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This course brings together knowledge gained throughout the Sport Coaching programme, providing students with experience in a professional sport-related workplace of their choice, with a view to future employment or further study. The internship provides students with an opportunity to gain an understanding of management structures and practices with a professional sporting organisation, while specialising in the area of their chosen endorsement. Students will work towards a substantial project in an authentic setting. Students will develop critical reflection skills and technical and interpersonal skills required to work successfully in a professional workplace.
1. Develop key personal and professional skills and attributes in the discipline-specific internship setting related to the student's major.2. Analyse, critique and contribute to the development of the internship environment specific to the content learnt in the student’s major.3. Plan, implement and evaluate a sports or physical activity event, programme, or project by completion of the internship programme relevant to the student's major.4. Critically examine, understand and apply bicultural practise in the internship environment.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Successful completion of ALL required 100 level and 200 level courses from the Sport Coaching or Bachelor of Sport schedule.
SPCO320
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Piet Van Hasselt
Domestic fee $1,099.00
International fee $5,388.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Health Sciences .