Bachelor
Overseas qualifications
QUT will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If you have tertiary qualifications from countries where English is not the standard language of instruction you must provide evidence of English language proficiency.
English language proficiencyWe require students to demonstrate they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.
Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
Clinical exercise physiologists have expert knowledge about how exercise can improve health and fitness or reduce the onset of chronic disease and its related symptoms. They are skilled in developing rehabilitation programs for patients with acute and chronic medical conditions such as diabetes arthritis and cardiovascular disease. With their extensive understanding about the effects of exercise on the body's systems they can also provide advanced injury prevention and exercise programming advice. Medicare and many private health insurers recognise and cover services supplied by accredited exercise physiologists.
This course offers an honours pathway at the end of the second year into the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology (Honours). You will complete an honours research project that extends your knowledge of the professional field offering a competitive advantage in your career.
Entry into the program is competitive and based on grade point average. On entry to the course you will retain all of the credit you have successfully completed in the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and will complete a further two years of full-time study.
Accredited exercise physiologists have skills that can be applied to a variety of clinical professions. Many graduates are employed by hospitals and clinics for prevention and rehabilitation of patients with injuries and a range of cardiac musculoskeletal occupational neurological and psychological disorders. Graduates can also move into private practice and work as specialists in clinical diagnostics exercise programming and health promotion.
This course is accredited with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and gives graduates professional recognition as an accredited exercise physiologist.