About the course
Study with one of the country’s most established providers, learning from an academic team at the cutting edge of teaching and research, on a course that’s your springboard to a career in the field of sport and physical education.
Combining theory of teaching with practical activities, this wide-ranging degree teaches you lab-based skills that develop your understanding of human performance while also focusing on sport psychology, in areas such as behaviour and motivation. You will also explore the importance of physical activity interventions during childhood and across the lifespan.
Other areas covered by the course include exercise practice; sport pedagogy; physiology and health; physical activity and social inclusion; physical activity and health interventions; and professional development. Your future employability is at the heart of the course with opportunities for relevant work experience embedded into the course and there is also the option to take a fee-free sandwich-year placement (see below).
Why choose this course?
- Choose either a BA or BSc degree route, giving you a unique chance to specialise
- Learn through a variety of methods including an exciting outdoor and adventure education experience
- Take up opportunities to develop your personal and professional network through our links with Sport England, governing bodies, active partnerships and industry experts
- Develop research and analytical skills in your final-year professional study
- It includes a fitness qualification endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
- 97% of our graduates are in work or study six months after finishing
- If you need to step up into higher education, start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees entry to the undergraduate degree
Course Leader - Dr Lindsey Smith
I have been lecturing and researching in the area of physical activity and health since 2010 and enjoy adopting an innovative approach to teaching.
Following my PhD completion I worked for the UK's largest provider of childhood obesity programmes - MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition.... Do it!), developing community based healthy lifestyle initiatives in association with Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London.
Units
- Academic Writing Skills (SPO048-1) Compulsory
- Applied Exercise Practice (SPO082-1) Compulsory
- Foundations In Physical Education And Sport Pedagogy (SPO074-1) Compulsory
- Foundations Of Physiology And Health (SPO045-1) Compulsory
- Introduction To Research Methods (SPO052-1) Compulsory
- Introduction To Sport And Exercise Psychology (SPO019-1) Compulsory
- Sport, Physical Activity And Social Inclusion (SPO090-1) Compulsory
- Working In Sport (SPO047-1) Compulsory
- Developing Physical Education And Sport Pedagogy (SPO105-2) Compulsory
- Dissertation Preparation (SPO095-2) Compulsory
- Pedagogies For Physical Literacy And Health (SPO082-2) Compulsory
- Physical Activity And Health Interventions (SPO063-2) Compulsory
- Professional Development And Employability (SPO053-2) Compulsory
- Research Methods For Sport, Exercise And Physical Activity (SPO099-2) Compulsory
- Social Psychology Of Sport (SPO026-2) Compulsory
- Advanced Sport Pedagogy (SPO102-3) Compulsory
- Critical Sport Pedagogy (SPO101-3) Compulsory
- Critical Sport Pedagogy (SPO135-3) Compulsory
- Dissertation For Sport Science And Physical Activity (SPO051-3) Compulsory
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour And Health (SPO015-3) Compulsory
- Professional Development (Sport Policy Enactment) (SPO074-3) Compulsory
- Inclusive Physical Education And Sport Pedagogy (SPO060-3) Optional
- Psychology Of Physical Activity (SPO025-3) Optional
How will this course improve my career prospects?
On this course, you gain an understanding of teaching and coaching that gives you a skill set transferable across multiple career fields
Recent graduates have pursued careers as teachers in physical education or primary education (after completing the PGCE year). They have also pursued sport development and coaching roles within local councils; the health and fitness sector; roles within the NHS; and graduate-level schemes such as the police degree-holder entry route.
Students on this course have also gone on to study at postgraduate level with us. We offer PGCE Secondary Physical Education or Primary Education as well as MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology; MSc Physical Activity, Nutrition and Behaviour Change; MA Sport and Physical Activity; or MA Physical Education and Sport.
*international students are eligible of receiving the VS'S scholarship of 1000GBP
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