C09006v4 Bachelor of Human Movement (Honours)
Award(s): Bachelor of Human Movement (Honours) (BHM(Hons))CRICOS code: 043289M
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: Kuring-gai campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Other information
Overview
The honours program is designed to provide students with the resources to further develop and apply their research skills and to pursue special areas of interest in depth.
Course aims
The honours program aims to develop, at an advanced undergraduate level, knowledge of human movement through research; facilitate the completion of a substantive research thesis which focuses on theory, applied/professional issues or some combination of these; provide a direct pathway to graduate-level study; and make contributions to knowledge in the field of human movement.
Career options
Career options include exercise therapy and teaching of personal development, facility management, fitness and corporate health, health, physical education and outdoor education, health promotion, sports coaching, sports development, sports management, sports science and team conditioning.
Admission requirements
Admission to the honours program is open to students who have successfully completed the Bachelor of Human Movement (C10041), with a credit average or better in the final two full-time semesters.
Graduates from other institutions who have completed a comparable course and who meet the academic criteria are also considered for admission. In exceptional cases, consideration is given to applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Management in Leisure and Events (C10039), the Bachelor of Arts in Sport and Exercise Management (C10046), the Bachelor of Management in Tourism (C10040) or the Bachelor of Human Movement (C10041) at pass level. In such cases, outstanding professional achievements are taken into account. Each particular application in this category is considered on its merits.
Course duration and attendance
The honours component is normally completed in one year of full-time, or two years of part-time study. It is offered only at Kuring-gai campus.
Course structure
All students must complete three coursework subjects, each worth 6 credit points, and a major thesis of 30 credit points, totalling 48 credit points. The precise nature of each student's program is determined in consultation with the honours course coordinator, with the aim of choosing those subjects that will facilitate completion of the honours research thesis.
In choosing electives, students may:
- substitute 27154 Readings for Thesis with an elective subject with the approval of the course coordinator
- complete both elective subjects in the first semester
- choose other senior undergraduate-level subjects with the approval of the course coordinator; these subjects may be taken from other schools within UTS: Business or elsewhere in the University.
Course completion requirements
| 27941 Advanced Research Methods for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | 6cp | |
| 27154 Readings for Thesis | 6cp | |
| 276901 Honours Thesis 1 | 15cp | |
| 276902 Honours Thesis 2 | 15cp | |
| CBK90108 Leisure, Sport and Tourism PG subjects | 6cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Other information
Further information is available from the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism on:
www.business.uts.edu.au
