BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Sciences

Key Facts

• Excellent student support. We were ranked first in the UK for student satisfaction in the Times University Guide 2013 and first for student feedback and first for teaching in the Guardian University Guide 2013
• We have a highly qualified, dynamic team of lecturers with international research experience
• Great sporting facilities including an international water-based astroturf pitch, a football/rugby stadium and training facilities, a sand-based playing surface, football pitch, sports hall with balcony, dance studio and sports science testing facilities
• Applied learning is essential to our vision. This means that we will ensure your learning is not limited to lecture halls and seminar rooms instead we choose to expose students to more practical, applied and hands-on work
• Friendly, approachable staff - be a name not a number!
• The university has sports scholarships and bursary awards for talented athletes

Course content

In level 4 (year 1) you will be introduced to the core theories and concepts in sport and exercise sciences, then in level 5 you will apply that knowledge and your skills to a sporting or exercise environment. 

In addition you will be able to tailor your degree with a choice of modules including: Performance Analysis, Sport Practice (periodisation and strength and conditioning) or a module on PE in schools, which is designed to prepare students for a PGCE. 

At level 6 you will have the opportunity to undertake an independent study on something that interests you and that will increase your employability. Alongside the independent study module you will study applied physiology and sport and exercise psychology and then have the choice of physical activity, health and disease, notational analysis of sport, technique analysis or working in a sport or exercise environment.

Level 4 modules

• Study Skills (20 credits)
• Physiological Foundations (20 credits)
• Sport and Exercise Psychology 1 (20 credits)
• Sports Coaching Pedagogy, Theory and Practice (20 credits)
• An Introduction to the Analysis of Sports Performance (20 credits)
• Sports Practice 1

Level 5 modules

• Research Methods (20 credits)
• Assessment of Sport and Exercise Physiology (20 credits)
• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology (20 credits)
• Physical Activity and Health (20 credits)

Plus 40 credits from:

• Principles of Analysing Sport Performance (20 credits)
• Sports Practice 2 (20 credits)
• An Insight into PE in schools (20 credits)

Level 6 modules

• Independent Study (40 credits)
• Sport and Exercise Physiology in an Applied Setting (20 credits)
• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology 3 (20 credits)

Plus 40 credits from:

• Physical Activity, Health and Disease (20 credits)
• Notation Analysis of Sport (20 credits)
• Applied Technique Analysis (20 credits)
• Working in the Sport or Exercise Environment (20 credits)

Career opportunities

Sport and Exercise Sciences graduates have gone into a range of careers in health, fitness and the leisure industry, sports development, teaching, the armed forces, and the police. Just some of the job titles of our graduates include cardiac physiologist, physiotherapy assistant, fitness instructor, lifestyle consultant and exercise professional. Other graduates have taken on roles such as a strength and conditioning internship with Welsh Rugby Football Union, Welsh Rugby Union development officer or lecturers in further education.

Several students have started their own businesses, often in personal training, strength and conditioning and coaching. Other students have gone on to work as performance analysts with professional football clubs. The degree not only equips you with a range of career-linked skills but supports progression to PhD, Masters or undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. With the legacy of the 2012 Olympics, the prospects for those with sport-related qualifications has never been better.

Course Duration

Full-time

Three years

Part-time

Six years