Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (Human Performance) BSc

Course

In Uxbridge

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Uxbridge

  • Start date

    September

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Facilities

Location

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Uxbridge (Middlesex)
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Kingston Lane, UB8 3PH

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Communications
  • Teaching
  • Coaching
  • Child Development
  • Physical Education
  • Performance
  • IT Development
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Course Content

All of our new undergraduate programmes comprise discrete study blocks, which enables students to draw on the knowledge and skills acquired from a combination of study blockssuch integrated learning is a proven cornerstone of effective learning. You only have to decide on your pathway at the start of your second year at Brunel.

Level 1
Compulsory

  • Fundamentals of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
  • Research and Learning Skills I
  • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Introduction to the Social Sciences of Sport
  • Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
  • Synoptic Study 1

Level 2
Compulsory

  • Biomechanics of Human Movement
  • Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing in the Lifecourse
  • Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
  • Theory and Application in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Research and Learning Skills II
  • Work Based Learning
  • Synoptic study II

Optional (choose one from):

  • Applying Sport Sciences to Practice: Coaching and Teaching Effectiveness
  • Physical Literacy and Child Development
  • Delivery of Sports Development
  • Young People, Sport and Identity
  • Pedagogy and Policy: Individual Needs
Sandwich Placement
For all students selecting the sandwich option (40-week placement in third of four years), the following study block is compulsory:
  • Work Placement Workshops
  • Work Placement

Level 3
Compulsory

  • Major Project
  • Biomechanical Analysis Techniques
  • Issues in Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
  • Physiology of the High Performance Athlete
  • Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Employability and Professional Development
  • Synoptic study III

Optional (choose one with appropriate level 2 pre-requisites):

  • Pedagogy and Policy: Critical Issues
  • Physical Literacy and the Learning Environment
  • Sporting Communications
  • Managing Sport Development
  • Applying Sport Sciences to Practice: Training Principles


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Additional information

Special Features

Outstanding facilities

We have some of the best sports facilities in the UK which include an indoor and outdoor sports and fitness complex. Facilities include: 

  • Indoor Athletics Centre: an extensive indoor athletics facility
  • Sports Hall and Indoor Netball Hall: a bespoke netball training facility
  • A multi-use sports centre equipped with squash courts, basketball and netball courts and a superb climbing wall
  • A members-only fitness suite incorporating treadmills, cycles and rowing machines and a weight-training area with free and fixed weights
  • Athletics track: an international standard 400m six-lane track with full field event facilities
  • Grass and all-weather third generation (3G) and synthetic pitches
  • Outdoor hard tennis courts.

Placement opportunities

All Sport Sciences students can include a work placement year as part of their course. Current students are working at many different companies in the UK and overseas including Queens Park Rangers Football Club, the Lo

Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (Human Performance) BSc

Price on request