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.If you crave a dynamic, active and challenging education, this academic, practical and work-based course will be an invigorating test of your capabilities. The study is broad, including sports, sports coaching, health promotion, fitness training, testing, nutrition, and psychology. It is a strongly interpersonal course, working directly with clients, requiring you to understand sport and health policy, health promotion strategies, and exercise prescription.The modules focus on the main
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.If you crave a dynamic, active and challenging education, this academic, practical and work-based course will be an invigorating test of your capabilities. The study is broad, including sports, sports coaching, health promotion, fitness training, testing, nutrition, and psychology. It is a strongly interpersonal course, working directly with clients, requiring you to understand sport and health policy, health promotion strategies, and exercise prescription.The modules focus on the main scientific disciplines underpinning coaching, fitness development and health maintenance, as well as providing an insight into historical and organisational perspectives.Modules include human performance in sports, sports coaching, health and fitness principles, developing graduate skills, sport, health and physical activity organisations, research methods, health promotion, health and activity for young people, special populations, further principles of sports coaching, and exercise prescription and behaviour change.Sports coaching, health promotion, and sports development are growing industries with rewarding careers on offer that support your own health and that of your clients. The course content gives you the academic theory as a background to the practical work environment and you will have a substantial work-based project to complete which will involve work with local employers.
Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Details
Five GCSEs at Grade C or above The programme will be of interest to those with a sports background, those interested in health care and also health maintenance, as well as those looking to pursue a career within the teaching, coaching or fitness sector. Ideally you will need to be educated to A Level or BTEC National standard with 64 UCAS points, but applications from mature applicants without these qualifications are also considered.
