Develop your knowledge of sports science - exploring areas such as health, wellbeing and performance - on our Applied Sport Science degree in Writtle.

Train and work in our Centre for Sport and Health, with its sports laboratory, and strength and conditioning suite.

Learn from staff with high-level sports or industry experience.

Benefit from a blend of lectures and practical sessions, to give you a practical and career-enhancing learning experience.

Gain specific knowledge and skills relating to the promotion of active and healthy lifestyles across the lifespan.

Obtain industry experience and relate your studies to the real world through work placement, volunteering and shadowing opportunities.

Graduate ready to work in sport, health or exercise roles.

Our degree course offers a comprehensive sport science experience, where you'll explore the scientific principles and techniques that underpin health, wellbeing and sporting performance. You'll also focus on the specific knowledge and skills required when testing, assessing and evaluation human movement and performance.

As part of your degree, youll learn to work with athletic populations, demonstrating and applying the four key subdisciplines of sport science: physiology, psychology, biomechanics and nutrition. These central themes provide the basis of a thorough appreciation of human performance in the context of sport and exercise.

In addition to the core modules, in this Applied Sport Science course, bespoke modules focus on the skills required for lab and field-based testing of a range of athletic populations. You will learn how the human body functions when engaged in sport and exercise and how to interpret and evaluate its responses to different physical challenges.

Careers

With its focus on applying scientific principles to real-world challenges, sport science is the perfect way to combine your love of sport with a rewarding and impactful career.

You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of how the human body performs during physical activity, and the skills to analyse and enhance athletic performance, promote health and fitness, and prevent or rehabilitate injuries.

As a graduate, you'll be ready to pursue opportunities in areas such as coaching, sports science, personal training, physiotherapy, and sports management.

What can you do with an Applied Sport Science degree?

An Applied Sport Science degree offers a range of career opportunities in athletic performance, health, and wellness. Graduates can work as sports scientists, strength and conditioning coaches or biomechanists, helping athletes improve performance and reduce injury risk. In health and rehabilitation, roles such as exercise physiologist or rehabilitation specialist focus on aiding recovery and enhancing physical well-being.

Our degree also opens pathways in coaching, fitness training, and sports technology, where scientific principles are applied to optimise performance. Additionally, it provides a solid foundation for further study in fields like physiotherapy, sports medicine, or academic research.

Possible careers include:

Biomechanist

Clinical Cardiac Physiologist

Exercise Physiologist

Lecturer/Teacher

Nutritionist

Performance Analyst

Personal Trainer

Rehabilitation Physiologist

Respiratory Physiologist

Sports Coach

Strength and Conditioning Coach