Master of Exercise Physiology

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Knowledge and capacity to practise according to the ESSA Scope of Practice for AEPs and the ESSA Code of Professional Conduct and Ethical Practice.
• Awareness and understanding of national, state and other compensable schemes and legislation related to AEP practice.
• Well-developed communication skills for engaging with clients, parents, carers and significant others, accounting for sociocultural and individual factors.
• Well-developed cognitive and creative skills to teach, coach and motivate clients to facilitate self-management of exercise and healthy lifestyle, using models of behaviour change, scientific evidence and clinical reasoning, and accounting for sociocultural and individual factors.
• Broad and coherent knowledge and well developed cognitive and technical skills to monitor, recognise, analyse, interpret, report and take appropriate action regarding adverse signs and symptoms that may arise during exercise and/or recovery.
• Well-developed cognitive and technical skills to select, design or modify and then analyse, interpret and apply assessment protocols and methodologies appropriate to the client and situation for acute, sub-acute and chronic disease and injury management, workplace health and rehabilitation and other clinical exercise services.
• Well-developed cognitive and technical skills to design, implement and evaluate safe and effective exercise interventions, based on referral information, presenting pathologies and co-morbidities, clinical reasoning, pre-intervention assessments and the analysis, interpretation and application of scientific evidence.
• Broad and coherent knowledge and understanding of interactions between AEP target conditions, 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 AEP target conditions, and the associated medical, surgical and other allied health treatment modalities and interventions for these conditions.
• Commitment to professional self-development in the field of clinical exercise through engaging in educational and ongoing learning, self-evaluation of practice, building inter-professional working relationships and supporting new graduates.
• 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.

Three professional practicum courses will be completed in this program. 

As well as placements in the Central Coast, it is expected that you will be available to attend out of area placement locations. Travel and/or relocation will be at the student’s own expense. 

Exercise and Sports Science Australia

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.