School of Health and Sport Sciences programs

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School of Health and Sport Sciences programs

A student prepares fruit and vegetables in the nutrition and dietetics training kitchen in the Health and Sports Centre (tower).

The School of Health and Sport Sciences programs focus on international, regional and community issues, and have strong links with industry and community groups to provide students with a practical perspective.

The School offers a wide variety of programs and we aim to ensure our students are “work ready” upon graduation. This is achieved through our extensive work placement initiatives that form a large part of many of our programs. The following links contain more information about our programs, including the types of careers you can move into upon completion of the program:

SHSS undergraduate programs

Biomedical Science – Discipline Leader Mark Holmes
Paramedic Science–Discipline Leader Jamie Peetz
Nutrition and Dietetics–Discipline Leader Fiona Pelly
Public Health–Discipline Leader Peter Dunn
Sport and Exercise Science–Discipline Leader Mark Sayers
Occupational Therapy - Program Leader Marion Gray

SHSS postgraduate programs

Looking for postgraduate opportunities? Apply for a Higher Degree by Research and realise your potential today!

Do you have realistic ideas about a research project? Is it significant and innovative?

If you can clearly demonstrate that you know what you want to research, why and how; contact us to discuss your options to undertake your research at USC. The School of Health and Sport Sciences has enthusiastic and experienced academics able to provide supervision across a broad range of research areas:

Graduate Certificate (Postgraduate)
Higher Degrees by Research
Masters by Coursework

Following the recent growth of the School, we are progressing towards the inclusion of several new programs to offer to future students. Further additional programs can be anticipated and updates will be posted on this website regularly.

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  • Updated: 23 May 2012