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Sport (Sports Performance) FdSc – 2 years
Foundation degree
In Bath ()
Description
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Type
Foundation degree
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Duration
2 Years
Develop your athletic expertise and combine your training with academic study of elite sports performance.
This two-year foundation degree enables you to integrate both high- performance sports and academic study. It will appeal if you’re performing at a high standard in your chosen sport. The course attracts athletes and professional players (sometimes retired) who are considering academic study to support future career aspirations.
About this course
You will develop your skills and knowledge in and around training and competition. Topics range from your own physical conditioning, sports coaching, performance psychology, performance analysis, sport development and sports nutrition.
You will develop both academic and practitioner skills to enable you to apply a broad set of knowledge’s which explore the key components underpinning sports performance and athletic success.
From the start of the course, you will explore fundamental sport and research topics. You’ll gain a wide range of study skills to prepare you for a variety of sport-related careers.
Graduates from our courses are in demand by a wide range of employers. This includes public health, exercise medicine and rehabilitation, sports management, sports coaching and development.
Graduates from our sport, exercise and health courses have gone on to work for:
BUPA
Cambridge Medical Robotics
Coaches Voice
Hawk-Eye Innovations
MoveGB
Sports Surgery Clinic
Department of Health & Social Care
UK premiership Rugby union clubs
UK Premier League football clubs
GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4 (or equivalent) plus GCSE English grade C or 4 (or IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in all components, or equivalent).
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Subjects
- Sports Performance
- Sports
- Conditioning
- Strength
- Human structure and function
- Sports Coaching
- Nutrition
- Sports Development
- Research methods
- Work Based Learning
- Sport Psychology
Course programme
Key areas of study
- Sports performance
- Strength and conditioning
- Human structure and function
- Sports coaching
- Nutrition
- Sports development
- Research methods
- Work based learning
Key areas of study
- Sport psychology
- Performance analysis
- Contemporary issues
- Planning for the athlete in context
- Talent identification
- Work based learning
If you complete the two-year foundation year to the required academic standard, you may be invited to study for a BSc (Hons) one year full time degree in Year 3.
You will undertake dissertation research (work based project) and topics covering research methods, managing the performance athlete and sports performance.
Optional course unitsThere are no optional units for the FdSc course in years 1 and 2. If you qualify for the BSc you'll be able to choose from a number of optional units in year 3. Here are some examples of the units currently being studied by our students.
Optional topics for the one-year BSc degree only:
- Sports physiology
- Coaching
- Sports policy
Learning
- Laboratory sessions
- Lectures
- Practical sessions
- Seminars
- Tutorials
- Workshops
- Attendance
- Coursework
- Dissertation
- Essay
- Multiple choice examination
- Oral assessment
- Practical work
- Seminar
- Written examination
- Other
Additional information
The tuition fee for the academic year 2020/21 £18,000
UK/EU application deadline - 15 January 2020
Overseas deadline - 15 January 2020
Sport (Sports Performance) FdSc – 2 years