100-level

HLTH102
Health Promotion
Description
This course will provide an understanding of the broad range of ways in which the health of populations or societies can be promoted. Through personal reflection and synthesis of course material, students will deepen their understanding of key health concepts. Students will learn to design health promotion approaches that aligns with epidemiological and life-course evidence.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Semester Two 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points
SPRT107
Sport Nutrition
Description
This course provides an understanding of nutritional principles for healthy living and maintaining and improving sporting performance. The course will identify recommended nutritional practices for various populations including athletes, recreational exercisers, and groups with specific nutritional needs. The use of nutritional supplements in sporting performance will also be examined.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Restrictions
SPCO107
HLTH122
Building Resilience
Description
This course is designed as an introduction to the concept of mental health. It examines concepts of mental health and resilience and considers these in relation to the determinants of health. The course develops students' understanding of models of best practice in mental health education and promotion. Students will explore a range of mental health issues and demonstrate a range of strategies designed to enhance their own and others' mental health.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Restrictions
HLED122
SPRT126
Land Journeys and Ethics
Description
Informed by experiential education approaches, students will complete a weekend backpacking trip with instructors as part of the overall course and use reflections from these experiences, in conjunction with coursework on human-nature relationships, to critically analyse and develop a personal land ethic. The field trip explores the concept of wilderness in land ethics through a direct experience of actual wilderness. The course has a focus on bi-culturally competent and globally connected understandings of the relationships between humans and nature.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Restrictions
TEPE112, SPCO126

200-level

HLTH223
Physical activity and Nutrition
Description
This course equips students with the knowledge, skills, and understandings necessary to develop programmes that enhance the nutrition and physical activity of people in Aotearoa. Students will explore how the determinants of health influence nutrition and physical activity, and research effective health promotion strategies. An opportunity for health promotion experience will provide students with practical skills.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
HLTH112 - 'Anatomy & Physiology I' or HLTH113 - 'Anatomy & Physiology II' or BCHM111 - 'Cellular Biology and Biochemistry'
Restrictions
HLED223
SPRT229
Sport Psychology
Description
Sport Psychology is the study of how psychological processes affect sporting behaviour, and in turn, how participation and performance in sport affects psychology. This course introduces students to the relationship between sport and psychology. Fundamental sport psychology theories, methods, and findings are examined in terms of their implications for athletes, coaches, and the sporting environment, and principles for developing performance, participation, wellbeing, and enjoyment in sport are evaluated.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Semester Two 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
60 points at 100 level in any subject
Restrictions
SPCO103

300-level

SPRT322
Physical Activity and Wellbeing
Description
This course explores the relationships between physical activity and well-being. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the role of physical activity in contributing to well-being across a range of levels of analysis (e.g., individual, social, economic, environmental), across a range of populations (e.g., Maori, Pasifika, youth, older persons) and across a range of settings (e.g., school, workplace, residential).
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
SPRT107 or SPRT209 or SPCO107 or SPCO209
SPRT323
Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
Description
This course examines the application of psychology to sport and exercise. The theory, philosophy, and practice of psychological skills training is examined and students will critically reflect on the application of psychological skills training in the context of sport and exercise. Explicit consideration is given to the role of psychological factors that contribute to participation and performance in sport and exercise, and in-turn, to the influence that sport and exercise participation can have on psychological functioning and mental health. The focus is on the practical application of psychological skills and methods. Accordingly, the course comprises conventional lectures combined with more practical and interactive learning activities.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
SPRT229 or SPCO103
Restrictions
SPCO223

Not Offered Courses in 2026

300-level

HLTH317
Behaviour Change in Nutrition & Physical Activity
Description
This course examines the principles and key concepts of behaviour change theories and models of behaviour change and their application to physical activity and nutrition. Nutrition and physical activity are leading contributors to health outcomes in New Zealand and internationally. While behaviour and behaviour change are highly complex processes, this course will enable an understanding of the factors and processes that contribute to people adopting, maintaining, and modifying behaviour in these domains. Students will leave the course having critically analysed why individuals make the decisions they do in health and apply this knowledge in supporting individuals, families, and communities to improve their health behaviour. This course specifically examines the factors associated with nutritional and physical activity behaviours and approaches to modifying behaviour are evaluated.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026
For further information see HLTH317 course details
Points
15 points