Programme summary for BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching
This degree programme equips you with the skills and knowledge required for successful coaching of others in sport, covering a wide range of activities and inter-personal skills linked with coaching and improving the performance of sports participants.
The programme will especially appeal to anyone interested in working with young sports people; training as a PE teacher; sports psychology; sports coaching and management; the role of sport in society; and creating more opportunities for people to play sport. This is one of several sports science courses run by the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience.
About the programme
Sports coaching focuses on the specific skills of operating as a coach at both participative and performance levels, through such areas as psychology, development of training programmes and performance analysis. It will also analyse the wider roles and functions of the coach with the processes of talent identification and the wider development of sporting skills.
2-subject degrees
You can combine this programme with a range of other subjects as part of a 2-subject degree. Popular combinations include Sports Coaching with Journalism, and Sports Coaching with
Clinical Science.
Programme structure
The Honours Programme is for 3 years and has both a full-time and a part-time mode of study available. The Extended Degree route takes 4 years and, again, may be studied either full- or part-time. On completion of the Foundation Year, students progress on to the First Year of the Honours Programme.
The First Year of the Honours Programme is common between Sports Coaching and the three other Applied Sports Science Programmes. This allows students to make their final choice of programme at the end of that first year. It also allows students to acquire the basic grounding in a variety of programme ‘themes’ so that they can keep their options as open as possible in the second and third years.
The Second and Third Years of the Honours Programme are made up of a mixture of Core (i.e. Compulsory) and Optional Modules. The options can come from the full list of modules offered by the Subject Area, including those modules core to the other programmes.
Career opportunities
Graduates from this degree will be equipped for a range of careers, such as fitness club management, personal trainer, sports coaching, roles in sports development or community physical activity, or sports-specific talent development. Further study options include training as a physiotherapist of a PE teacher.
Support
All students are allocated a personal tutor to whom individuals may turn with any problems/issues. In addition all module tutors offer additional support outside of the actual teaching periods.
Through the use of study skill modules in the First Year of the programme we aim to help all students make the step up to degree level. This module includes, amongst others, computer skills, report/essay writing, academic referencing, research, including use of the internet, and presentation skills. We also provide additional classes for those students who wish to dedicate more time and effort into developing their academic writing skills as fully as possible.
If any students require further support (e.g. due to dyslexia) then the systems are in place to ensure that the support is available.
Admission
The programme is open to any student who can demonstrate that she/he is capable of degree level study. Applicants should have the equivalent of 240 UCAS points. We also accept a relevant access course; a merit or distinction in an appropriate Advanced GNVQ or BTEC National Diploma. Other qualifications may be considered upon application. Students with relevant higher education qualifications may be eligible for advanced standing (that is exemption for elements of the programme).
Students may be admitted through Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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