Undergraduate study
     

Sport & Exercise

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise (Coaching Science)

  • UCAS code: C611 BSc/SECS
  • Length: 3 years

2012 entry

  • Fee for UK/EU students: £7,950
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  • Typical offer: A typical offer is 260 tariff points from at least 2 A levels (or equivalent)
 

Behind every successful athlete is a highly knowledgeable and effective coach. Just like an athlete, all coaches need to undergo rigorous training. This involves learning about the science that underpins sporting performance, and how to apply this in practical settings to improve an athlete’s ability.

By studying human anatomy and physiology, and analysing which muscles produce the best results, sports coaches can improve an athlete’s technique in any sporting domain and help them achieve better results.

A good coach learns how to get the best from the individuals they are working with. Therefore, on this degree you discover the best ways of working with teams – how to communicate your ideas, how to devise, implement and evaluate training programmes, and how a team’s psychology and its leaders can greatly affect the team performance.

Good coaching enhances the quality of the sporting experience for performers, and helps them achieve their potential. As either an aspiring or a practising coach, you develop a range of coaching skills applicable to any sport by enhancing your own skills while studying for this Sport and Exercise degree.

You concentrate on the theory and practice of coaching, learn about the core sport science disciplines which underpin the coaching profession and have the chance to apply these skills in practical coaching of sports teams and individuals. What’s more, you have access to some truly phenomenal facilities, setting you up perfectly for your chosen career.

How you learn

This multidisciplinary course utilises different teaching and learning strategies to ensure you graduate not only with excellent theoretical knowledge but also essential work-related skills. The teaching methods utilised vary between modules depending on what is being learnt but include lectures, seminars, laboratory work, workshops, practicals, tutorials and a coaching placement.

How you are assessed

You are assessed by a wide variety of methods including group work, presentations, laboratory reports and examinations. Many of the assessments mirror work-related tasks and thus help you prepare for employment in industry.

Career opportunities

Graduates should be well prepared for careers in coaching at various levels, from recreation to elite sports performance and sports development, either with a national governing body or local authority. This course is also a good pre-requisite qualification for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and a Global Travel & Tourism Partnership/professional graduate in teaching physical education.

Entry requirements

A typical offer is 260 tariff points from at least two A levels (or equivalent). You must have five GCSEs including English, maths and a science at grade C (or equivalent). We recommend an Access course if you're a mature student.

To enter the second year you need an HND in Sport Science/Exercise with a merit profile in appropriate modules.
You also need an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure.

More information

  • Watch our sport and exercise video

  • Sport & Exercise lecture This lecture is given at the beginning of term two on the level two module “human movement in sport and exercise”. It covers theory and research into the coordination and control of human movement from both a motor learning and a biomechanics perspective. Term two requires students to apply the theory when undertaking a small research project. This podcast gives an overview of term two and what is expected of the students during the research project.
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