BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching

The BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise suite of courses are multidisciplinary with the aim to provide you with the knowledge and skills to study and analyse the various aspects of sporting performance, ensuring you’ll have a firm theoretical and vocational grounding in the subjects that underpin the sports and exercise industry. To achieve this, this course has a strong emphasis on the practical application of theoretical knowledge. You'll gain the independent study habits, academic and employability skills and deliver volunteer opportunities that will develop your knowledge and skills as a sport and exercise scientist. To get a complete understanding of what contributes to performance means you'll develop expertise in the core disciplines of exercise physiology, sport psychology, sports coaching, exercise intervention and biomechanics. You'll also develop specialist knowledge of how to apply your scientific knowledge of athletic performance to help athletes. You'll carry out a range of procedures and use equipment involved in exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology, injury rehabilitation and coaching. Our teaching team have a wealth of experience in sport and exercise science. Our approach is student-centred and supportive, with an emphasis on practical experience and the development of skills. We have excellent laboratory facilities in which you'll use a range of equipment. These include human performance, biomechanics, conditioning, and multimedia laboratories, plus an environmental chamber. Some international exchange opportunities may exist. We have good links with German Sport University Cologne and some students have spent one or two semesters in universities in the US. The applied nature of this course encourages the development of skills that make you more employable such as communication, IT, problem solving, research and team working skills. This is a full-time course studied over four years. You’ll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions and through independent study. What you study Year 1 Anatomy & Physiology in Sport & Exercise Science Application of Science to Sport & Exercise Exercise Training Foundations of Sport & Exercise Science Healthy Lives Skill Acquisition Year 2 The Research Process in Sport & Exercise Science Introduction to Biomechanics Sport & Health Nutrition Exercise Physiology Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology Principles of Coaching Year 3 Assessment and Conditioning Intermediate Sport Psychology Scientific Communication: Dissertation and Statistics Intermediate Biomechanics Practical Coaching Year 4 Scientific Research Project Scientific Analysis of Human Movement Analysis of Sports Performance Performance Development and Expertise Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.