The Department was established in 1994 to offer Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor's degree programmes in Physical, Health Education and Recreation. The certificate and diploma programmes were however phased out in 1999 in order to devote resources to the bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. The four- year Bachelor's degree programme requires grounding in courses such as physical education teacher education, sports science, health promotion, sports management/administration/marketing, recreation/leisure and sports psychology.