Anatomy And Biomechanics

This unit aims to:

• Develop knowledge of the principles of human movement and the role of human anatomy in sport and exercise science
• Develop knowledge of the fundamental principles of sport and exercise biomechanics, underpinned by research in the discipline. 
• Introduce the application of sports biomechanics to sports science practice, coaching, strength and conditioning, personal training and research.

Human Physiology

This unit aims to answer the questions:

Physiologically how do the fundamental systems of the human body respond at rest?

How does the human body adapt to exercise?

The unit serves as an introduction to the structure of the physiological systems and major organs of the body and rest and in relation to physical activity. Students will research the topics of interest through relevant and recent literature introduced in lectures and seminars to form the basis of written assignments. 

Reading And Interpreting Research

This unit aims to provide an introduction to the process of research and enquiry and provides guidance on how to read and interpret scientific literature to enable an evidence-based approach to practice.

Sports Massage

This unit aims to equip students with an understanding of underpinning theories and the ability to safely apply and effectively justify the use of a range of soft tissue techniques in current practice

Structural Assessment And Professional Practice

This unit aims to equip students with an introduction to the practical application of their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a work-based environment. They are also introduced to the concept of reflection and how this can be used to inform and develop their own practice. This unit provides the opportunity for the partial completion of the supervised practice placement that is required during the completion of the programmes.

Gym Instruction

The unit aims to teach the fundamental principles of exercise prescription and coaching within a gym setting and to be able to understand, demonstrate, and coach a range of exercise modalities that are currently adopted in health and fitness settings.

Normal Anatomical Structure And Function

This unit will provide you with an introduction to Anatomy, (focusing on structure, function, location and palpation) and kinesiology (looking at how the latter structures work together in normal movement and function)

Altered Anatomical Structure And Function

The aims of this unit are to develop knowledge of advanced human anatomical and biomechanical principles underpinning sport and clinical practice. This unit is primarily focused upon anatomical alterations created by a variety of health and lifestyle factors.

Manual Therapies

This unit aims to equip students with an understanding of underpinning theories and the ability to safely apply and effectively justify the use of a range of manual therapy in current practice.

Physiology For Training

This unit aims to further develop students’ understanding of the different physiological factors that influence sport and exercise performance, including how the human body responds and adapts to different types of environments and training in healthy and referred clients.

Planning And Conducting Research

This unit aims to assist students in gaining a more critical understanding of the research of others through the development of the processes of research and enquiry in sports science and medicine related subjects. To realise these aims, students will have the opportunity to develop the more complex statistical skills that will be required to enhance as a practitioner.

Work Based Learning

This unit aims to equip students with theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and the ability to be reflective of their own personal development required to allow them to effectively undertake practice placement experiences. This unit provides the opportunity for the partial completion of the 150 hours of supervised practice placement experience required during the completion of the programme.

Management Of Lower Extremity Injuries

This unit aims to equip students with the skills and understanding of underpinning theories required to safely and effectively assess the injured athlete in a sporting or clinical setting, whilst identifying and managing the pain-causing and/or injured lumbar & sacral regions and lower extremity structures.

Management Of Upper Extremity Injuries

This unit aims to equip students with the skills and understanding of underpinning theories required to safely and effectively assess the injured athlete in a sporting or clinical setting, whilst identifying and managing the pain-causing and/or injured thoracic & cervical vertebral regions and upper extremity structures.

Dissertation For Sport Science And Physical Activity

This unit is a structured independent study which involves selecting a topic that is approved by an appropriate staff member of the School of Sport Science and Physical Activity who will subsequently become your supervisor. You will conduct an in-depth scientific study of that topic. The topic chosen should be one that is of interest to you and is also deemed to be an important topic within the field of Sport Science and Physical Activity. You will be expected to engage in considerable independent scholarly activity, building upon the initial topic and reading material discussed with your supervisor. The topic chosen should relate to some aspect of the content and issues within an appropriate discipline, and should examine a limited area in depth rather than attempt any wide-ranging generalised investigation. You will be required to meet your supervisor on a regular basis to discuss your progress. You will be required to complete ethical documentation before you start your data collection. This will be reviewed by the Undergraduate School Ethics Committee via specific meetings throughout the unit. 

Activity To Promote Health And Wellbeing

The aim of this unit is to develop the knowledge and skills of students to be able to assess research that defines exercise, activity and health and evidence that underpins the current guidelines on quality and quantity of physical activity advised by national and international bodies. This will allow students to be able to plan, adapt and promote physical activity programmes to general and referred populations.

Clinical Exercise

This unit aims to equip students with additional clinical health and exercise assessment skills that are part of the sport rehabilitation and clinical exercise practice.

Corrective Exercise

This unit will develop the knowledge and skills of students to be able to evaluate movement screening tools in order to implement an accurate assessment of client musculoskeletal function. Students will be able to use the results of this screening assessment to safely and effectively design corrective exercise programmes to improve musculoskeletal dysfunction.

Practice Placements And Business

This unit aims to equip students with the business skills to successfully build a career within health, fitness and wellbeing, alongside the theoretical knowledge, practical clinical reasoning and reflective skills required to be an autonomous, safe and effective practitioner. This unit provides the opportunity for the partial completion of the 100 hours of supervised practice placement experience required during the completion of the programme.

Studying Sport In Higher Education

This is a subject specific unit that builds on the knowledge and understanding that students gained in semester one of their foundation year. The unit is focused on developing students’ skills and applied knowledge relevant to their future degree study of sport. During this unit students will gain knowledge and understanding of sport in a higher education environment through exploring a range of topics and activities reflecting the variety of sport degrees within the University. The students will produce assessment work that demonstrates the development of sport specific knowledge and academic skills that are applicable in a higher education environment. This unit aims to extend students’ confidence to explore new research topics and themes relating to studying sport in higher education.

Individuals In Society (Sport)

This unit has been designed to enable you to develop your understanding of some of the core intellectual themes and issues that you will encounter as part of your degree study within the Faculty of Education and Sport.

Within the unit you will be studying aspects of current Government policy and consider how it is influencing sport, health and wellbeing. To support this you will be introduced to aspects of sociological and psychological thinking. You will use this knowledge of the underpinning theories and concepts that relate to: you as an individual; the society in which you live; the subject area that you will be focussing on during your degree.

The unit content serves the combined purposes of developing knowledge and understanding that will form the foundation for your degree studies; developing the ability to apply theory to real world examples while becoming familiar with some of the issues, skills and techniques that you will meet in your degree studies.

Studying For He (Sport)

In this unit you will be introduced to what academic study in Higher Education involves both generally and related to studying specific subjects. You will be given opportunities to develop the skills, attitudes, confidence and strategies to help you succeed in the course meeting the entry requirements for university study. 

You will be supported in identifying where you have scope to develop skills and abilities using planning for your on-going personal development, through exploring what works best for you. Tutors will guide you towards the options best suited for the subject area you are hoping to study in your degree.

As you go through the year you will notice that you will be able to link the learning that you do in this unit with other parts of the course and apply the learning to the assessments you will be doing.

Examining Research (Sport)

This unit applies subject knowledge and critical thinking that you have developed during the course. It will give you the opportunity to think about what research is and how different people in your subject area develop the research process. You will examine some research that has been done in relation to a subject that you will be studying on your degree. This is your chance to analyse what the researchers have done and assess its strengths and weaknesses

You will learn about the process of developing a small scale research project from the point of view of students and staff who have experience of doing it. You will get the opportunity to think about the advantages and disadvantages of some of the most commonly used research tools by looking at how others have used them.

 As this is an introduction before you get the opportunity to study research design and methods in more depth, the aim is to give you the opportunity to look at a variety of examples to develop an informed understanding of different approaches.

The project that you produce will demonstrate the development and application of your subject knowledge through using the academic skills that you have gained in the other units of the course. This will give you the confidence to know that you will be able to develop your skills and in future participate in work of this kind on your degree studies.

Professional Practice Year (Sport Science And Physical Activity)

This unit aims to provide appropriate work experience based learning and experience in the responsibilities of the work place. This unit will allow students to develop their professional and transferable skills in the work place and will assess individuals reflection based on key models of reflective literature and examination of professional behaviours.