Course Overview
This course is offered as a four year programme, including an initial Foundation Year. You may also be interested in our three year BA (Hons) Sport Development and Coaching course.
The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.
During your first year, we will help you identify what employers are looking for from their future recruits, including practical and transferrable skills, personal qualities and business awareness. This new knowledge will lay an excellent foundation for you when you graduate, enabling you to present yourself effectively to employers using a CV, application form and during interviews.
What will this course cover?
We have strong links with a number of sports organisations, many of which sit on the University’s doorstep. These include the National Sports Centre at Bisham Abbey, home to several governing bodies of sport, Leap (County Sports Partnership), and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, birthplace of the Paralympics.
The University has a strong attachment to the Reading Ladies Football Club and also the National League basketball team, London United.
Human Performance Laboratory
You’ll have the opportunity to blend academic study with a professional sports environment. Located within our Human Performance, Exercise and Wellbeing Centre, the Human Performance Laboratory features an indoor three-lane running track that incorporates 3D motion-capture technology. This facility helps to enhance athletes’ performance through improved technique, and also assists with injury prevention and rehabilitation. The Human Performance Laboratory is also equipped for assessing a range of physiological, biomechanical and psychological parameters.
Where the Foundation Year is taught at University Campus Aylesbury Vale all subsequent years will be taught at High Wycombe Campus.
BA (Hons) Sports Development and Coaching scored 100% overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2018.
Course Details
UCAS CODE: C613
What are the course entry requirements?
If you do not meet the minimum requirements for the three-year programme, or do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, this four-year programme including a Foundation Year could be for you.
You’ll need to hold GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above, and will usually have achieved a minimum of 90 credits from a Level 3 qualification such as A Levels or BTECs.
International students should hold an IELTS of 5.5 (minimum of 5 in all areas).
Applicants will also be invited to attend an interview.
Course Modules
Module Map
This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.
Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.
Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
The modules available on this course are as follows:
Foundation Year Modules
- Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
- Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
- Inquiry and Research Skills
- Introduction to Sport Development and Performance
Year 1 Modules
- Professional and Academic Skills for Sport
- Sport and Society
- Games in Sport and Education
- Introduction to Coaching Theory and Practice
- Understanding Sport Development
- Sports Psychology: Individual Differences and Group Dynamics
- Human Sciences for Physical Education
Year 2 Modules
- Football: The Global Game (optional)
- Rugby Union: The Global Game (optional)
- Sport Operations Management (optional)
- Understanding People in Sports Business (optional)
- Research in Sport and Exercise
- Sport, Diversity and Well-being
- Sport Event Planning
- Applied Sport and Performance Psychology (optional)
- Coaching and Athlete Development
- Cognition and Emotion in Sport and Exercise Psychology (optional)
- Performance Analysis (optional)
- Sport Development Practice
- Sports Nutrition (optional)
Year 3 Modules
- Club Business: Football (optional)
- Club Business: Rugby (optional)
- Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (optional)
- Funding for Sport
- Professional Development and Employability (optional)
- Research Dissertation
- Communications and PR in Sport (optional)
- Applied Performance Analysis (optional)
- Contemporary Coaching Issues
- Strategic Sport Development
- Working and Learning In Exercise Health and Fitness
Fees
How much does it cost
Full Time Home and EU: Year Zero - £7,800, Year One - £9,250, Year Two - £9,250, Year Three - £9,250
Full Time International: £11,000 per year
Please note that these fees are for 2018-19 entry.
Most courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees.
You could benefit from financial support through a bursary or scholarship during your time as a student. For more details visit our financial support, bursaries and scholarships section.
Questions about fees?
Contact our Enquiries Team:
0330 123 2023
advice@bucks.ac.uk
How do I apply?
For application details please visit bucks.ac.uk/applynow
