Bachelor of Health and Physical Education
2024 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2024 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Health and Physical Education |
| Deakin course code | E377 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2024 Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| CRICOS course code | 089295M Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
Course overview
Create safe, inclusive and engaging learning environments that make a difference to health and wellbeing when you study Deakin’s Bachelor of Health and Physical Education. As a qualified health and physical education secondary school teacher, you will specialise in a topic you’re passionate about and develop the critical skills, specialised knowledge and practical classroom experience to nurture your students. Explore the art of movement, learn specialist teaching methods and delve into applied sports science, biomechanics, and motor learning and development at Australia’s #1 university for education and educational research.*
You will have access to industry-standard equipment and state-of-the-art facilities, including our Elite Sports Precinct and specialised teaching labs. This, combined with at least 80-days of practical placements in schools, means you will graduate in-demand, with the confidence and leadership skills to create a meaningful career.
Do you want to make a difference to the lives and health of young people by becoming a qualified health and physical education teacher?
Our industry-shaped courses and close relationships with the education sector mean you experience customised learning tailored to your discipline and one-on-one mentorship from industry leading educators. You will learn about the biggest health issues facing our population, enabling you to empower students to improve their health and wellbeing outcomes, now and into the future.
Our Professional Experience Program will give you real-life teaching experience with guaranteed placements throughout your degree. Working with more than 1400 schools across Australia, we will arrange at least 80-days of placements for you in schools where you will learn from experienced teachers. With access to our specialised teaching spaces on campus, you will feel prepared to thrive in your teaching career. You will even have the opportunity to broaden your scope as a teacher with an international placement experience available in Singapore for Bachelor of Health and Physical Education students.
As part of your core studies, you will gain practical experience using a variety of engaging teaching approaches in health, physical education and your chosen third discipline. You will build fundamental knowledge about the human body, including anatomical and physiological terminology, and understand how the science and art of movement and performance. Through mediums such as sport, gymnastics and dance, you will learn how the body reacts to movement and its impacts on various body systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and nervous systems).
To complement your core studies, you will choose a third discipline that will advance your cross-disciplinary knowledge and give you a competitive-edge for employment. You can choose from a range of disciplines that interest you, including:
- biology
- chemistry
- dance (Burwood only)
- English
- history
- home economics (Burwood only)
- mathematics
- theatre (Burwood only)
Deakin’s Bachelor of Health and Physical Education is approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as a pre-service teaching qualification, meaning you will graduate with a well-recognised qualification and the sought-after skills to thrive as an educator.
Before beginning your studies, prospective teaching students need to successfully complete the Casper test – an online, video scenario-based test that lets you demonstrate your suitability for a teaching career.
This course sits as part of a larger group of courses. For more information refer to the Education - Secondary group.
Professional recognition
Our education courses are accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), meaning you will graduate as a qualified educator. Students are eligible to apply for registration with VIT upon successful completion of this degree.
Career opportunities
Graduate ready to take your career into teaching within the private, independent or public education sectors or advisory roles. You can even work closely with sporting organisations in advisory roles.
As well as working as an educator, you may find yourself working in fields including:
- community programs
- government agencies
- human resource management
- private academies/agencies
- professional coaching
- sport management.
For more information go to DeakinTALENT.
Participation requirements
Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Teacher Education Graduation requirements
Students undertaking an initial teacher education course must pass an approved literacy and numeracy test in order to be eligible to graduate and apply for teacher registration. Learn more about the literacy and numeracy test.
Working with Children Check
Students will be required to hold a valid Working with Children (WWC) Check prior to undertaking professional placements as part of this course. Learn more about Working with Children Checks.
Interstate applicants must check the requirements and meet all conditions for undertaking professional experience in schools for their state or territory before undertaking professional experience placements as part of this course.
Inherent requirements
It is expected that all students will be able to abide by, and ensure their behaviour is in accordance with the Victorian Institute of Teaching Code of Conduct.
Immunisations
Immunisation and/or vaccination requirements will be communicated by the Professional Experience Office in line with the Department of Education and Training's directions at the time of placement.
For further information contact the School of Education, Professional Experience Office.
Police record check
Applicants will be required to hold a valid National Police Record Check for professional placements as part of this course. Learn more about the National Police Record Check.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Victorian Government free education scholarships
In 2023, the Victorian Government announced a range of government-administered scholarships for eligible domestic students commencing a secondary school teaching degree in 2024 and 2025. These scholarships are not automatic, and you will need to apply.
Deakin does not administer these scholarships. For more informationabout the eligibility, application process and openinging and closing dates, please visit the Victorian Government website.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply coherent discipline-specific theoretical knowledge and capabilities in health, physical education and one other teaching area to contemporary curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment for teaching and learning in ways that align with the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. |
| Communication | Use a range of communication skills and technologies to plan and teach for learning (including knowledge and skills) in the classroom and the broader school community. |
| Digital literacy | Employ a range of technologies to collect, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information for the purposes of teaching and learning in a rapidly-changing global environment. |
| Critical thinking | Use critical and analytical skills to determine solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems in teaching, learning and assessment practices and to adapt these solutions to diverse contexts. |
| Problem solving | Demonstrate the capacity to know students and how they learn (including identifying their prior knowledge, learning strengths and weaknesses) to develop a creative solution to teaching and learning using a range of effective strategies. |
| Self-management | Engage in reflective practice to plan and deliver coherent teaching and learning experiences for students in Health, Physical Education and one other teaching area. Make well-developed responsible judgements in professional practice in Health and Physical Education teaching contexts. |
| Teamwork | Work and learn collaboratively with colleagues and other professionals and members of the wider community in ways that align with the codes of conduct and ethics of the profession. |
| Global citizenship | Understand multicultural and inclusive pedagogies to sustain ethical approaches to teaching and learning. |
| Approved by Faculty Board April 2020 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Health and Physical Education, students must complete 32 credit points of units comprising:
- 26 core units
- HSE010 Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety (0 credit point compulsory unit; this safety training must be completed before classes commence)
- 4 credit points of discipline study units in a third teaching method area
- 2 credit points of curriculum study units in the third teaching method area
- DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- A maximum of 10 credit points at level 1
- A minimum of 10 credit points at level 3 or above
Students must additionally complete an Emergency First Aid Certificate (Level 2) and AUSTSWIM qualifications prior to graduation.
This course includes 80-days of supervised professional experience, and students must successfully complete the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment (DTPA)*. This must be complete in the final year of study. Successful completion of this course indicates that a student has met the expected standard of performance for each of the Graduate Teacher Standards.
Students are also required to complete two zero (0) credit point units ELN010 and ELN011 as part of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) in order to graduate from their course.
Students are expected to attempt the tests within the first year of their course.
Students who do not attempt the tests within their first year may be unable to progress with their studies until an attempt has been made.
Students are required to meet academic progress and conduct requirements.
* Students who do not pass the DTPA must seek advice from the course director.
Course structure
Core Units
Year 1
| ELN010 | Australian Literacy Test (zero (0) credit points) |
| ELN011 | Australian Numeracy Test (zero (0) credit points) |
| HSE010 | Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety (zero (0) credit points) |
| EEH101 | Health and Physical Education Studies |
| EEH102 | The Art and Science of Movement |
| EEH103 | Foundations of Sport and Exercise Pedagogy and Practice |
| EPP101 | Teacher-Learner Identity |
| EPP102 | Learning-Teaching Communities |
| HSE102 | Functional Human Anatomy |
2 credit points of discipline study units in third teaching method area
Year 2
| EEH202 | Youth Health and Student Wellbeing |
| EPP203 | Professional Experience in Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study A |
| EPP204 | Understanding Learning, Learners and Classroom Relationships |
| HSE201 | Exercise Physiology |
| HSE202 | Biomechanics |
| HSE204 | Motor Learning and Development |
2 credit points of discipline study units in third teaching method area
Year 3
| EEH301 | Nutrition, Growth and Development for Health Educators |
| EEH304 | Senior Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education |
| EEH315 | Teaching Sexuality and Relationship Education |
| EPP303 | Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study B |
| HBS107 | Understanding Health * |
| HSE311 | Applied Sports Science 1 |
2 credit points of curriculum study units in third teaching method area
* HBS107 replaces HSE111
Year 4
| EEH401 | Professional Issues in Health and Physical Education |
| EEH403 | Inclusivity and Diversity in HPE Movement Contexts |
| EEH404 | Health: A Family and Community Focus |
| EEH455 | Approaches to Teaching Health and Physical Education |
| EPP401 | Curriculum Assessment and Policy in Contemporary Schooling |
| EPP405 | Professional Identity and Curriculum Work |
| HSE301 | Exercise Prescription for Fitness and Health |
| IND202 | Australian Indigenous Education: Recognition, Relationships and Reconciliation |
Discipline Study Units
Students must complete 4 credit points of discipline study units in a third teaching method area from the following:
| Teaching method area | Discipline studies units |
| Dance* | Complete four credit points from: ACD101, ACD104, ACD207, ACV210 *ACV210 replaces ACD208 |
| Theatre* | Complete four credit points from: |
| English English - Children’s Literature* Or | Select four credit points from: ALL153, ALL154, ALL228, ALL230, ALL326, ALL255, ALL256, ALL375, ALW352, ALL376 Or ALL101, ALL102, ALL202, ALL260, ALL255, ALL256, ALW242, ALL381, ALL375, ALL376 |
| Select four credit points from: AIH107, AIH108, AIH238, AIH240, AST250, AST256, AIH264, AIH276, AIH288, AIH305, AIH350, AIH383 | |
| Home Economics | Complete five units from: HSN010 (0 credit point unit), HSN105, HSN106, HSN210, HSH206 |
| Complete one credit point from: Plus three credit points from: | |
| Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Biology | Complete two units from: SLE010, (0 credit point unit) SLE111 Plus three credit points from: |
| Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Chemistry | Complete three units from: SLE010, (0 credit point unit) SLE133, SLE155 Plus two credit points from: |
*Refer to E377 discipline studies units for available options.
A maximum of two credit points at level one may be taken under any listed method.
Curriculum Study Units
Students must complete 2 credit points of curriculum study units in a third teaching method area from the following:
| Teaching method area | Curriculum studies units |
| Dance (Burwood only) | |
| Theatre (Burwood only) | |
| English | |
| History | |
| Home Economics | |
| Mathematics | |
| Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Biology | |
| Science (Senior Secondary) in specialist science area Chemistry |
*Units no longer available for enrolment.
Other course information
Course duration
Delays in completing the placement could mean that the course will take longer to complete than the stated duration.
International students are required to study full-time to complete their course within the duration registered on CRICOS.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central