Strength and Conditioning
Qualifications
Overview
Strength and Conditioning helps people to achieve health, body composition, and fitness performance goals.
Develop training programmes that boosts performance and reconditions athletes towards their best.
- Learn about anatomy and exercise science to measure physical performance, create and test training methods, and prescribe rehabilitation and recovery programmes.
- Study in our Performance Education and Training Centre, which includes a specialised strength and conditioning facility and 3D performance capture technology.
- Practical experiences working with professional sport organisations and athletes.
- Gain the skills required for National Strength and Conditioning Association (NCSA) accreditation to work as a professional strength and conditioning trainer.
Strength and Conditioning major
Complete the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Sport, along with the following major courses:
100-level
- SPCO107 Sport Nutrition
- SPRT109 Strength and Conditioning
200-level
- SPCO209 Exercise Physiology
- SPCO221 Injury and Rehabilitation
- SPRT211 Physical Preparation Coaching
300-level
Strength and Conditioning minor
For the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health Sciences, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership, complete the following courses:
100-level
- SPCO107 Sport Nutrition
- SPRT109 Strength and Conditioning
200-level
- SPCO221 Injury and Rehabilitation
- SPRT211 Physical Preparation Coaching
300-level
Helping others to achieve their peak athletic performance is a rewarding career, and is also in demand within sporting, military, and protective service industries.
Career pathways could include:
- strength and conditioning coach
- personal trainer
- rehabilitation advisor
- sports scientist.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.
Contact us
Te Kura Mātai Hauora | School of Health Sciences
Phone +64 3 369 3333
Email studyhealth@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Level 3, Rehua building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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