澳大利亚体育学院

Build a career as a personal trainer or use your passion to become a high performance manager when you study a Bachelor of Applied Fitness at ACPE.

Designed by professional fitness association members and industry leaders, this hands-on course offers the flexibility and professional development you need to break into the competitive fitness and personal training industry.

Study mode
Face to face with selected subjects available online
Online learning
Selected units available online for students enrolled in courses that are not fully online. Online units in these courses are taught with a viable cohort of students. If the cohort in these units is too small to ensure an optimal student experience, the College reserves the right to alter the delivery mode to on-campus or mixed mode.

About the course

The Bachelor of Applied Fitness combines the theory and practice of health and fitness studies, exercise prescription, small business management and the science of training. Build a career as a fitness professional or use your passion to become a high performance manager when you study a Bachelor of Applied Fitness at ACPE.

Designed by professional fitness association members, providers of current industry accreditation, and academics with industry experience, the Bachelor of Applied Fitness is divided into four strands.

• Health Studies
• Fitness Science
• Physical Activity and Exercise Prescription
• Professional Development

Career Outcomes

Begin your fitness career

This qualification provides a gateway to lucrative growth areas in health and physical fitness – through personal training, corporate health, special needs training, fitness writing, and event presentation. It can also open doors to further study and research in fitness and health-related fields.

Course streams

The degree is made up of the following courses

• Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology
• Performance and Exercise Psychology
• Biomechanics
• Applied Exercise Physiology
• Health and Activity for Diverse Populations
• Principles of Health Promotion
• Health, Lifestyle Disease and Exercise Prescription
• Small Business Management – Principles and Practices for the Fitness Industry.