Sport Development and Coaching with foundation year
UCAS Code: C616
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
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Your Level 3 subjects should preferably include physical education or a related sport, health or sociology subject; for instance, A-level PE or BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including English, and preferably, PE and Science.
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About this course
Want to champion sport and physical activity? Our BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching with foundation year degree focuses on one of the largest sectors of the sport and leisure industry. It offers you the professional skills and knowledge required for a career encouraging and enabling people to take part in sport and physical activity.
Sport isn’t just for elite athletes – it’s for everyone. Passionate, effective and inspiring sport and physical activity development professionals and community coaches are needed to get people moving, help them gain skills and confidence in their physical abilities, develop their sporting potential and adopt active lifestyle habits.
Our BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching with foundation year is ideal if your ambition is to become an advanced sport, physical activity and coaching development professional.
The foundation year is the first year of this degree, offering an excellent grounding in the fundamentals of sports management, sport and physical activity development and sports coaching alongside study skills development. It is designed to prepare you for degree-level study.
With this preparation, you’ll be ready to explore the principles, theories, and methods of sport and physical activity development and coaching, as well as social, economic, and political factors affecting the industry. You’ll learn about the ways in which organisations work together to provide opportunities for sport, and different approaches used to engage and sustain physical activity among different inactive groups of the population.
You’ll have opportunities to support and deliver practical coaching sessions and sport and physical activity projects with community groups, gaining the skills, knowledge and confidence to organise your own coaching projects, sports and activity events.
We’ll also encourage you to gain nationally-recognised governing body coaching and activity instructor certificates. Our ambition is to help you become a skilled sport and physical activity professional, ready for a career helping disadvantaged groups enjoy physical activity and wellbeing benefits.
Modules
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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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