Sport Science
BSc (Hons)

Basic Biomechanics

This module aims to introduce students to the fundamental aspects of biomechanics and anatomy that they will require throughout their degree. It will involve a series of lectures to identify and explain the key principles, and associated smaller group laboratory or seminar classes to allow the students to further explore and understand these topics. Laboratory classes will provide students with hands-on experience of biomechanical data collection.

Introduction to Research

This module will introduce students to fundamental issues in research methods and design. It will cover basic data handling and manipulation skills within quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Introduction to Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition

The module aims to introduce key theoretical and applied concepts in sport psychology and skill acquisition.

Physiology of Exercise

This module introduces students to fundamental principles underlying exercise physiology, focusing on the structure and function of physiological systems. Students should be able to identify key physiological responses to exercise within theoretical frameworks and concepts. 

Students should also be able to assess and record physiological responses to exercise using newly learnt laboratory techniques to further their understanding and present their findings within pre-defined criteria associated with the study of exercise physiology.

Sport Performance

This module aims to introduce students to a variety of sporting activities as a context for understanding how sport science disciplines can contribute to successful performance.

Sport, Culture and Society

This module introduces you to the social and cultural context of sport - from participation through to performance.

We consider how issues associated with gender, social class, 'race' and ethnicity, among others, can influence involvement and performance on the individual to wider structural levels. We assess this module through group work and an essay

Ergogenic Aids in Sport

This module aims to develop a critical awareness of the ergogenic affects of legal and illegal substances on sports performance through the physiological processes that underpin sport and exercise. 

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Physiology of Exercise' in order to study this module.

Physiology of Training

This module aims to develop an integrationist approach in the physiological aspects of training and how these can be manipulated to maximise performance. Students will also begin to develop the ability to assess determinants and limitations of performance from an integrated and mechanisitic viewpoint.

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Physiology of Exercise' in order to study this module.

Research Methods

This module is designed to introduce students to fundamental issues in research methods and design. The module will allow students to engage in the interpretation and critical evaluation of existing research in Sport Science. It also aims to increase students' understanding of the purpose and production of a scientific review of literature.

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Introduction to Research' in order to study this module.

Science in Practice

This module will enable students to understand the mechanics and physiology of training in the context of specific types of sport.

Through a series of lectures, seminar discussions and practical sessions, students will address the specific needs of sports performers and subsequently analyse the science and evidence which underpin different approaches to training. 

Students will also gain an awareness of a number of ergogenic aids and how they may potentially improve the performance of different types of athlete.

Social Psychology of Sport

The module aims to build on and further develop key theoretical concepts in sport psychology that were introduced at Level 4 (year one).

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Introduction to Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition' in order to study this module.

Sport, Power and Deviance

A module designed to develop student understanding of sport as a context for deviant behaviour both on and off the field.

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Sport, Culture and Society' in order to study this module.

Sports Biomechanics

Theories in Sport Sociology

A module designed to develop student understanding of sociological theories and their application to sporting issues. 

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Sport, Culture and Society' in order to study this module.

Applied Biomechanics

Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology

The aim of this module is to give students applied competence and knowledge in a range of physiological testing procedures.

Applied Sport Psychology

The module aims to consolidate key theoretical and applied concepts in sport psychology. The module also aims to enable students to diagnose sport psychology problems and to provide suitable interventions.

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Social Psychology of Sport' in order to study this module.

Environmental Physiology

This module aims to give students an understanding of the effects of environmental factors on sport performance and to enable the students to critically evaluate strategies to improve performance.

Experimental Biomechanics

The module aims to develop knowledge, understanding and experience of kinetic and kinematic measurement techniques involved in biomechanical analysis of sport performance. 

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Experimental Biomechanics' in order to study this module.

Issues in Sport, Health and Exercise

This module provides the opportunity for critical analysis of current issues within sport science and to develop students' interactive communication skills. 

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Research Methods' in order to study this module.

Professional Observation

In this module students will develop critical appreciation of the relevance of sport science in real sporting contexts. The module provides students with the experience of arranging, managing and attending a work placement.

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Research Methods' in order to study this module.

Research Project

This module aims to give students the opportunity to utilise and further develop skills they have gained at Levels 4 and 5 (years one and two) by carrying out an independent piece of research within their chosen area of interest. 

Please note: you will need to have attended 'Research Methods' in order to study this module.

Sporting Lives

This module aims to develop student understanding of the process of socialisation through sport and to apply that understanding to critically assess the significance of sport to particular social groups. 

Please note: you will need to have attended either 'Sport, Power and Deviance' or 'Theories in Sport Sociology' in order to study this module.

Sports, Media and Representation

This module develops student understanding of the media-sport nexus.

Please note: you will need to have attended either 'Sport, Power and Deviance' or 'Theories in Sport Sociology' in order to study this module.