BSc (Hons) Applied Sport Science (Watersports & Outdoor Activities) (Full Time)
Length: 3 years
UCAS: C605
Course overview
|This course aims to provide you with a broad understanding of the scientific theory, research and practice underpinning participation and performance in watersports. We will help you to gain a detailed knowledge of how physiology, psychology and biomechanical theories can be employed specifically in watersport environments to facilitate performance enhancement.
You can put theory into practice when you test athletes using field and laboratory-based equipment, and critically analyse and interpret athlete data and published literature. You will also work with athletes to design and deliver individual intervention programmes. This experience will help you to understand how coaching fits into the wider context of watersport development, and the role of applied sport science in the facilitation of national and local watersport coaching objectives.
You can gain National Governing Body and industry awards as an integral part of the course. Moreover, your studies can count towards British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists (BASES) professional accreditation. You may also qualify for a wide range of continuing professional development and high performance sports opportunities offered by our sport and recreation department, Sport Solent.
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Teaching will employ a mixture of formal theoretical lectures, small group seminars and practical sessions.
Course content
Year 1
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Industry practice and Research
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Principles of coaching
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Introduction to Exercise Physiology
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Introduction to Sports Psychology
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Introduction to Biomechanics
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Outdoor Adventure
Year 2
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Research Methods for Sport and Exercise
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Coaching for Watersports or Coaching for Outdoor Adventure
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Application of Fitness testing and training
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Applied Techniques in Sports Psychology
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Applied Principles of Biomechanics
Choose one option from the following:
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Outdoor Education
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Outdoor Demand and Supply
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Event Organisation
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Extreme Sports
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Sports Massage
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Curriculum plus
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Advanced gym training
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Diet and Nutrition
Year 3
Project
Choose three units from the following:
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Professional Practice in Physiology
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Professional Practice in Sports Psychology
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Professional Practice in Biomechanics
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Sports Science Support
Choose one option from the following:
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Sports Ethics
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Sports conditioning
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Leadership
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Extreme Lifestyles
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Outdoor Adventure Management
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Injury prevention and management
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Complementary therapies for sport
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High Performance Coaching
Entry level
240 points. Maths and English at GCSE.
Desirable A Level Physical Education or Human Biology or equivalent.
Note:
All successful applicants will be required to undertake a criminal record check processed through the Criminal Records Bureau. The existence of any past offences should be declared in the application process. As part of some courses, you will be required to undertake work with community groups and assessments will follow this work. A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to undertaking a course but, dependent upon the course, offences may lead to you not being enrolled or being required to withdraw from the course.
Career opportunities
This course will help you to develop the professional and vocational knowledge and skills to step into a career as, for example, a recreational or performance watersport instructor. Alternatively, you could continue your professional development via an MSc in sport science and coaching or a BASES supervised experience programme.
Special facilities
You will benefit from access to the University’s wide range of sporting facilities, including new sport science laboratory, sports hall, teaching gym and Watersports Centre. What’s more, our superb links with local and national sports organisations can offer excellent opportunities to use a wide variety of specialist facilities and work with a diverse range of participation and performance professionals.
Contacts
For further information on the course please contact the:
Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise
Tel: 023 8031 9888
E-mail: fbse@solent.ac.uk|
International Students please contact the International Service:
Tel: +44 (0) 23 8031 9129
Fax: +44 (0) 23 8031 9412
E-mail: international@solent.ac.uk|
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