In today’s complex health and wellness system, there is increasing demand for specialist health promotion personnel with specialist skills to improve and maintain health and physical activity levels. Physical inactivity and its associated risk factors to individuals and global health remains a pressing public health issue. This honours degree involves students specialising in physical activity promotion, prescription and planning, delivery, and evaluation related competencies for various physical activity intervention types across the lifespan. Students will also study a broad range of health issues from mental health to alcohol use and from sedentary lifestyles to sexual health. Core settings include the role of the community, health services, educational, work place and family sectors in promoting health improvement of populations. This unique degree will equip graduates with both health science and specifically physical activity skills relevant to the broad range of physical activity categories across the physical activity continuum from physical activity promotion for activities of daily living (ADL’s) through to elite sport testing and prescription.

Min points - 160, min subjects - 2H5 & 4O6/H7, O6/H7 English or Irish, F2/O6/H7 A science subject at Leaving Certificate is not a requirement for this course. Successful applicants for this course will be required to undergo Garda vetting and a medical evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify students with special exercise requirements. This information is strictly confidential and any offer made will not be withdrawn on the basis of medical information supplied. Hepatitis B vaccination will be required for work placement.