Sports Science

What you'll learn
The majority of your course will be taken up by an independent research project, which will offer 120 credits.
The remaining third of the course consists of a core research skills module – which you will take at the beginning of your first year of study – and an optional module. Each is worth 30 credits.
For full-time students, this will run concurrently with the research project. Part-time students must complete the skills module prior to starting the project.
The optional module may be selected from a list which features further research skills and subject-related academic modules, including: Designing and Implementing Survey Research; Research to Evaluate Quality, Impact and Effectiveness; Muscles, Movement and Exercise; Gait, Balance and Posture; and Managing the Healthy Athlete; and Sports Rehabilitation: Injury to Optimal Performance.
If you complete the Essential Research Skills module and an optional module, you will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate.
To achieve the award of MRes in Sports Science you must successfully pass both taught modules and mount a successful oral defence of your dissertation.

What you'll study
MODULES
Essential Research Skills (core)
Research Project (core)
Students will choose to study one of the optional modules below.
Designing and implementing survey research (option)
Quantitative data analysis methods (option)
Creating and analysing qualitative data (option)
Doing research to assess quality,impact and effectiveness (option)
Contemporary Theories in Sport Psychology (option)
Theory of Strength and Conditioning (option)
Sport and Exercise Nutrition (option)
Physical Activity and Exercise (option)
Muscles, Movement and Exercise (option)
Gait, Balance and Posture (option)
Managing the Healthy Athlete (option)
Sports Rehabilitation: Injury to Optimal Performance (option)

How you'll be assessed
Assessment methods vary across the course. They include written reports, presentations, a professional research proposal, a final research dissertation and an oral defence of your dissertation. For the optional modules, they could include essays, written exams, case studies, data assignments and practical laboratory work.
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