This course provides graduates with the academic knowledge and professional skills required to pursue a career in the field of sport and exercise physiology, including practitioner and researcher-based work. It offers you an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary practice in sport and exercise science. This includes working with athletes and sports teams to optimise training adaptations, performance and recovery. You will also learn how to effectively conduct and apply research, emphasising the benefits of evidence-based practice.

• You will be exposed to classic and contemporary issues within sport physiology and performance, whilst also developing fundamental skills required to work in applied practice and research.
• You will be a taught in a stimulating and supportive learning environment that draws on expert knowledge, research and applied practice.
• You may have an opportunity to attend a work placement within the sport and exercise sector.
• Members of the course team are British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) accredited physiologists.
• You will complete a major research project during the course and have the opportunity to potentially publish your work in peer reviewed sport and exercise physiology journals.

Overall, this course will help facilitate your future career aspirations, including applied practice and/or further study at Doctoral level. We welcome applications from international students as sport and exercise performance and physiology is a truly global area. The course staff and the wider University provides additional support to those students who come from overseas.

Placements

The Applied Placement and Practitioner Skills module provides the opportunity to gain real world experience in the field of sport and exercise science. The early stages of this module will teach you practical applied skills which can be taken forward into a placement in a professional environment. Placements will be organised in conjunction with the University and will expose you to real world employment.