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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Full Time
Sep 2027
3 Year
The Brunel Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences BSc is designed for students interested in learning how sports science can be used to optimise athletic development, sport performance, as well as how it enhances health and wellbeing. You’ll learn how the human body works on physiological, biomechanical and psychological levels and how to apply this knowledge to training methods, mental techniques and nutritional strategies that enable people to consistently perform at the upper ranges of their abilities. Crucially, you’ll gain insight into how the mind and body respond to the demands of sport and exercise and how they react under intense conditions such as strenuous physical activity or competition. Your studies will be supported by some of the best teaching and sports facilities in the UK that include our: - state-of-the-art physiology, biomechanics and psychology laboratories - world-class indoor athletics centre - international-standard 400m six-lane athletics track with full field event facilities - large indoor netball hall - multi-use sports centre equipped with squash, basketball and netball courts, as well as a superb climbing wall - members-only fitness suite featuring treadmills, cycles and rowing machines - a weight-training area with free and fixed weights - grass and third-generation (3G) all-weather pitches - outdoor tennis courts. This course is endorsed by The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).
Transition into higher education; reflecting on and developing study skills and effective academic practices.
Biomechanical principles underpinning human movement; measurement tools for movement and forces and applying principles to sport, health and exercise.
Foundational human anatomy and physiology in sport, health and exercise contexts, applied interdisciplinarily.
Theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches to promoting, delivering and measuring physical activity for health and wellbeing.
Key psychological concepts in sport and exercise such as anxiety, motivation and confidence; laboratory-based analysis of scenarios.
Issues in physical education teaching and coaching: history, pedagogical concepts, inclusion, policy and curriculum, and physical literacy.
Social phenomena associated with sport in contemporary society; social and management theories and political and cultural ideologies.
Calculating and explaining common biomechanical measures to assess human movement; hands-on measurement equipment and analysis techniques.
Different research models, quantitative and qualitative skills and formulating research questions related to the final-year project.
Knowledge and skills expected in working environments; self-appraisal through a personal development plan.
Theories and concepts of physical activity for health and wellbeing across the life course; multidisciplinary nature of the field.
Body's immediate response to and recovery from exercise and adaptation to repeated bouts and environmental extremes.
Multidisciplinary coaching and applying theory to individual performers' needs; performance analysis skills and the coaching process.
Contemporary sport and exercise psychology research: individual differences, cognition, decision-making and attention; team research project.
Individual original piece of academic work on a sport, health and exercise topic using a chosen approach.
Professional development and employability through critical reflexive practice; leadership and management skills and strong graduate applications.
Interdisciplinary analysis of physical activity, health and wellbeing; critical analysis of current policy, research and practice.
Accommodation (on campus)- 690-1,094 per month
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