BA (Hons) Sport and Exercise Studies

UCAS code: C600

Start date: September

Course length: full time: three years, part time: up to six years.

Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

If you're interested in areas such as sport management, sport coaching, sport development and the social aspects of sport, then this course is a good choice for you.

You'll be taught by a teaching team who are passionate about sport and are actively involved in coaching, performing, consultancy and research. Many of them are accredited by various industry associations such as the British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Sportscoach UK and the Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, so you can be sure that you'll be learning all the latest trends in sport.

We've designed some specialist sports facilities which contain the latest equipment for testing and measuring health and fitness, and we've also got a range of computer software packages for measuring performance and conducting performance analysis. We're currently building some brand new sport science labs and a fitness centre, which will complement our floodlit all-weather pitches, tennis courts, sports hall and fitness suite.

During this course you'll complete a work placement during stage two which will help you to put the theory you learn into practice. We've got great links with many firms and some of our students have had voluntary sports-related coaching placements with local schools and clubs. Some of them have also been offered jobs from their work placements.

If you like challenges and would like to be recognised nationally for your passion about sport, then you could become involved with Team Derby. Team Derby covers all aspects of sport here at the university including our courses, sports clubs, Athletics Union and sport development. So there's a real sports community here, and you could become part of it.

Stage one

You'll study these modules:

• Anatomy and Physiology for Sport and Exercise
• The Sport and Exercise Environment
• Motor Control and Learning
• Academic and Applied Skills for Sport and Exercise
• Principles of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Introduction to Sport Management

Stage two

You'll study these modules:

• Research Methods for Sport and Exercise
• Work Placement
• Sport Management and Development
• Sports Coaching: Theory and Practice

And you'll choose two from these modules:

• Principles of Nutrition for Sport, Exercise and Health
• Adapted Physical Activity
• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Strength and Conditioning
• Physical Activity and Health

Stage three

You'll study these modules:

• Independent Study for Sport and Exercise
• Applied Sports Management and Development

And you'll choose three from these modules:

• Advanced Sports Coaching
• Paediatric Sport and Physical Activity
• Elite Sport Development
• Applied Strength and Conditioning
• Applied Sport Psychology
• Biomedical Implications of Exercise Activity and Health

Our entry requirements are usually 240 UCAS points, of which at least 200 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

You will need at least a C in Biology or PE, at A Level(or equivalent qualifications).

We'll accept up to 40 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

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The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £8,250 (each year)
• £1,030 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £10,225 (per year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

You'll learn through various ways including lectures, tutorials, practicals and laboratory based sessions. You'll use the knowledge and skills to evaluate and analyse a range of issues and to draw conclusions based on independent thought and research. Each module comprises 150 hours of contact time and directed study.

How you're assessed

You'll be assessed in ways to help develop the skills that are valued by employers in the industry. The methods used include examinations, individual assignments, group work assignments, laboratory reports, practical assessments, oral presentations and independent research projects.

Work placements

Work placement is a core module, assessed in stage two. The placement is for a period of 150 hours with an organisation of your choice. Whilst most students undertake their placement in this country, some students go abroad for an additional experience. You will have the opportunity to go on placements with organisations including Derventio Excel Swimming Club, Nottingham Forest Football Club, Derby County Cricket Club, Leicester Tigers Rugby Union Club and Derby County Football Club, as well as local schools, hospitals and leisure centres.

Specialist Facilities

We have a well equipped sport and exercise physiology laboratory and a separate biomechanics laboratory containing the latest equipment for testing and measuring the parameters of health and fitness. In addition, we use a range of computer software packages for statistical and movement analysis.

For students who follow the Strength and Conditioning pathway, you'll get to use some of the best lifting equipment and develop your practical skills in our strength and conditioning room.

For recreational sport we have a new 44 station fitness facility at our Kedleston Road site, equipped with the latest Technogym and Wellness system technology, catering for first timers or elite performers. We also have floodlit all-weather pitches, tennis courts and a sports hall.

Additional Qualifications

You'll have the opportunity to gain national governing body coaching and officiating awards and financial assistance can be sought through our sports development fund.

By studying the Sports Management and Development modules, you will be working towards becoming a Chartered Member of the Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity.

You'll be able to gain national governing body coaching awards through some of the modules as part of this course. This could really boost your CV and help you to get an internship or help with your future career in sports. Take a look at how we will help you to improve your employability.

Some of our recent graduates have managed to get jobs in areas including coaching, sport development, the fitness industry, sports management, or sports media and marketing.

You could also become a primary or secondary teacher in physical education by studying our PGCE Primary or Graduate Teacher Programme. Or you could become your own boss by being self employed working as a coach, fitness advisor or health professional.

Rob Wilkes one of our recent graduates now works as a Youth and Sports Development Officer for Derbyshire Dales District Council and High Peak Borough Council : "l manage the 'Safer Communities Through Sport' project. The aim of the project is to help reduce anti-social behaviour by engaging young people in sport and recreation. I've attracted over £75,000 of funding into the project over the past ten months, which has been used to develop and build facilities, train young sports leaders and provide a wide range of sustainable opportunities for young people."

"The facilities for sport and exercise courses here at Derby are always improving. This help with field work placements and being able to use realistic facilities. The lecturers at the university all work within sport so are kept up to date with developments in the sporting world. The experience I gained during my studies has helped me to get work as a Community Sports Coach at Derby County FC."
Alex Molloy, one of our Sport and Exercise Studies graduates who now works for Derby County Football Club as a Community Sports Coach.

"Sport and Exercise Studies is a fasntastic course - they give you so many opportunities and i'm proud to say i'm studying here."
Allie Bryan, one of our current students on the course.

Current student Hymsuen is a powerlifter with great titles under his belt and attends competitions around the world. He took up powerlifting whilst on placement at a gym in London as part of this course and six months later he had broken world records. Read his full story here.

"Within a week of training I entered the British Championships where I won in my weight and age class. Since then I have gone on to compete in the UK Open and the WPC World Powerlifting Championships, and have broken three British and thee world records in the sport. Everyone at the gym is as amazed as I am that I've done so well, so quickly."
Hymsuen Liu, current student