Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons)

Sport and Exercise Science

BSc(Hons)

Your course

This course aims to develop your scientific and critical understanding of issues relevant to sport and exercise to improve both performance and health. The course brings together a diverse and fascinating range of subjects including anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, psychology and nutrition. You’ll learn how the body responds and adapts to exercise, how to optimise sport performance, and how to promote positive behaviour change to improve health.

In your second year, you’ll go on a 140-hour work placement, which will provide you with the opportunity to apply your skills in a real-world context. Previous placement providers included local authority sport development and physical activity units, primary care trusts, research assistants and private physical activity and sport providers.

The teaching staff also have excellent links with local professional sports clubs, so there may be opportunities for you to work with these athletes, for example Huddersfield Town Football Club and Huddersfield Giants Rugby Club.

Course info

Course length: 3 years full-time 6 years part-time

Entry requirements: BBB (preferred subjects include PE, Science subjects and Psychology)/ DDM (preferred subjects include Sport or Applied Science)/120 inc. a grade B or above at A Level (in PE, Science subjects or Psychology) or a Distinction in BTEC Subsidiary Diploma or National Extended Certificate (in Applied Science, Sport or Sport and Exercise Science)/Merit at T Level in Health or Healthcare Science/Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above

Example modules

• Biomechanics and Performance Analysis for Sport and Exercise Science

• Foundations of Psychology for Sport and Exercise Science

• Physiology for Sport and Exercise Science

• Strength and Conditioning

Endorsed

The course is endorsed by The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

Your future

This course can prepare you for a highly rewarding career including sports science support, physical activity coordinator, health advisor, sports development officer, personal trainer, exercise referral specialist; or after further training, a teacher in educational settings or a researcher.

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