The course provides graduates with a simple pathway to accreditation as Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEP) and access to Provider Numbers with Medicare Australia, WorkSafe Victoria, DVA, TAC, and other compensable funds and schemes. The teaching team has expertise across all of the pathology areas needed for clinical exercise practice. The program covers all of the requirements for AEP accreditation and features the award-winning Clinical Exercise Learning Centre at Burwood (Melbourne), where you will develop your practice skills under close supervision and mentoring. You will then embark on a range of external clinical practicum experiences designed to optimise your exposure to a wide range of clientele, practitioners and institutions. Some of these placements lead directly to future employment. You will develop knowledge and expertise to prevent and treat many chronic medical conditions, injuries and disabilities. You will also learn the effects of acute and chronic exercise on physiological and pathophysiological processes in individuals with injury and disease.

The minimum entry requirement to this course are completion of a three-year bachelor degree in a related discipline from an approved university or other educational institution, applicants have to be eligible to obtain Exercise Scientist accreditation from Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and completion of 140 hours of exercise science service delivery for apparently healthy clientele. Please refer below for more information on entry requirements into this course. IELTS: minimum score of 6.5, with no subscore less than 6.0 or Paper-based TOEFL: 577 (Writing 4.5) or Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 70 (with minimum score of 21 in Writing) or Pearson Test of English (Academic): an overall score of 58 with no score less than 50