Course details

Summary

If you have a passion for helping others and want to work in an industry that contributes to the cultural, social and economic wellbeing of your community – this one year diploma is a great option.

You’ll expand your knowledge of anatomy and physiology to build and develop skills in a range of areas, including exercise analysis, critical thinking, coaching, and more! These skills will help you develop your leadership capabilities so that when you graduate, you’ll be capable and able to supervise safe, ethical and professional procedures in sport, recreation and/or exercise settings.

This diploma is also a pathway into the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation, so students can complete the one year diploma and then pathway into the second year of the degree (currently delivered in Tauranga).

Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive the award of:

• New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Multi-sector) (Level 5)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Event supervisor
• Exercise consultant
• Hauora or health educator
• OSCAR leader
• Recreation supervisor
• Recreation programme coordinator
• Sport development officer
• Sport coordinator
• Whānau Ora leader

TOPICS YOU'LL COVER

• OTHH5020: Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
• OTHH5021: Skill Learning and Technique Development
• SPOR5016: Exercise, Sport and Recreation Planning
• SPOR5017: Academic and Professional Skills
• SPOR5018: Sport, Exercise and Recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand
• SPOR5019: Leadership in Exercise, Sport and Recreation
• SPOR5020: Exercise, Sport and Recreation Issues in Society
• OTHH5022: Human Anatomy and Physiology

FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS

• Bachelor of Sport and Recreation

Entry criteria

You must have:

• NCEA Level 2 with passes in English / Te Reo 毛利, or
• Equivalent Educational achievement, or
• completed the New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 4), or
• completed the New Zealand Certificate in Freestyle Group Exercise (Level 4), or
• Special Admission, and
• Satisfactory Police vetting

English Language requirements:

Level 5 certificate or diploma

IELTS Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5.0; TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) score of 46 or higher (with a writing score of 20); TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) score of 550 (with an essay score of 5.0 TWE); FCE, FCE for schools, with a score of 162, no less than 154 in each skill; NZCEL of Level 4 with the Academic endorsement; PToE (Academic) score of 42.