Sport and Exercise Science (Hons) University of Wolverhampton

Overview

The Sport and Exercise Science (Hons) course from University of Wolverhampton covers the biomechanical, physiological, and psychological influences on human performance in sport, exercise, and health. You will examine how individuals respond and adapt to sport and exercise in a variety of settings and learn how to design interventions to maximise performance and promote health for a range of people. This may include elite athletes or clinical populations such as those with obesity or cardiac rehabilitation patients.

Quick Facts:

• Further enhancing your employment opportunities, the course is also endorsed by the Charted Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMPSA), ensuring that you meet the requirements of potential employers. Course content aligns with the employer-set professional standards of a gym instructor and will equip you with all the skills and competencies you'll need to stand out from the crowd.
• You will also explore local, national, and international public health and sport initiatives that aim to encourage a physically active population. This course is therefore ideal if you wish to work in applied settings such as professional sport, exercise referral schemes, community physical activity programmes and professional environments that promote active lifestyles and wellbeing.

What happens on the course?

• You will be taught by inspirational teaching staff who bring their internationally rated research expertise, and applied experience into their teaching.

• You will study sport and exercise science in a variety of teaching environments across all modules. This includes learning in practical, laboratory, and workshop settings. Our specialist sports facilities include: our human performance and human movement laboratories, equipped with cutting-edge technology such as an environmental chamber and a 3D motion capture system; physiotherapy and sports therapy suites; sports performance clinic; elite strength and conditioning suite; multi-million pound Sports Centre; 3G football pitch; tennis/netball courts.

• You will have access to our specialist sports facilities. These include: our human performance and human movement laboratories, equipped with cutting-edge technology such as an environmental chamber and a 3D motion capture system; physiotherapy and sports therapy suites; sports performance clinic; elite strength and conditioning suite; multi-million pound Sports Centre; 3G football pitch; tennis/netball courts.

• In addition to studying the core disciplines that underpin sport and exercise science, you will study modules specifically tailored to applying this knowledge.

• Throughout the course you will study employability related modules, which enable you to explore sport and exercise science related career pathways and engage in your personal career development planning. Thus, preparing you for graduate-level employment in a competitive industry.

• You will have the opportunity to work with a range professional sport organisations, clubs, and university sports teams to develop industry skills relevant to a career in sport and exercise science. Including opportunities with some of our partners such as Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Walsall FC, and GB Judo.

• You will have the opportunity to transfer to an optional sandwich placement year. Our sandwich placement option allows you to take a full-year work placement, which can be undertaken abroad. A number of students in our department have been successful in securing places on these schemes in countries such as Spain, France, Canada, and the US.

• The course offers a flexible delivery structure which includes a mix of face-to-face and online learning. Wherever possible we record online and face-to-face teaching sessions, allowing even more flexibility to your learning options.