BSc (Hons) Dance and Fitness 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
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.
On this dynamic degree programme, you’ll be able to combine your passion for dance and movement with an interest in health, the body and fitness. Bucks has a number of excellent facilities including a brand new Human Performance lab, a gym and several dance studios. You’ll spend time focusing on the strategy and delivery of a number of dance forms and develop entrepreneurial skills to help you make the most of your talents in this exciting and progressive industry.
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About this course
The overall aim is to use both theoretical and practical teaching methods to allow students to explore issues fully in the context of their work. Innovative teaching and learning methods guide students towards becoming more independent learners by the end of the programme. Formative assessments create a point from which students and lecturers can appraise development, consolidate learning and plan ahead. Summative assessments allow recognition for progression to further study, inform those involved of the level of achievement, and validate the learning process.
When you graduate from this course, you’ll be able to explore a number of opportunities in the dance and fitness industry. This might include working as a performing dancer, teaching dance and fitness classes, or pursuing a career as a personal trainer. You’ll also have the skills to launch your own dance and fitness venture.
You’ll also be able to further your studies at postgraduate level, or train to become a dance and fitness teacher in the education sector.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for the 3-year undergraduate programme, or those who do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, will be considered for the 4-year programme including a Foundation Year. If you wish to enquire further, please send your query along with any academic evidence or references to admissions@bucks.ac.uk
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Subjects
- Fitness
- Dance
- Nutrition
- Physiology
- Practical
- Professional
- Exercise Programming
- Technique
- Project
- Self-confidence
- Industry
Course programme
This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.
Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.
Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
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 Based Learning
- Introduction to Dance Studies
- Dance Industry Technique
- Applied Anatomy, Nutrition & the Self
- The Dance Industries
- Teaching and Learning in Dance
- Dance, Movement and Exercise
- Applied Physiology, Training Principles and Self-confidence
- Dance Industry Technique and Repertoire
- Applied Exercise Theory
- Dance Careers and Creative Enterprise
- Fitness Instruction
- Exercise Programming, Testing and Professional Practice
- Independent Project: Practical (optional)
- Applied Injury Prevention and Performance Optimisation
- Dance Industry Technique and Performance
- Independent Project: Written Thesis (optional)
Additional information
Full Time Home and EU, February 2020: £9,250 per year
Full Time International, February 2020: £12,000 per year
BSc (Hons) Dance and Fitness with Foundation Year