Course description
Combine your passion for sport with the development of teaching and coaching skills. Study a BSc (Hons) Sports Science with Education degree at ARU Writtle.
Our course explores the performance of sportspeople, from amateurs through to elite athletes. It also has a focus on education, and many of our graduates have gone on to become secondary-school teachers.
You’ll learn about the factors that affect the body, both physically and mentally, and how to work with those to benefit sporting performance.
As a student at ARU Writtle, you’ll take part in practical, hands-on classes using specialist sports facilities and equipment. These include our Centre for Sport and Health, which is open to the public and where you may work with elite clubs and athletes, and members of the community. There’s also a professional placement module in your final year.
You'll be taught by staff who are experienced practitioners in elite sports such as football, cycling, GB Basketball, squash and athletics.
As a graduate, you’ll have a well-rounded understanding of athletic performance and be ready to make a start on your career. If your interest lies in education, you could progress to postgraduate teacher training.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
Careers
There's a range of jobs in the sports industry and associated sectors that you could consider as a BSc (Hons) Sports Science with Education graduate.
These include:
- science-based roles, such as working in professional or amateur coaching
- a variety of positions in the health and wellbeing sector
- teaching (following postgraduate teacher training)
- sales jobs, for example for companies producing sports equipment
- graduate schemes.
Graduation doesn't have to be the end of your time with us. You might decide to at ARU and study for a Masters, such as our MSc Sport, Exercise and Nutrition.
Training Course Content
Year One
Core modules
- Introduction to Human Physiological Systems (15 credits)
- Nutrition for Health (15 credits)
- Professional Skills in Sport, Health and Wellbeing (15 credits)
- Individual Differences in Health, Sport and Exercise (15 credits)
- The Practice of Coaching (15 credits)
- Analysis of Human Movement and Performance (15 credits)
- Introduction to Psychology (15 credits)
- An Introduction to Teaching, Learning and Assessment (15 credits)
Year Two
Core modules
- Exercise Physiology (15 credits)
- Nutrition for Sport and Exercise (15 credits)
- Coaching and Leadership (15 credits)
- Dual Professionalism in Education and Training (15 credits)
- Research Skills in Sport, Health and Wellbeing (15 credits)
- Strength and Conditioning Coaching (15 credits)
- Developing Innovative and Inclusive Practice (15 credits)
- The Digital Practitioner (15 credits)
Year Three
Core modules
- Applied Coaching Science (30 credits)
- Capstone Project (30 credits)
- Applied Exercise Physiology (15 credits)
- Performance and Exercise Nutrition (15 credits)
- Developing the Learning Cycle (15 credits)
- The Digital Practitioner - Action Research (15 credits)
Course delivery details
- BSc (Hons) | 3 Years or 4 Years with a Foundation Year
- CertHE | 1 Year
- DipHE | 2 Years
Modules are subject to change and availability.
In your final year you'll complete five core modules, and choose one 30-credit module – either Applied Coaching Science (an independent case study) orthe Capstone Project (a dissertation).
Assessment
We'll assess your progress in a number of ways including practical assessments – both in small groups and individually, practical portfolios, presentations, reflective logbooks, case studies, critiques of literature, written assessments, examinations – both multiple choice and essay questions, reports, peer and tutor observations, and your dissertation (Capstone Project) or independent case study (Applied Coaching Science).
Why choose Writtle University College
Ranked Top University-Sector Institution in East Anglia for overall student satisfaction!
*Based on NSS 2022 Based on Taught Data
Beautiful rural campus situated close to the city of Chelmsford, 40 minutes from London and the coast.
Expenses
FEES
- £9,250 | UK students starting 2024/25 (full-time, per year)
- £15,900 | International students starting 2024/25 (full-time, per year)
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