Graduate Diploma in Exercise and Chronic Disease Management

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Well-developed communication skills for engaging with clients, parents, carers and significant others, accounting for sociocultural and individual factors.
• Demonstrated cognitive and creative skills to teach, coach and motivate clients to facilitate self-management of exercise and healthy lifestyle, using models of behaviour change, and accounting for sociocultural and individual factors.
• Demonstrated cognitive and technical skills to design, implement and evaluate safe and effective exercise assessment and interventions with respect to presenting pathologies and co-morbidities and the analysis, interpretation and application of scientific evidence.
• Broad and coherent knowledge and understanding of interactions between chronic diseases, their treatments and the effects of exercise interventions in managing chronic and complex clinical presentations.
• Broad and coherent knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiological bases of chronic diseases, and the associated medical, surgical and other allied health treatment modalities and interventions for these conditions.
• Well-developed communication skills for engaging with other health professionals and engaging in inter-professional collaboration, including the ability to prepare written reports as required by compensable schemes.

Admission requirements

English Language Requirements

If you wish to apply for credit for studies completed at another institution, or if you are changing programs within the University and wish to transfer your credit to the new program, visit the University's credit website for more information on applying for credit.

Through the Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre, students can access a free suite of NUPrep preparation courses as well as Academic Learning Support.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students can draw on the assistance and support provided by the Indigenous Student Support and Development service through the Wollotuka Institute.

All International Students enrolled in the program will be provided with an orientation to familiarise them with the rules, expectations, facilities and services offered by the University. Please visit our International Students website to find out more about the support services available to international students.

AccessAbility provides advice and reasonable adjustments to Students with a medical or health condition or disability. If you require adjustments to undertake your program, contact the Student Support Advisors - AccessAbility before semester or early in the semester. They will work with the College or School to ensure that this happens in a timely manner.

Please note: All students must fulfil the inherent requirements of the programs and courses they are undertaking. While reasonable adjustments can be made, these adjustments cannot compromise academic integrity. It is the student's responsibility to check all the requirements of courses, and consider the effects of any medical condition or disability on their ability to complete course requirements. More information is available online.