Bachelor of Sport and Recreation
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
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About the course
Overview
*Subject to NZQA approval.
This programme provide Northland students with access to a degree qualification in sport and recreation.
After successfully completing the NorthTec Level 6 diploma, you can move to the degree for your third year. You’ll develop advanced skills in coaching, lifestyle nutrition and health and wellbeing. Students get the opportunity to work in the industry two days a week to put your skills into practice and develop networks to assist you into employment. By learning advanced skills, you’ll be able to reflect critically on your own practice and process complex information related to your field.
About this programme
This programme provides students with an academic pathway into the sport science industry. More than 1700 Northlanders are employed in the sport and recreation sector, making it Northland’s 7th biggest industry by employment.
NorthTec offers qualifications up to degree level in Sport and Recreation:
- Year 1 - New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Level 5) (NorthTec qualification)
- Year 2 - New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Level 6) (NorthTec qualification)
- Year 3 - Bachelor of Sport and Recreation (AUT qualification)
Courses
Courses may include cooperative education, pedagogy, leadership, life style community nutrition and sport and sport health and wellbeing. There is also the opportunity to complete a special topics course. This is an AUT degree able to be completed at NorthTec in Whangārei.
Our Tutors
Our tutors love their work and what it means for community and individual health and wellness. From nutrition and skill acquisition to coaching and leadership, they all enjoy working in education and lifelong learning with a strong sense of “working all together”. NorthTec’s Sport and Recreation tutors hold qualifications in their fields at a Bachelor and Masters’ degree with some staff working on completing a Masters’ degree or PhD. With an emphasis on fun and fitness, the tutors feel the area of study has grown further into overall wellbeing rather than limiting learner activities to sport and exercise and they are passionate about sharing this with Northland.
About the provider
NorthTec is part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (Te Pūkenga). Te Pūkenga brings the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and the arranging training activities of certain Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) together to create a national network.
As one national network, Te Pūkenga will provide flexible, career-focused learning that fits around your life – on-the-job, on campus and online. Helping our people, our communities and our workforces grow and thrive together.
NorthTec has campuses and learning centres in Whangarei, Ngāwhā/Kaikohe, Kerikeri, Dargaville and Kaitaia.
We’re transforming lives right here in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland so whether you imagine yourself as a chef, a nurse, or dream of getting a job in a trade, check out our over 100 programmes and enrol now for a brighter future.