Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences BSc

Year 1

• Exercise Biochemistry
• Functional Anatomy
• Sport, Exercise and Health Psychology
• Becoming a Researcher in Physical Activity and Health
• Introduction to Science Communication
• Human Physiology and Exercise
• Widening Horizons Module (WHM)*

* A WHM is a module in a subject which is not normally a part of your main degree programme but which may be taken for to enhance and broaden your study. This is available to replace any optional module during your first year.

Your second-year modules extend your knowledge of exercise physiology, applied sports and exercise psychology, laboratory practical skills and research methods, with additional modules integrating the basic science with applications in sport.

Core module

• Developing as a Researcher
• Data science and statistical analyses

Students must take at least 3 x 20 credits from the optional list below:

• Exercise Metabolism
• Exercise Physiology
• Sensorimotor neuroscience: the structure and function of the brain systems that control movement

Example optional modules may include:

• Innovation and Professional Practice in Sport
• Linking theory and practice in sport and exercise placements A
• Linking theory and practice in sport and exercise placements B

Core module

Research project - You will plan and carry out a research project, analysing the data you will collect and presenting the results. You will produce a poster and you will write a dissertation to present your project.

or

Civic Engagement - You will apply your theoretical knowledge and skills, to an authentic challenge, in collaboration with a community organisation by undertaking voluntary placement work. The focus of the placement could be based on research on an area of concern, evaluating existing provision, or designing resources for an organisation. Before the start of the project you will produce a project proposal and timeline, and following its conclusion you will create one multimedia presentation summarising your findings and recommendations, as well as a report for the organisation.

Optional modules

In Year 3 you will have a choice of modules in the same areas as those listed for Year 2 but at a more advanced level.

Optional modules include:

• Sport Psychophysiology
• Motivation in Sport and Exercise Settings
• Project
• Environmental Physiology
• Character Development in Sport & Exercise
• Molecular adaptation to training
• Sociology of Sport: Participation & Performance
• Exercise as Medicine
• Contemporary Issues in Physical Education
• Human Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control in Exercise
• Motor Control in Sport
• Exercise and Diet; Mechanisms of action in exercise performance, promotion of health and longevity
• Civic Engagement Dissertation
• Perception and Action
• Motor Learning and Neuroplasticity
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules after that date; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.