Strength and Conditioning Science BSc (Hons)

Field Based Training Techniques

The module aims to introduce students to practical techniques and mechanical fundamentals of a variety of field based training techniques and modalities. Students will practice the techniques and study theoretical concepts of anatomy and mechanics which relate to the skills through the analysis of movement. It will involve a series of lectures in a practical environment to identify and explain key principles. 

The practical seminars taught in smaller coaching groups will allow students to further explore and understand these topics and skills and begin to apply their own coaching to specific skills via individual and group coaching.

Fundamentals of Strength and Conditioning

The module aims to introduce students to fundamental practical techniques associated with strength and conditioning. Students will practice the techniques and study theoretical concepts of anatomy and mechanics which underpin the skills used by coaches. 

The module will involve a series of lectures, seminars and practicals to identify and explain key principles. The practicals taught in smaller coaching groups will allow students to further explore and understand these topics and skills.

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.

Strength Training Techniques

The module aims to develop understanding of the key mechanical principles, anatomical issues and considerations, which determine strength development in athletes. Students will extensively practice the techniques and study theoretical concepts of anatomy and mechanics which relate to the skills through the analysis of movement.

Through this technical knowledge, this module aims to provide students with the coaching tools and critical understanding of key training principles and methods, which when applied appropriately, enhance strength and power in athletes.

Muscle Physiology

The aim of the module is to understand detailed information of the structure and function of human skeletal muscle and its associated physiological processes. This includes developing an understanding of the molecular responses and adaptations to different forms of exercise. Students will begin to develop a greater understanding of skeletal muscle and its responses to exercise from an integrated and mechanistic viewpoint.

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.

Skill Acquisition One

This module aims to develop student understanding of how skills are acquired in sport and the methods through which coaches can influence learning.

Sports Biomechanics

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.

Management of Specific Populations

A module designed to develop the students' critical awareness of how to manage athletes from specific populations with unique needs. This will include how monitoring tools can be utilised to assess readiness to perform and prevent overtraining. It also includes how to assess athletes with injuries and support their rehabilitation back to full health. The needs of young, female, elderly and disabled athletes will also be addressed on this module.

Organisation of Training

A module designed to develop the students' critical awareness of how to design, monitor and manage issues associated with the training programmes of sports performers. The module covers how to conduct a thorough needs analysis of a sport and an athlete, and subsequently how to use this information to plan an effective training programme.

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.

Science in the Workplace

The module aims to provide experience of the utilisation of learned theory in the workplace. Increased credits have allowed for increased content driven towards developing skills associated with professional practice and gaining employment upon graduation from the programme.

Skill Acquisition Two

This module provides students with an in-depth and critical understanding of contemporary theory, research, and practice in the field of skill acquisition and motor behaviour. This module also aims to enhance applied practice by allowing students to plan, develop, and implement sessions that are evidence based and grounded in theory.