Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours and Bachelor of Business

• Program Overview
• Teaching Mode
• Career Outcomes
• Professional Membership
• Program Structure
• Program Requirements and Notes

Program Overview

The Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours and Bachelor of Business is a dual award program offered jointly between Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE (CSIT) and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The dual awards consist of a Diploma with Honours through CSIT and a Bachelor of Business through the University.

In the first year, you undertake studies at the CSIT's Mooloolaba campus on four days per week, while undertaking one course towards your Bachelor of Business at the University's Sippy Downs campus.

During the first semester of your second year, three days are at CSIT, and 2 courses are taken at the University. From semester two of the second year, the remaining 12 courses are taken at the University.

This full-time program commences in Semester 1 each year.

Teaching Mode

There are different teaching modes between the CSIT Diploma modules and the University's Bachelor of Business courses. Diploma modules are face-to-face teaching with performance based assessment. The University's Bachelor of Business courses have 3 or 4 hours of contact per course per week, generally in the mode of a 1 hour lecture and 2 hour tutorial, with students completing a further 6-7 hours of self-directed learning per course per week. The self-directed learning consists of readings, research, assignments and other assessment items.

Career Outcomes

Knowledge and skills acquired through the Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours and Bachelor of Business are transferable across many sectors such as government, education, the arts, commerce, and industry. Depending on minor and majors chosen, opportunities exist in:

• community recreation and fitness
• corporate health and fitness
• personal training
• sports marketing
• exercise instruction
• fitness instructing
• exercise planning, programming and administration
• management or marketing (dependent on major)

Professional Membership

Students and graduates may become members / associate members of various Australian professional bodies depending on their study specialisations.

Program Structure

Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours

CSIT Modules required for the Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours award are undertaken at the CSIT Mooloolaba campus.

Modules undertaken cover the broad areas of:

• exercise science and exercise instruction
• client induction and screening and first aid
• fitness, aqua and aerobic instructor
• exercise planning, programming and administration
• postural screening and organise and conduct a sport and recreation session
• personal trainer, exercise of older adults and special populations
• sports marketing, management of events and sports psychology
• nutrition and drugs

Multiple modules are undertaken in each of the above areas. For information on the specific modules for this program refer to the student information provided by CSIT.

Bachelor of Business

Students successfully completing Diplomas at CSIT are eligible to apply for Advanced Standing towards their program at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Advanced Standing for the Diploma of Sport and Recreation with Honours is currently assessed as 8 courses towards a Bachelor of Business program.

The 8 courses are:

Code	Units	Title
BUS104	12	Managing the Organisation
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective
BUS299	12	General Elective

This leaves the remaining 16 courses required to complete the Bachelor of Business:

Core Courses

The lectures are at the University's Sippy Downs campus and the tutorials are at the CSIT Mooloolaba campus.

Code	Units	Title
2 required courses:
COR109	12	Communication and Thought
COR110	12	Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship*

Introductory Courses

The lectures and tutorials are at the University's Sippy Downs campus.

Code	Units	Title
4 required courses:
BUS101	12	Applied Research Methods
BUS102	12	Economics for Business
BUS103	12	Business Law and Ethics
BUS105	12	Marketing Theory and Practice
Plus - choose 1 course from:
BUS106	12	Introductory Accounting
BUS107	12	Accounting for Non-Accountants

Major Courses

Choose 8 courses which constitute a major. Majors suitable to be undertaken with this Diploma are: Tourism Management (including Human Resource Management) International Business Marketing Information Systems

Elective Course

Choose 1 advanced level Business course

Program Requirements and Notes

1. No more than 10 introductory level courses are to be completed, including Core Courses, in the Bachelor of Business.

2. Refer to the Academic Rules.

3. Refer to Explanation of Terms.

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