Sport and Exercise Sciences (4 years including foundation year)

• You will be taught by experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic lecturers who are experienced, applied practitioners and researchers within the field of sport, exercise and physical activity.
• Applied learning is essential to our vision. This means that we will ensure your learning is not limited to lecture halls and seminar rooms instead we choose to expose students to more practical, applied and hands-on work.
• Our fantastic international, national and local partners mean that you will have lots of opportunities to gain practical experience alongside your studies.
• National Study Survey 2015 showed that 100% of our students agreed that generally staff are seen to be good at explaining things, staff make the subject interesting, are enthusiastic about the subject, the course is stimulating, the assessment criteria are clear, marking is fair, they receive detailed and clear comments on how to improve their work (Unistats, 2015).
• Our modules cover elite sports performance to health, and clinical populations.
• Sports scholarships are available to support and develop talented athletes studying at Wrexham Glyndwr University.
• Excellent personal tutor system with staff that really do care.

In your first year you will focus on developing the fundamental knowledge and skills required to work within a sport or exercise environment. You will develop valuable study and research skills.

• Study Skills
• Anatomy and physiology
• Sport and Exercise Psychology 1
• Sports Coaching Pedagogy, Theory and Practice
• An Introduction to the Analysis of Sports Performance
• Sports Practice 1

In your second year you will apply your knowledge to sport, exercise and physical activity.

• Research Methods
• Assessment of Sport and Exercise Physiology
• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Physical Activity and Health

Plus two optional modules from the folllowing:

• Principles of Analysing Sport Performance
• Sports Practice 2
• An Insight into PE in schools

In your final year, you will undertake an independent research project enabling you to investigate an area of your choice and increasing your employability, you will also have the opportunity to specialise by choosing option modules.

• Independent Study
• Sport and Exercise Physiology in an Applied Setting
• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology 3

Plus two optional modules from the following:

• Physical Activity, Health and Disease
• Notation Analysis of Sport
• Applied Technique Analysis
• Working in the Sport or Exercise Environment

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.