Overview

Health and Physical Education (HPE) prepares future teachers to support children and young people to live healthy, active and positive lives. This teaching area focuses on both health education and movement, helping pre‑service teachers build confident, inclusive and engaging learning experiences for students across a range of school settings. Aligned with curriculum requirements in Queensland and Victoria, the program develops skills in physical activity, personal and social wellbeing, health literacy and respectful relationships. Graduates are equipped to respond to contemporary issues such as diversity, mental health, inclusion and student safety, while fostering a lifelong love of movement and wellbeing in their students.

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Completion requirements

This teaching area is only available to VIC and QLD students in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary).

Students must complete as a first teaching area:

  • 60 cp from Health and Physical Education Discipline Area units (Part A)
  • 20 cp from Health and Physical Education Undergraduate Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (CPA) units (Part B.1)


Students in the following courses must complete:

  • Master of Teaching (Secondary)
  • Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Internship)
  • Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Leading Learning)
  • Master of Teaching (Secondary) /Graduate Certificate in Religious Education
  • Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching (Secondary)


  • 20 cp from Health and Physical Education Postgraduate Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (CPA) units (Part B.2)


Students taking Health and Physical Education as their First Teaching Area in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) or Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary) must complete 60 credit points of Mathematics Discipline units as outlined below.

Part A.1 AND Part A.2 AND Part A.3

    Part A.1 : 100-level units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • EXSC109Games and Sports Skills10 CP
  • EXSC142Anatomical Foundations of Exercise Science10 CP

    • Part A.2 : 200-level units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • EXSC219Youth Strength, Fitness, and Assessment10 CP
  • EXSC249Health, Exercise, and Sport Psychology10 CP
  • EXSC250Gymnastics and Dance10 CP

    • Part A.3 : 300-level units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • EXSC313Aquatics and Athletics10 CP
  • EXSC385Challenges and Opportunities in the Health of Young People10 CP

Part B.1 OR Part B.2

    Part B.1 : Undergraduate CPA units

    Part B.1.1 AND Part B.1.2

    Part B.1.1 : Junior Secondary CPA units

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • EDHP250Pedagogical Studies in HPE/PDHP (7 to 10)10 CP

    • Part B.1.2 : Senior Secondary CPA units

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • EDCU350Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 110 CP

    Study as part of the First Teaching Area

  • EDCU351Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 210 CP

    Study as part of the Second Teaching Area

  • EDCU352Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 310 CP

    Study as part of the Second Teaching Area

    • Part B.2 : Postgraduate CPA units

    Part B.2.1 AND Part B.2.2

    Part B.2.1 : Junior Secondary CPA units

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • EDHP550Pedagogical Studies in HPE/PDHPE (7 to 10)10 CP
    • Part B.2.2 : Senior Secondary CPA units

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • EDCU650Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 110 CP

    Study as part of the First Teaching Area

  • EDCU651Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 210 CP

    Study as part of the Second Teaching Area

  • EDCU652Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment for Senior Studies 310 CP

    Study as part of the Second Teaching Area

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