BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Study our challenging course and you’ll be examining the role that biomechanics, physiology, psychology, and nutrition play in human performance. You’ll also look at how these disciplines interact, so you receive the complete education a multi-disciplinary sports scientist needs. You’ll have the chance to study optional subjects that give our course its special flavor – such as our module in disability sport. It’s a course that has attracted some of Britain’s leading sportsmen and women of the day such as European 200m champion Adam Gemili, Commonwealth 200m bronze medallist Bianca Williams and double European and Commonwealth medal-winning swimmer Aimee Willmott. It also develops the sports scientists and teachers who’ll help deliver the champions of tomorrow.

Foundation Year(If Required)

• Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
• Sports Development & Coaching
• Physical Health & Wellbeing in Sport
• Psychological Influences on
• Health & Wellbeing in Sport & Physical Activity
• Academic & Communication Skills in Sports
• Career and Professional Development in Sports (Mental Wealth)
• Work Placement

Year 1

• Essential Skills for Sport (Mental Wealth)
• Anatomy & Physiology for Sport
• Coaching Principles
• Development of Sport
• Sports Leadership & Management
• Psychological Aspects of Sport

Year 2

• Physiological and Nutritional Assessment for Sports Performance
• Principles & Practice in Teaching & Coaching
• Sport Training Courses
• Research Methods & Design (Mental Wealth)
• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Biomechanics of Human Movement
• Athlete Management
• Performance Analysis

Year 3

• Applied Research Project in Sport (Mental Wealth)
• Applied Sport Psychology
• Applied Teaching Practice
• Exercise Physiology Techniques
• Sport and Exercise Biomechanics
• Work Placement (Practice)
• Chronic Health Conditions
• Strength and Conditioning
• Nutrition for Sporting Health
• Entrepreneurship and Enterprise

Employability

A host of exciting career avenues in the sporting and teaching worlds will open up to you once you graduate, but the great thing about our course is that you may find they open up to you even while you’re studying for your degree. That’s because our work placements and the relationships we have built with sports organizations and schools are so strong. They’re optional and flexible placements, which means you can choose your best time to undertake them. We have strong links with football clubs such as Leyton Orient, West Ham, and Millwall and various sports academies and schools. We’ve had students working at activeNewham, the sports arm of our local council, London Sport and the Olympic Park, which is right on our doorstep in Stratford. In some cases, these placements lead to full-time jobs. For instance, Oktay Huseyin was placed at a tennis academy in Essex and is now the head of strength and conditioning there. Some of you will go on to further studies, like one of Dr. Buscombe’s students who did an extraordinary third-year project on spirituality and fandom in Lithuanian basketball. She’s now studying the same subject for her Ph.D. in Melbourne. Our graduates have gone on to work for employers as varied as the National Basketball Association (NBA), Leyton Orient FC, and the London Borough of Newham. We’ve produced coaches, fitness club managers, personal trainers, private and community coaches, and teachers. We even managed to find one of our students, Marshall Tutu, some tennis opportunities between his studies. Now he’s playing as a full-time professional.