You study a total of 120 credits in each year. Half the credits are completed with Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (SHES) and half with the Department of Welsh.

By choosing to study Cymraeg (Welsh) at Bangor, you will have the opportunity to study rich and diverse literary texts extending from the tales of the Mabinogion to the dynamic literature of contemporary Wales. You will also follow practical language modules which will greatly enhance your career prospects.

The Sport Science element of this degree provides students with the intellectual and practical (laboratory/testing) skills that will enable them to ask relevant questions in sport science and apply appropriate research skills. This will further enable them to recognise how they might apply their academic and practical skills to work within the wider community, developing their capabilities through new experiences.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• In the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework, Bangor University was the only university in Wales to be awarded Gold.

Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences:

• You’ll be studying at a research-led Sport Science School – 7th in the UK (REF 2014);
• Top 10 in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2018)
• We are rated 10th in the UK for overall quality (Guardian University Guide 2017);
• Rated 15th (of 78) in the UK for overall quality (Times Good University Guide 2018);
• We are internationally renowned for our work in Sport Science;
• This course draws on expertise from staff who are leading researchers in their fields;
• We have close links with UK Sport, the England and Wales Cricket Board, England Rugby and the Ministry of Defense (to name a few).

Cymraeg (Welsh):

• We have a firm commitment to teaching small groups of students. Welsh at Bangor consistently achieves a 100% general satisfaction level among its students (according to recent student surveys).
• You will have the opportunity to study Wales’s rich medieval literary inheritance in the original language. You will also learn how Welsh literature and the Welsh language have adapted to the challenges of the modern world.
• You will be taught by academic staff who are leading international experts in their respective fields of study. Their publications encompass both the medieval period and the literature of Wales in more recent times.

Graduates in Welsh go on to careers in education, media/journalism, creative writing, the civil service, PR, marketing, the translation industry, language planning, the heritage industry and IT. Furthermore, this course will provide you with a range of rigorous analytical and presentational skills which will be vitally important in numerous other careers. Bangor also offers excellent opportunities at postgraduate level.

All School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences courses will prepare you for a career as a sport scientist, working with squads of elite athletes and performers to fine tune their training; sport science research; working in the public health sector, for example in sports therapy or physiotherapy; or working in the health/fitness industry generally. Postgraduate study and a career in teaching (after completing a postgraduate certificate of education), research and lecturing is another vocational route. Some School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science graduates simply use their academic qualification and the transferable skills that they have developed to work in management, the emergency services or to set up their own business.