Sport Coaching and Physical Education [with Foundation Year]
Anglia Ruskin University
UCAS Code: CX6C | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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About this course
Sports coaches instruct, train and direct athletes or teams, managing skills development in order to achieve a specific goal. Our innovative degree combines a scientific approach to coaching with hands-on experience, with a foundation year that will build your scientific knowledge.
Our extended course is for those who don’t have a background in science but have a passion for sports coaching, so your first year will teach you the essential subjects you need to know.
There's a focus on the most important aspects of sports coaching and physical education, such as human movement, applied coaching pedagogy (how people teach and learn), long-term athlete development, physiology and psychology. You’ll learn how to apply your knowledge to make coaching more effective.
Our modules cover theoretical and practical approaches to coaching and physical education. You’ll learn how to operate ethically and safely, and to be confident whether you’re working independently or as a team member.
You’ll have access to our facilities - including the Human Energetics and Performance Centre - and specialist equipment like notational analysis software and heart-rate monitors, breath-by-breath oxygen-analysis systems and accelerometers in our strength and conditioning suite.
While on the course, you’ll have the opportunity to gain nationally recognised coaching qualifications, do work placements in local schools and sports clubs and apply for our internship programme to spend time working with professional sports teams. You’ll develop experimental and analytical skills, as well as transferable skills such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, creative thinking and independent working.
We offer scholarships and bursaries to promising athletes.
Modules
Year 1:
Core modules
Interactive Learning Skills and Communication
Information and Communication Technology
Psychology
Maths for Scientists
Cellular Biology
Biology – Physiology
Chemistry
Physics for Life Scientists
Year 2 :
Core modules
Multidisciplinary Sport and Exercise Science 1
Introduction to Sport Coaching & Development
Multidisciplinary Sport and Exercise Science 2
Practical Delivery of Sport and Physical Education
Professional Development - Level 4
Year 3:
Core modules
Applied Research Skills
Analysing Performance in Sport
Applied Teaching and Coaching
Sport Development
Psychological Profiling for Sport
Ruskin Module
Professional Development - Level 5
Optional modules
Strength and Conditioning
Nutrition for Health and Exercise
Perceptual Motor Skills
Applied Performance Analysis
Year 4:
Core modules
Talent Identification and Development in Sport
Coaching Philosophy and Ethics
Mentoring and Learning in Coaching
Strategic Sport Development
Optional modules
Undergraduate Research Project
Advanced Work Placement
Exercise Medicine
Contemporary Issues in SEP Psychology
Performance and Exercise Nutrition
Advanced Strength and Conditioning
Applied Sports Psychology
Assessment methods
Throughout the course, we’ll use a range of assessment methods to help you measure your progress. We’ll assess you throughout each year, meaning that we can help you stay on the right track.
You’ll complete exams, practical skills tests, presentations, scientific reports, data-handling exercises, case study critiques, computer assessments and a research project on a topic of interest.
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Cambridge Campus
School of Psychology and Sport Science
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One of the fastest growing subjects in the country, the number of sports science graduates went from under 3,000 in 2003 to over 10,000 in 2013. Numbers have fallen slightly since 2015, but we still have over 9,000 graduates in the subject. However, the good news is the country's appetite for good health and fitness - and the adaptability of graduates in the subject - means that sports science grads are less likely than average to be out of work. Sports science graduates, not surprisingly, tend to get jobs in sport, fitness and health - coaching and teaching especially - but they're found all over the economy. Management and business are also popular options for graduates from this subject — and sports science graduates are particularly found where drive, determination and physical fitness are an advantage.
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