Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health
Turn your passion for sport into a rewarding career and create positive change with the Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health.
You’ll explore the role sport, exercise and healthy living play in addressing global challenges, and will be able to create sustainable solutions to improve the wellbeing of people and communities. Our courses honour mātauranga Māori and Te Tiriti O Waitangi, and will help you develop a sound understanding of sport, movement and exercise science.
With access to world-class sport facilities, high achieving academic staff and valuable workplace experience with one of our industry partners, you’ll be ready to start your career running. Because this is a highly flexible degree, you can even complement sport with other subjects you’re passionate about, from event management to journalism.
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Minimum entry requirements
If you have New Zealand qualifications
- University Entrance or equivalent
- Must be capable of meeting the Children's Act 2014 requirements, including police clearance
If you have qualifications from another country
See entry requirements for students from other countries. Select your country from the dropdown menu.
Useful New Zealand school subjects
Art History, Classical Studies, Drama, English, Geography, Health Education, History, Media Studies, Social Studies and either Physical Education or a subject from Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics, Science or Calculus, Mathematics, Statistics
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall with all bands 5.5 or higher; or equivalent
Don’t meet the entry requirements?
Consider starting with our Certificate in Sport and Recreation.
Develop the skills to turn your interest in sport, recreation and fitness into a rewarding career for yourself.
You can build your degree in a way that suits you and your interests, and include subjects from outside of sport as part of your studies.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health you need to complete:
Core courses (120 points)
These are courses all students in this degree need to take. They give you a basic understanding of the sport, exercise and health sectors, and help you decide which subject to focus on later in your studies. One of the core courses is the course Sport, Exercise and Health Cooperative Education, which is your chance to gain valuable workplace experience related to your studies.
Your chosen major (120 points)
Your major is the subject area you want to specialise in. This makes up one third of your degree, and usually consists of eight courses related to your chosen subject. You can view the list of majors in this degree in the ‘Majors’ tab.
Flexible component (120 points)
You can choose one of the following options
- Two minors (60 points each); or
- A minor (60 points) and elective courses (60 points); or
- A second major (120 points)
Your second major, minor(s) and elective courses can be from different AUT degrees; they don’t need to be from sport.
Build your degree
Use our online tool to build your own degree and see what your three years of study could look like.
If you started your studies in the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation and joined AUT in 2024 or earlier, the courses you need to complete are a little different. Find out what courses you need to take to complete your qualification if you started in 2024 or earlier.
Your major is the subject area you want to specialise in. It makes up one third of your degree, and usually consists of eight courses related to your chosen subject.
Choose one of these majors as part of your degree
Add a second major to your Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health
If you want to include a second major, you can choose another subject from the list above or view more options from different AUT degrees
A minor is smaller than a major. It usually consists of four courses.
Sport minors you could choose
If you decide to include one or two minors in your degree, you could choose from:
- Health and Physical Education
- Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Outdoor Learning
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Sport Interdisciplinary Practice
- Sport Leadership and Management
- Sport Performance Science
- Youth Development and Coaching
Add a minor from outside of sport
You can also choose your minor(s) from subjects outside of sport to complement your Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health.
South Campus
($7,187 - $10,260 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
($40,500 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
- Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
- Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
- There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
- Fees-free study may be available for domestic students
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.