Human Movement Science is a young and dynamic field that takes a cross-disciplinary perspective on the study of how the human body moves and responds to physical activity. This field of study is highly flexible allowing students to experience a variety of areas such as exercise and sport physiology, biomechanics, functional anatomy, and nutrition and exercise. Students will acquire an understanding of the biomechanical, anatomical, physiological and behavioural basis of human movement. They will gain an appreciation of how exercise influences the development of many diseases and how exercise training impacts on human performance. The postgraduate coursework program in Human Movement Science is suited to students seeking a research grounding for entry into either the MPhil or PhD program in human movement studies. Alternatively, it may also be used by students from other degrees seeking to gain advanced knowledge in one or more of the specialised scientific sub-disciplines of human movement science, or wanting to launch a career in the health, sport and fitness industries.

Graduates specialising in human movement science find employment in positions such as executive and research officers for government, professional and private organisations in health and sport sectors, as sports scientists assigned to national and regional sports institutes and teams, as ergonomists examining workplace biomechanics, and as lecturers and researchers in tertiary institutions.