UTS course code: C11151
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Pilates Method
Abbreviation: GradCertPilates
Course fee: $183.33 per cp (local)¹
Total credit points: 24

Footnotes:
1. This course is not offered to international students.

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Assessment
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

The Pilates Method is a full body conditioning program that uses floor work, spring-loaded equipment and light weights to develop a strong, centred, muscularly balanced and flexible body, dynamic spinal alignment and postural control, and increased mental awareness of the body. It is divided in its application into two streams – fitness development and post-acute rehabilitation. This course addresses fitness development.

Course aims

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a graduate certificate that enhances their current fitness, coaching, and personal training skills, and prepares them to work in existing Pilates Method studios or in liaison with other health professionals to develop programs for client health.

Admission requirements

Educational requirements

Applicants require an undergraduate degree, or a diploma in a relevant field along with appropriate work experience, or extensive appropriate work experience. A further requirement is at least one year of tertiary-level study of Anatomy and Physiology.

Professional requirements

Applicants require a minimum of 50 hours personal Pilates practice with a qualified practitioner and a current First Aid Certificate with CPR.

Course duration

This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis.

Course structure

Each semester students complete two subjects. The Foundation subjects provide formal tuition in lecture/tutorial/practical session mode. The Professional Training subjects incorporate the following:

• a total of 180 hours practice of Pilates with a qualified instructor, and
• a total of 200 hours supervised professional practice in an accredited Pilates Method studio as organised with UTS after enrolment.

Course program

Assessment

Students can expect to undergo a variety of assessment types before completion of this course including formal and informal examinations, assignments and essays, practical reports and write-ups, case studies and seminar presentations. For further details on individual subjects, see the Subject Descriptions section, or contact the subject's coordinator.

Professional recognition

This certificate qualifies students for membership of the Australian Pilates Method Association.

Other information

All academic inquiries should be made to:

Jim Mann
telephone (02) 9514 2226
email pilates@uts.edu.au

or

Peter Miller
telephone (02) 9514 2229
fax (02) 9514 2228
email Peter.Miller@uts.edu.au