Students on this broad ranging course will not only discover the science behind sport performance and the health benefits of physical activity and exercise but will also gain an insight into marketing management.

You may be interested in working with elite athletes to help improve their performance or want a better understanding of how science can be applied to sport to improve your coaching or teaching ability. You may want to develop your understanding of exercise as a medicine for people with health problems or want to promote the benefits of physical activity and exercise. Perhaps you are more interested in working in a marketing role within a sporting or health related business. This broad ranging course is uniquely designed to help you achieve these goals.

Drawing on 40 years of experience, we pride ourselves on offering many ‘hands on’ experiences in the laboratory or the sport coaching environment. This and our research-led curriculum, covering core Sport Science topics of physiology, psychology and biomechanics, will give you the knowledge and skills required for a career in the expanding exercise and sport market. With the addition of our sport and exercise specific employability programs and placements you have the opportunity to make yourself stand out from the crowd with a degree from one of the ‘original’ schools of sport science in the UK with a marketing element from Bangor Business School.

The Marketing element of the course will enable you to develop skills and knowledge in key strategic and operational aspects of marketing, and you’ll gain an awareness of the external marketing environment with a particular insight into the sporting business sector in its many guises.

Internships

Bangor University runs a paid internship scheme within the university’s academic and service departments.

Career

This Sports Science and Marketing degree will equip graduates with the opportunity to pursue an academic or professional career in Sport and Exercise Science. Graduates will be in a position to pursue Accredited Sports Scientist status with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). Due to the specific skills and knowledge gained during the degree, graduates will be in a good position to pursue careers in the fitness and health industries.  For those not wishing to take a sport science career route, graduates are expected to obtain employment in a variety of careers in consumer, business-to-business and non-profit marketing, particularly in businesses related to sport or health. As data handling, marketing communications and marketing management activities expand, marketing related graduates are expected to remain in high demand from employers. Some graduates from this programme are also expected to pursue careers in other business and management-related functions.