FdSc Sport Coaching

UCAS code: CX61

Start date: September

Course length: full time: two years

Campus: Buxton Campus

This course is available to international students

This programme will develop your knowledge and skills in sports coaching. You'll be taught by elite athletes and their coaches and our team have coached World and Olympic cyclists, professional footballers, World and Olympic athletes, martial artists and Major winners from the PGA golf tour.

This course will enable you to develop a knowledge and understanding of sports coaching in a specified context. It also allows you to analyse scientific data and convert it into coaching and training regimes.

Our theory into practice philosophy will enhance your coaching knowledge and develop your vocational skills. You will be engaged in the process of encouraging athlete potential (whatever the level of participation) and preparing athletes for competition.

You will be given the opportunity to work with sports clubs in the local community, and you will develop progressive practices and coach specific skills that will help you prepare athletes at all levels for competitive environments.
Nowhere else in the UK will you find this unique blend of knowledge and skills.

The course will serve as an advanced coaching programme for you if you wish to undertake coaching opportunities with sports clubs and National Governing Bodies.

You will study modules like these but they may change:

• Introduction to Sport Coaching
• Sport Performance Analysis
• Principles and Practice Of Training
• Populations in Sport, Health and Exercise
• Research Methods
• Introduction To Exercise Physiology

Our entry requirements are usually 160 UCAS points, of which at least 120 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

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.

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)

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.

How you'll learn

You'll learn through a wide range of lectures, practical work, laboratory work, hands on experience, and work in sports centres. Our practical based approach to teaching means you will gain lots of skills you can use in your career.

How you're assessed

You'll be assessed through a variety of assignments including laboratory based work, reports, presentations, coaching analysis, essays, exams and practical work. External examiners have commented on how innovative our range of assessments is.

Fieldtrips

You'll have the opportunity to go on fieldtrips so you can put your learning into practice. Previous students have been on fieldtrips to the Manchester Velodrome, which is Britain's first indoor Olympic cycling track and home to Team GB.

Work placements

You'll have the chance to do work placements as part of your course, this is a great way to develop your skills and gain the experience employers are looking for. On this course you'll have a double placement module, where you can apply your practical learning to your studies. You'll get to choose the type of business you do your placement in, to make sure you get the experience you need for your career.

Sport Coaching helps your development by improving your performance.

Coaching can be influential on a number of different levels, from helping a six year old to learn the basics of how to throw a ball, to guiding experienced performers through an international competition.

Coaches are needed at every level of sport participation. Jobs are available in schools, national governing bodies, councils and sports clubs.

"This programme really helped me decide on the career I wanted. It was a great experience and the lecturing team were really helpful."

Mark Ozenbrook