Learn to assess clients who want to exercise or who are living with, or are at risk of, chronic disease, injuries or disabilities.

Build a comprehensive understanding of the science of health, physical activity and exercise. Gain valuable clinical experience in the Victoria University Exercise Rehabilitation Clinic as you assess functional capacity and recovery in our state-of-the-art exercise science laboratories and research facilities.

This diploma helps you attain your Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) accreditation.

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• Location:
  Footscray Park
• Faculty:
  Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
• School:
  School of Sport and Exercise Science
• Study mode:
  Full Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus
• Course code:
  AGCE
• Duration:
  1 year
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here to search for courses available to non-residents

How to apply

You may gain ESSA (Exercise and Sports Science Australia) accreditation and follow a career as:

• exercise physiologist in health or exercise industry
• sport exercise physiologist
• cardiorespiratory exercise rehabilitation
• musculoskeletal exercise rehabilitation

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Exercise Practice may gain ESSA (Exercise and Sports Science Australia) accreditation.

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

This course aims to:

• build on the skills, attributes, and knowledge developed in the new Undergraduate Clinical Exercise Practice course;
• to provide the final year of a new 3 + 1 Program that will lead to the most direct pathway to accreditation as an ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist and a career as a clinical exercise practitioner;
• to prepare those students who do not wish to practise clinical exercise to either practise exercise science with apparently healthy clientele or continue with further study in the exercise sciences;
• to prepare students for further postgraduate studies in the clinical exercise sciences, if desired.

• Case Management for Clinical Exercise 1

  Unit code

  AHX5040

  Credits

  12

• Exercise Interventions for Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Conditions

  Unit code

  AHX5044

  Credits

  12

• Exercise Assessments for Musculoskeletal and Neurological Conditions

  Unit code

  AHX5046

  Credits

  12

• Clinical Exercise Practice 2

  Unit code

  AHX5047

  Credits

  12

• Exercise Interventions for Musculoskeletal and Neurological Conditions

  Unit code

  AHX5049

  Credits

  12

• Psychology for Rehabilitation

  Unit code

  AHX5180

  Credits

  12

• Exercise Assessments and Interventions for Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Conditions 2

  Unit code

  AHE4005

  Credits

  12

• Occupational Health and Exercise Rehabilitation

  Unit code

  AHE4006

  Credits

  12

• Clinical Exercise Practice 3

  Unit code

  AHX5048

  Credits

  12

• Case Management for Clinical Exercise 2

  Unit code

  AHX5045

  Credits

  12

Students must complete 8 units of study

• The course is available to those who have completed an undergraduate degree in Clinical and/or Exercise Science, and/or qualify for Exercise Science accreditation with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA).