Health, Sport and Human Performance
Turn your passion into an exciting career by studying Health, Sport and Human Performance at the University of Waikato. Our exciting study options will equip you with the latest knowledge and skills to excel in this dynamic environment.
As one of the country's fastest growing industries, health and sport now contributes over $12 Billion dollars per year to New Zealand. Study in Health, Sport and Human Performance will reward you with exciting career opportunities and the chance to help improve the physical, social and mental well-being of others.
Our facilities boast the latest equipment in sport science specialisations, namely The University of Waikato Sports Laboratory at the Avantidrome and The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance, in Tauranga. Both are equipped with cutting-edge facilities to test athlete performance, exercise and recovery, including an environmental chamber for altitude training.
Key information
| Study Locations: | Hamilton, Tauranga, Online Papers offered differ by location. The Catalogue of Papers has full location info. |
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| Area of Study: |
Study Health, Sport and Human Performance in these qualifications
Study Health, Sport and Human Performance as a specialisation of
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Communication
- Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences with Honours
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science (Technology)
- Bachelor of Social Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Arts
- Master of Arts (Applied)
- Master of Health, Sport and Human Performance
- Master of Management Studies
- Master of Philosophy
- Master of Science
- Master of Science (Research)
- Master of Science (Technology)
- Master of Social Sciences
- Postgraduate Certificate
- Postgraduate Diploma
Career opportunities
- Applied Sports Scientist
- Community Sport Adviser
- Events Manager
- Health and Physical Education Teacher
- Personal Trainer
- Sports Coach
Study in Tauranga
A range of HSHP papers are available in Tauranga.
A range of HSHP papers are available in Tauranga. Undergraduate students have options at levels 100-300, and higher-level papers are offered to postgraduate students as well. Online options are a part of the HSHP mix too.
Tauranga is also home to The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance, one of our specialist sports science facilities.
Papers
Available Health, Sport and Human Performance papers
100 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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| CMYHE101 | Understanding Hauora, Health and Wellbeing | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton), 23A (Online) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper examines a social determinants approach to Health. It includes exploration of a range of interactions that influence the health of populations and determinants of health in New Zealand and global contexts. | |||
| DANCE101 | Dance, Movement and Culture | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) |
| This paper provides practical experience with different forms of dance, an introduction to choreography, and a critical examination of how dance is influenced by societal and cultural issues. | |||
| HPSCI101 | Introduction to Human Performance Science | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper will provide an introduction to Human Performance Science. | |||
| HSHUP101 | Foundations of Health, Sport and Human Performance | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| Health, sport and human performance is an interdisciplinary field of study. This paper introduces students to the foundational academic skills required for success within the Health, Sport and Human Performance degree. | |||
| HSHUP102 | The Fundamentals of Coaching and Instruction | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper develops an introductory working knowledge of coaching and instructing including communication and management strategies, and how to create environments that support the diverse learning needs of individuals and groups. | |||
| SDCOA101 | Sport, Culture and Development: Trends and Issues | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton), 23B (Online) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| In this paper students will gain an introduction to sociological understandings of sport and movement cultures. They will develop new ways of critically thinking about the important role sport plays in contemporary society, including the economy, politics, tourism, the media, and our sense of identity, belonging and community. Stud... | |||
200 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMYHE201 | Healthy Lifestyles and Healthy Communities | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper aims to develop understanding of sociological analyses and critiques of health promotion and to develop comprehension of the relationship between practice and the wider cultural, environmental, political, and social contexts in which health promotion occurs. | |||
| CMYHE202 | Understanding Healthy Bodies: Sociocultural Perspectives | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper develops a sociocultural understanding of healthy bodies. | |||
| HPSCI201 | Exercise Physiology and Prescription | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| The paper examines the physiological mechanisms, adaptations and subsequent exercise prescription that impact on performance and wellbeing. | |||
| HPSCI202 | Psychomotor Learning and Performance | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) |
| The paper provides a broad research-informed introduction to themes associated with perceptual and psychological factors that influence how people learn and perform movement skills. | |||
| HPSCI203 | Nutrition for Health and Exercise | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper will include an overview of nutrition in the context of sport and health related settings, with focus on understanding the roles of macro and micro-nutrients, energy balance, measurement of resting, exercising energy expenditure, chronic lifestyle related disease and influences on current diet practices. | |||
| HPSCI204 | Biomechanics in Sport: Functional Anatomy and Biomechanical Principles | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper covers basic biomechanics concepts, including static mechanics, dynamic mechanics, kinematics, and kinetics. Injury mechanics, prevention and rehabilitation principles and practices are also addressed in the context of sport. | |||
| HSHUP201 | Psychology of Health, Sport and Human Performance | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton), 23B (Online) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper addresses key psychological aspects of health, sport and human performance. Select psychological concepts are covered to develop knowledge, understanding and skills important to a broad range of career and leadership pathways within and beyond sport, health and exercise. Topics will include confidence and motivation, go... | |||
| MAORI204 | Māori and Pacific Health and Wellbeing | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Maori and Pacific perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human Performance, and Nursing. | |||
| SDCOA201 | Sport and Community Development: Identity, Culture and Society | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| In this paper students will develop critical understandings of how sport is used for the purposes of health, wellbeing and social development within local, national and international communities. Students will be introduced to more advanced key concepts and theories within sociology of sport and development studies, adding in conce... | |||
| SDCOA202 | Negotiating Sport Development and Coaching Contexts | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton), 23A (Online) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| Sport development and coaching occurs in complex and dynamic interpersonal, physical and organisational environments. This paper introduces and develops knowledge and skills to negotiate effective partnerships for learning in the coaching and instructing nexus. | |||
| SDCOA203 | Coaching for Learning | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper advances practices integral to learner/athlete centred coaching, facilitation and instruction in an array of sport and recreation settings. | |||
300 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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| CMYHE301 | Critical Perspectives of Health | 15.0 | 23B (Online) |
| In this paper students will critically engage with a range of contemporary health and social issues using a case study approach. This will include gaining a comprehensive understanding of the role of the media, popular culture and interest groups and critiquing contemporary health and social issues. | |||
| CMYHE302 | Health in the Digital Era | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton), 23A (Online) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| This paper critically examines how the growth of digital technologies have influenced understandings and practices of health. Key themes in this paper address the role of digital media in constructing understandings of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles, the changing nature of the healthcare provider-patient relationship, and the dev... | |||
| HPSCI301 | Advanced Exercise Physiology and Prescription | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| The paper critically examines complex physiological mechanisms and explores innovative strategies to manipulate these mechanisms to enhance fitness, performance and health. | |||
| HPSCI302 | Advances in Human Performance Psychology | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) |
| The paper examines historical and contemporary approaches to the psychology of human performance in physical activity, sport and other domains, with emphasis on the role of conscious and nonconscious psychological processes that underlie movement. | |||
| HPSCI303 | Advanced Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| The paper critically examines the theoretical/biomechanical concepts involved in analysing and monitoring human movement to enhance health and performance outcomes. | |||
| HPSCI304 | Advanced Strength Conditioning and Exercise Prescription | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper explores technological innovations in sport and human performance. It aims to investigate the various forms of technologies used to measure and monitor human performance in sport. | |||
| HSHUP301 | Industry and Community Engagement in Health, Sport and Human Performance 1 | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton), 23A (Tauranga), 23B (Hamilton) & 23C (Block) |
| This paper fulfills The University of Waikato's requirement for all students to engage with the wider community in a work-related or applied project setting. This paper provides opportunities for professional and personal development within varied work-related settings relevant to the fields of sport, health and human performance.... | |||
| HSHUP302 | Industry and Community Engagement in Health, Sport and Human Performance 2 | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton), 23A (Tauranga), 23B (Hamilton) & 23C (Block) |
| This paper fulfills The University of Waikato's requirement for all students to engage with the wider community in a work-related or applied project setting. This paper provides opportunities for professional and personal development within varied work-related settings relevant to the fields of sport, health and human performance.... | |||
| HSHUP303 | Extended Industry Engagement in Health, Sport and Human Performance 1 | 30.0 | 23D (Hamilton) & 23D (Tauranga) |
| This work-integrated learning paper provides students with an extended engagement with a work placement with an industry or community partner organisation. Enrolment in this paper requires approval from the paper convenor. | |||
| HSHUP304 | Extended Industry Engagement in Health, Sport and Human Performance 2 | 30.0 | 23D (Hamilton) & 23D (Tauranga) |
| This work-integrated learning paper provides students with an extended engagement with a work placement with an industry or community partner organisation. Enrolment in this paper requires approval from the paper convenor. | |||
| HSHUP390 | Directed Study | 15.0 | 23A (Online) & 23B (Online) |
| This paper allows you to work independently under the supervision of a staff member to conduct an investigation on a topic of your choice. | |||
| SDCOA301 | Contemporary Issues in Sport Development in Local and Global Contexts | 15.0 | 23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga) |
| In this paper students will develop critical understandings of how sport is used for the purposes of health, wellbeing and social development within local, national and international communities. Students will interrogate through a social justice lens, contemporary issues in these communities and the key themes running through thes... | |||
| SDCOA303 | Sport, Media and Communication | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Online) |
| This paper expands students' critical sociocultural understanding of the media. Students will develop knowledge of the production and consumption of various forms of media (including social media), and have the opportunity to develop skills in critical media analysis and production. | |||
| SDCOA304 | Analysing Coaching for Learning | 15.0 | 23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga) |
| This paper critically examines the instructional strategies and practices adopted to promote effective instruction in selected settings. A range of technologies to support the analysis and reflection process are utilised. Students will have the opportunity to apply these in a broad range of coaching and instructional settings. | |||
500 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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| EDUCA500 | Culturally Responsive Methodologies incorporating kaupapa Māori and Critical Theories | 30.0 | 23X (Block - Tauranga) |
| Culturally Responsive Methodologies utilise kaupapa Maori and critical theoretical frameworks to develop contexts within which the researched community can define the terms for engaging, relating and co-creating new knowledge. | |||
| EDUCA557 | Becoming a researcher: theory, ethics and methods | 30.0 | 23A (Online), 23B (Online) & 23H (Block) |
| This paper introduces students to the major educational research paradigms, methodologies appropriate to collecting data in schools (including interviews, observations, surveys, case studies), action research, literature reviews, critiquing research, and report writing. It includes consideration of ethical issues in research. | |||
| HPSCI502 | Advanced Human Performance Science | 30.0 | 23A (Hamilton) |
| This paper will provide a forum in which students can engage in critical debate concerning various sport science topics and issues, develop practical skills for use in physical and psychological testing and research settings and learn how to write scientific journal articles. Delivery of this paper will combine online and face-to-f... | |||
| HPSCI592 | Dissertation | 60.0 | 23I (Online), 23I (Tauranga), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| A report on the findings of a theoretical, applied or empirical investigation. | |||
| HPSCI593 | Health, Sport and Human Performance Thesis | 90.0 | 23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. | |||
| HPSCI594 | Health, Sport and Human Performance Thesis | 120.0 | 23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. | |||
| HSHUP501 | Research Methods in Health, Sport and Human Performance | 30.0 | 23A (Hamilton) |
| This paper will allow students to develop their skills for finding and analysing literature, gain an understanding of different research designs, methodologies and ethical issues in health, sport and human performance settings, learn different statistical and analysis techniques. This paper will split into two streams where studen... | |||
| HSHUP507 | Social Sciences of Sport, Active Recreation and Coaching | 30.0 | 23A (Online) |
| Students will be introduced to key theories used for the social scientific study of sport, active recreation and coaching. Attention will be paid to the complexities of sport, active recreation and coaching contexts as well as how to create positive change in these contexts. | |||
| HSHUP520 | Special Topic: Disability, Sport and Inclusive Practice | 30.0 | 23B (Hamilton) |
| This paper introduces students and professionals to the concepts, topics and issues that are foundational to research, theory, and practice in disability sport. Students will develop an understanding of disability and inclusion in sporting contexts, draw on current research and developments, and learn how to shape social change and... | |||
| HSHUP590 | Directed Study | 30.0 | 23X (Online) |
| Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff. | |||
| HSHUP592 | Dissertation | 60.0 | 23I (Online), 23I (Tauranga), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| A report on the findings of a theoretical, applied or empirical investigation. | |||
| HSHUP593 | Health, Sport and Human Performance Thesis | 90.0 | 23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. | |||
| HSHUP594 | Health, Sport and Human Performance Thesis | 120.0 | 23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. | |||
800 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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| HSHUP800 | Health, Sport and Human Performance MPhil Thesis | 120.0 | 23X (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | |||
900 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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| HPSCI900 | Health, Sport and Human Performance PhD Thesis | 120.0 | 23I (Hamilton), 23I (Tauranga), 23J (Hamilton), 23J (Tauranga), 23K (Hamilton), 23K (Tauranga), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| No description available. | |||
| HSHUP900 | Health, Sport and Human Performance PhD Thesis | 120.0 | 23I (Hamilton), 23I (Tauranga), 23J (Hamilton), 23K (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga) |
| No description available. | |||
Scholarships and prizes
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Graduate study options
Practical experience
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We offer a range of undergraduate papers that have a practical component as well as those that exclusively promote learning from experience in the field of health, sport and human performance. These papers enable you to participate, contribute, learn and critically reflect on the area of sport and leisure.
As a university located in the heart of the Waikato Region, we are proud to foster collaborative relationships with some of the country's top sports organisations and facilities. Our partnerships allow students to get a taste of industry careers from high performance sport (Waikato Chiefs, BOP Magic and Cycling NZ) to community organisations (Sport Waikato, Parafed and Disabilities Waikato).
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