Bachelor Physical Education

You will study physical education, educational studies and applied sport and exercise science. You will focus on the primary school curriculum, as the foundation for life-long engagement in physical education, and undertake a placement in a primary school.

You will combine ongoing study of physical education and educational studies with two other courses to broaden your knowledge and inform teaching and learning skills. Your placement will be in a secondary school.

Alongside extended placements in both years, you focus on national qualifications and curriculum development in physical education, educational studies and disciplinary perspectives. A major independent study forms your dissertation

As Year 3.

Courses include:

• Introduction to Community Education
• Developing professional identity in community education
• Working With Individuals and Groups
• Community Education: Theory, Policy and Politics
• Education and Childhood Practice
• Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society
• Scotland: Society and Politics
• Social Work: Policy and Legal Frameworks
• Science and Society 1A
• Sport Science 2A: Biochemistry of Exercise & Skill Acquisition
• Sport Science 2C: Information Skills & Biomechanics
• Professional practice and enquiry
• The promotion of safe and effective practice in the professional environment
• Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy 2: The Early Secondary Years
• Educational Studies 2a: Child & Adolescent Development in Education
• Educational Studies 2b: Inclusion and Citizenship in the 21st Century
• Understanding Physical Culture: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives