The Department has an exceptional multi-disciplinary team of lecturers and support staff.
- Biokinetics
- Sport Coaching
Undergraduate Studies
B Biokinetics programme:
The B Biokinetics programme, in its new format, has been presented since 2017.
B Sport Coaching programme:
The B Sport Coaching degree is a degree for development, improvement and maintenance of sport abilities and skills.
Career opportunities
Biokinetics is an excellent career choice for the enthusiastic individual with compassion for others. A Biokineticist is involved in health care with emphasis on promotion and maintenance of health, physical functioning and physical abilities, prevention of certain ailments and sports injuries, rehabilitation of certain ailments and sports injuries, improvement of overall skills and sports performance.
Career opportunities are available in a range of settings, including private practice, rehabilitation units, schools for children with special needs, corporate sector, elite and professional sports teams, SA National Defence Force, police and correctional facilities.
Sport Coaching is the profession concerned with the development, improvement and maintenance of sporting abilities and skills by means of scientifically based programme prescription, physical training and support. The Bachelor of Sport Coaching will make a significant contribution to the development of centres of coaching excellence in South Africa and the professionalization of sport coaching.
Career opportunities are available in a range of settings i.e. as an elite and professional Sport Coach, Coach Educationist, School Sport Administrator, Government Sport Development and a Sport Agent.In the South African context, graduates of this programme, employed as teachers and /or professional coaches will contribute immensely to the development of sport, from grass root levels to elite sport.