BA English and Sport Science
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one of the following subjects: English (Literature, Language, or both), any Language subject, Geography, History, Classical Civilisation, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies or Sociology. IB: 32 (6,5,5 HL) to include one of the following subjects at Higher Level: English (Literature, Language or both), any Language subject, Geography, History, Philosophy, Global Politics, Psychology, World Religions, Social and Cultural Anthropology. BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM plus an A level grade B in a required subject. BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus one A level in a required subject at Grade B. BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BB including one required subject. Preferred BTEC: Performing Arts, Art & Design, Digital Film and Video Production, Business IT, Applied Science, Sport, Sport and Exercise Science, Health & Social Care.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English and Sport Science, a combined degree in Sport and Exercise Science and English exploring the intersection of athletic disciplines and literary studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Global & Comparative Perspective. Students divide their time equally between both subject areas to investigate textual forms alongside exercise science, physiology, and sport sociology. The first year builds foundational knowledge through Sport and the Social Sciences, Fundamentals of Sport and Exercise Science, Narrative Forms, Theory Matters, and Fundamentals of Teaching Physical Education, with optional choices including Introduction to Drama. The second year advances these studies through modules such as The Reflective Practitioner in Physical Education, alongside diverse optional selections ranging from Victorian Literature and Modernisms to Fitness Training and Analysis and Sport, Diversity and Social Justice. The final year offers advanced study in options like Applied Sports Science: Analysis and Conditioning, Sport Policy and Governance, Contemporary Issues in Sporting Cultures, and English Dissertation, allowing targeted exploration across both fields.
Modules
- Sport and the Social Sciences
- Fundamentals of Sport and Exercise Science
- Narrative Forms
- Theory Matters
- Fundamentals of Teaching Physical Education
- Introduction to Drama
- University-wide Language Programme
- The Reflective Practitioner in Physical Education
- Fitness Training and Analysis
- Victorian Literature
- Love and Life in Stuart-Era Literature (1603-1714)
- Strange Fascination: Queer Desires and Identities in Literature, 1886-1952
- Animal Tales: Non-human Animals in Fiction, Film and Philosophy
- Your Future Career: Preparing for the World of Work
- Victorian Values Reconsidered
- Modernisms
- Literature from 1990
- Screen Cultures
- Weird Fiction
- Maps and Motors
- The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century (10 credits)
- Sport, Diversity and Social Justice
- Acquiring Movement Skills
- Conceptualising Sport
- Physical Activity and Health
- University-wide Language Programme
- English Dissertation
- Physical Activity and Health of Children
- Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education
- Contemporary Issues in Sporting Cultures
- Applied Sports Science: Analysis and Conditioning
- Sport Policy and Governance
- Radicals and Reactionaries: Writing Women in 1890s
- Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on trial in American Culture
- Love, Poetry and War: The Modern Poet from Eliot to Plath
- Maladies and Medicines
- Neo-Victorianism
- Adapting Shakespeare
- Driving On: Writing Towards Publication
- Global America
- Psychology for Physical Educators
- University-wide Language Programme