Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Portsmouth College

Bachelor's degree

In Portsmouth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Portsmouth

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why take this course? This course presents the UK’s first integrated Professional Doctorate and stage II of the BPS qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology. On completion of this course you will hold a doctoral degree, become a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist, and be eligible to register with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. The course offers a unique blended learning opportunity for those who wish to achieve both the highest level of academic degree and vocational qualification to practice as a psychologist within the sport and exercise domain. Holding these dual qualifications is increasingly important for both career and professional development in the field of sport and exercise psychology.

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Location

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Portsmouth (Hampshire)
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Tangier Road, PO3 6PZ.

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About this course

What will I experience?  On this course you will: Gain advanced research skills through the completion of a doctoral level programme of research. Be supervised by BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologists, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Psychologists, and British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists (BASES), Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientists. All supervisors are experienced researcher-practitioners with extensive applied experience. Develop advanced ethical, communication, and consultancy competencies in applied sport and exercise psychology practice.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Psychology

Course programme

You will not only be qualified for a career in applied sport and exercise psychology, but also in sports and exercise science, and management roles within the world of sport, for example, national governing bodies. Alternatively, given the range of general employability skills developed throughout the course, you could also go on to a variety of careers in other sectors, for example, business, the police and the armed services.

  • Gain advanced research skills through the completion of a doctoral level programme of research.
  • Be supervised by BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologists, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Psychologists, and British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists (BASES), Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientists. All supervisors are experienced researcher-practitioners with extensive applied experience.
  • Develop advanced ethical, communication, and consultancy competencies in applied sport and exercise psychology practice.

Additional information

Starts 2017 - Subject to approval

Duration
6 years part time. Start: October 2017.
Entry
An undergraduate degree or conversion course in Psychology or Sport and Exercise Psychology which confers Graduate Basis for Chartered status (GBC), and a BPS accredited masters degree which confers Stage I of the BPS Qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology. If you have not completed these prior degrees, it is possible to complete these pre-requisites within the department before progressing onto the Professional Doctorate. Applicants are subject to interview. English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 6.5.
Fees

UK/EU/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
2016/17 entry: part time: £4,100 p/a*
2017/18 entry: part time: £4,100 p/a*

Course is not eligible for Government Postgraduate Loan

International students
TBC

*Tuition fee is subject to annual increase.

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Department
Department of Sport and Exercise Science

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