BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching with Foundation Year
Bachelor's degree
In High Wycombe
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
High wycombe
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Duration
4 Years
This course is offered as a four year programme, including an initial Foundation Year. You may also be interested in our three year BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching course.
The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.
During your first year, we will help you identify what employers are looking for from their future recruits, including practical and transferrable skills, personal qualities and business awareness. This new knowledge will lay an excellent foundation for you when you graduate, enabling you to present yourself effectively to employers using a CV, application form and during interviews.
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About this course
You’ll have the opportunity to blend academic study with a professional sports environment. Located within our Human Performance, Exercise and Wellbeing Centre, the Human Performance Laboratory features an indoor three-lane running track that incorporates 3D motion-capture technology. This facility helps to enhance athletes’ performance through improved technique, and also assists with injury prevention and rehabilitation. The Human Performance Laboratory is also equipped for assessing a range of physiological, biomechanical and psychological parameters.
You’ll need to hold GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above, and will usually have achieved a minimum of 90 credits from a Level 3 qualification such as A Levels or BTECs.
International students should hold an IELTS of 5.5 (minimum of 5 in all areas).
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Subjects
- Psychology
- Coaching
- Creativity
- Sport Development
- Coaching Issues
- Communications
- PR in Sport
- Funding for Sport
- Small Businesses
- Sports Nutrition
Course programme
The modules available on this course are as follows:
Foundation Year Modules- Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
- Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
- Inquiry and Research Skills
- Introduction to Sport Development and Performance
- Professional and Academic Skills for Sport
- Sport and Society
- Games in Sport and Education
- Introduction to Coaching Theory and Practice
- Understanding Sport Development
- Sports Psychology: Individual Differences and Group Dynamics
- Human Sciences for Physical Education
- Football: The Global Game (optional)
- Rugby Union: The Global Game (optional)
- Sport Operations Management (optional)
- Understanding People in Sports Business (optional)
- Research in Sport and Exercise
- Sport, Diversity and Well-being
- Sport Event Planning
- Applied Sport and Performance Psychology (optional)
- Coaching and Athlete Development
- Cognition and Emotion in Sport and Exercise Psychology (optional)
- Performance Analysis (optional)
- Sport Development Practice
- Sports Nutrition (optional)
- Club Business: Football (optional)
- Club Business: Rugby (optional)
- Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (optional)
- Funding for Sport
- Professional Development and Employability (optional)
- Research Dissertation
- Communications and PR in Sport (optional)
- Applied Performance Analysis (optional)
- Contemporary Coaching Issues
- Strategic Sport Development
- Working and Learning In Exercise Health and Fitness
Additional information
BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching with Foundation Year