy

Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science

What I like about JCU is that it has small class sizes so you get to know your lecturers. The lecturers really help you and give you great opportunities in the field that help further your career, such as internships, volunteering, and participating in research.

Lecturer

Associate Professor Fiona Barnett

Head, Sport and Exercise Science

Our program is a great way to learn about how to make a difference for individuals and communities. You’ll learn about the processes of human physical activity from skilled lecturers who are committed to student success. You'll also gain practical experience in world-class training facilities throughout your studies.

Employer

Luke Gauci

Director, Mindset Performance Fitness Centre

It’s been good having JCU graduates as they bring skills that are up to date with the current information in the industry. In this industry, having staff who are JCU graduates is an extra qualification a lot of personal trainers don’t have. So I’ve gone out of my way to look for people with those qualifications.

Alumni

Adon Alves

Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science

During my time at JCU we covered interesting subtopics in sport and exercise science, including biomechanics, motor learning, sport psychology, and strength and conditioning. All lecturers and tutors are passionate about their field which provided motivation and encouragement and helped me expand on my own interests.

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