Description

Type

Bachelor's degree
Location

Nottingham

Duration

4 Years

This degree combines study of the rapidly expanding field of sport and exercise science, along with the more vocational area of coaching. You will approach coaching using scientific, evidence-based techniques. This will enable you to apply scientific sports principles to improve sports performance while developing vocational expertise.

This course offers a modular route to a full-honours degree combining sport science with coaching in a professional qualification. You will study the rapidly expanding field of Sport and Exercise Science along with the more vocational area of coaching.

The course aims to put the coaching on a scientific, evidence-based footing. This will enable you to apply scientific sport principles to coaching and improving sport performance. You will:
develop vocationally-related expertise.
prepare for a career in sports coaching.

Facilities

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)

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Start date

On request

About this course

Who is it intended for?

You will develop and apply a range of essential, transferable management skills that are greatly respected by employers.
Recent graduates from our Sports Science degrees have gone onto work in the following roles:

Fitness First – personal trainer
Excel Sport Coaching – manager / coach
The University Of Leicester – rugby development officer
The University Of East Anglia – fitness adviser
Saracens LTD Rubgy Club – strength and conditioning assistant
GB Canoeing – athlete
Coventry City Football Club – academy analyst.

Requirements

What are we looking for?
A-levels – BBC, including Physical Education or a Science subject and excluding Critical Thinking and General Studies; or
BTEC Extended Diploma* – DMM, including relevant Physical Education of Science modules; or
112 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications, including an A-level equivalent in Physical Education or a Science subject and excluding Critical Thinking and General Studies; and
GCSEs – English and Maths grade C/4.

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Subjects

Psychology
Coaching
Physiology
Biomechanics
Research
Analysis
Observational
Practical
Dissertation
Project

Course programme

Year One

Introduction to Sport and Exercise Physiology
Foundations in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Principles of Biomechanics
Principles of Training
Exploring Coaching Practice
Introduction to Research

Year Two

Observational Analysis for Sport
Training Principles to Practice
Applying Coaching Theory to Practice
Developing Professional

Choose two modules from:

Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
Practical Applications in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Experimental Biomechanics

Year Three

Placement year for sandwich students. Please see our excellent placement opportunities section.

Final year

Current Topics in Sports Coaching
Advanced Coaching Practice
Sport Project and Dissertation

Choose one module from:

Strength, Power and Endurance for Sport and Exercise
Applied Biomechanics

Choose one further module from:

Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Environmental Sports Physiology
Advanced Topics in Sport and Exercise Psychology

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