Honours Overview

Description

Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health provides you with interdisciplinary research skills and advanced knowledge in a select sub-discipline area (exercise physiology/biochemistry, biomechanics, motor development, exercise and health psychology or activity promotion). The honours specialisation provides an ideal background for continuance to a PhD or other professional-based research degrees.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) prepare and present an effective oral presentation to a general scientific audience; (2) write a clear and concise review of topics in the scientific literature - showing some degree of critical appraisal of the literature; (3) rigorously formulate research questions and appropriately design experiment(s) to address them; (4) write and compile a scientific dissertation in a format appropriate for the discipline; (5) demonstrate expertise in scientific methods relevant to

their research project; (6) apply statistical analysis techniques; (7) apply independent time and work management skills to obtain, analyse and present original research data; (8) interpret and critically appraise their own and other research data; (9) explain the relationship of their findings to other work in the field; and (10) respond to questions on their dissertation in a manner that shows mastery of the content and some knowledge of related areas.

Entry requirements
(a) a Bachelor of Science with a major in Sport Science or Exercise and Health, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the relevant major. Students must secure a supervisor prior to submitting an application.
Intake periods

Beginning of year only

Courses

Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
Take all units (48 points):
AvailabilityUnit codeUnit nameUnit requirements
S1 HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours)
or Enrolment in
BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) and with permission of the unit coordinator
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
SSEH5011 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 1
and HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
and HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences
Incompatibility
Successful completion of
APHB4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
S2 HMSC4008 Scientific Communication Part 2
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
S1 HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences
Incompatibility
Successful completion of
APHB5500 Advanced Research Techniques
or SSEH4602 Research Methods
or APHB4002 Research Design and Analysis Part 1
S1 HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-ANHBY Anatomy & Human Biology
or HON-NEURS Neuroscience
or HON-PHYGY Physiology
or HON-SSCEH Sport Science, Exercise and Health
or 71520 Master of Biomedical Science
or 73570 Master of Applied Human Performance Science
or 51610 Master of Exercise Science
Incompatibility
Successful completion of
Unit(s) APHB4003 Research Design and Analysis Part 2
or Unit(s) SSEH5655 Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Sport Science, Exercise and Health
or Unit(s) SSEH4603 Data Analysis
S1 SSEH5011 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 1
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours)
or BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
and HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
and HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences
S2 SSEH5012 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 2
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
SSEH5011 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 1
and HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences
and HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
and HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
SSEH5013 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 3
and SSEH5014 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 4
and HMSC4008 Scientific Communication Part 2
S2 SSEH5013 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 3
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
SSEH5011 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 1
and HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences
and HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
and HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
SSEH5012 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 2
and SSEH5014 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 4
and HMSC4008 Scientific Communication Part 2
S2 SSEH5014 Sport Science Exercise and Health Honours Dissertation Part 4
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
and HMSC4001 Scientific Communication Part 1 HMSC5004 Research Methods in Human Sciences HMSC5005 Data Analysis in Human Sciences
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
and HMSC4008 Scientific Communication Part 2