BSc Sports and Exercise Science
Entry requirements
A level: ABB. This should include one science subject from: Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Life and Health Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Statistics. IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects including 6 in one HL science subject from the following: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Sports, Exercise and Health Science
About this course
BSc Hons in Sports and Exercise Science, a sport and exercise science degree examining human movement, physical performance, and physiological function. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Delivered within a medical school setting, the course utilises specialist facilities including a human performance laboratory, a human biomechanics laboratory, and the Health Innovation Campus. During the first year, students build foundational understanding through Anatomy and Biomechanics: Foundations of Movement, Fuel For Life: Nutrition Science, Innovations in Exercise Assessment and Prescription, Professional Practice: Academic Skill Development, Physiology and Metabolism Unlocked, and Sports and Exercise Psychology: Powerhouse Principles. The second year advances these concepts via Advanced Biomechanics: Optimising Human Potential, Breaking Boundaries: Debates Shaping Sports and Exercise Science, Conquer the Data: Research Methods and Statistics, Molecules to Muscles: Integrative Human Physiology, Sports and Exercise Medicine: Patient to Performer, and Sports and Exercise Psychology: The Embodied, Embedded and Extended Performer. In the final year, students complete a compulsory research project titled Cutting-Edge Science: Research Dissertation in Sports and Exercise Science alongside Engaging the Public: Power in Science Communication. Optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as applied biomechanics, performance psychology, environmental physiology, elite performance strategies, and health outcome transformation.
Modules
- Anatomy and Biomechanics: Foundations of Movement
- Fuel For Life: Nutrition Science
- Innovations in Exercise Assessment and Prescription
- Professional Practice: Academic Skill Development
- Physiology and Metabolism Unlocked
- Sports and Exercise Psychology: Powerhouse Principles
- Advanced Biomechanics: Optimising Human Potential
- Breaking Boundaries: Debates Shaping Sports and Exercise Science
- Conquer the Data: Research Methods and Statistics
- Molecules to Muscles: Integrative Human Physiology
- Sports and Exercise Medicine: Patient to Performer
- Sports and Exercise Psychology: The Embodied, Embedded and Extended Performer
- Cutting-Edge Science: Research Dissertation in Sports and Exercise Science
- Engaging the Public: Power in Science Communication
- Applied Biomechanics: Performance and Rehabilitation
- Game Changing: Applied Sports and Exercise Psychology
- Life at the Extremes: Environmental and Exercise Physiology
- Maximise Elite Performance: Redefining Excellence
- Optimise Health: Transform Outcomes from Patient to Population