BSc Sports Coaching
Entry requirements
A level: BCC-BBC IB: We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points. Subject-specific requirements at Higher Level (HL) Grade 5 may apply.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science with a coaching orientation. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The degree is endorsed against CIMSPA professional standards and includes student membership of the institute for the duration of the programme. The course requires an 80-hour work placement and a 40-credit final-year dissertation.
Modules
- Introduction to Coaching Practice
- Introduction to Coaching Sports Performance
- Introduction to Critical Thinking for Sports Research
- Introduction to Organisation and Administration of Sport and Physical Activity
- Introduction to Sport, Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles
- Introduction to Sports Coaching
- Facilitating Learning in Coaching
- Managing Health Behaviour Change Through Sport and Physical Activity
- Performance Analysis and Assessment in Coaching
- Research Methods
- The Coaching Process
- Working with Diverse Populations
- Coach Learning and Education
- Dissertation
- Performance Analysis and Programming in Coaching
- Professional Practice and Work Placement
- Managing Health-Based Programmes in Sport and Physical Activity
- Managing Wellbeing in the Sports Workforce