Honours Bachelor of Human Kinetics - Education and Coaching - Studies of Social Issues in Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Option

About this programme

Students will acquire knowledge and have opportunities to apply what they learn to interventions in physical activity, education and coaching that enrich people’s lives. They will gain theoretical and practical training in why and how to encourage people to become more active and how to better people’s experiences in various contexts of physical activity, education and coaching. Students will critically examine how various intervening roles, especially in teaching and coaching, lead to improved health, well-being, development, learning, and performance in individuals and society, and will learn to develop, implement and evaluate programs. Students will receive training informed by social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociocultural, pedagogy, leisure studies). They will have opportunities to acquire motivational and consulting skills to work with individuals in different contexts. For example, they can learn behavioural change techniques to promote physical activity, or how to work with athletes to prepare them for competition. Students will have opportunities to gain competencies in leading group interventions in sport coaching, recreation programming, and teaching physical activity. This option offers an opportunity to improve knowledge and skills in critical analysis of sport, physical activity and leisure. Students can gain training that will allow them to contribute to the strategic promotion of healthy physical activity in communities, that can be applied to interventions and programming across the lifespan (from young children to older adults), in established and under