BSc Sports Performance and Coaching
Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
3 Years
About the course
Work with athletes
Refine their performance
Boost their training
On our BSc Sports Performance and Coaching, you learn how science underpins performance sport, and how you can use that science to help to advance and improve it
Having a comprehensive knowledge of science is ideal for those who want to coach people of a variety of levels and ages
Our excellent links with national governing bodies, such as, Volleyball England, Basketball England, Rugby Football Union and Lawn Tennis Association, give you real practical experience to enhance your learning
Our links also open up opportunities to gain experience working as a sports coach, and coaching education courses and workshops
You also have the option to work towards the National Governing Body of Sport coaching awards
As well as gaining practical experience, you expand your knowledge and skills through studying topics including:
Strength and Conditioning
Performance Analysis
Training and Coaching techniques and methods
Exercise Programming
methods of assessing the fitness and training loads of sports teams and athletes
You can also work with our Human Performance Unit based on campus, supporting our sports scholarship students and national league teams
By the time you graduate, you’ll possess the knowledge and skills required to work in a wide variety of roles within performance sport
Study abroad
Your education extends beyond the University campus
We support you extending your education through providing the option of an additional year at no extra cost
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Subjects
- Coaching
- Psychology
Course programme
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Professional Skills in Sport and Exercise Science 1
Biomechanics
Principles of Nutrition and Metabolism
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Anatomy and Physiology
Introduction to Coaching
Year 2
Professional Skills in Sports and Exercise Science 2
Exercise Physiology
Sports Injuries and Exercise Rehabilitation
Applied Biomechanics and Movement Analysis
Training Techniques and Assessment of Athletes
Psychology of Coaching
Coaching Science
Final year
Nutrition and Drugs in Sport and Exercise
Applied Sports Psychology
Strength and Conditioning
Performance Analysis
Research Project and Skills in Sports Science
Placement
On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Practical work in your first two years
Learn through a combination of lectures, laboratory sessions and coursework
Gain experience collating and interpreting data, and reporting findings clearly and concisely
Assessment
Degrees are awarded on the results of your written examinations together with continual assessments of your practical work and coursework
Contribute towards real-world research projects in your final year of study
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BSc Sports Performance and Coaching