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MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Performance

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

Gain the skills you need to analyse and optimise sport and exercise performance in either individual or team sports and in arduous occupations such as defence or firefighting on this Applied Sport and Exercise Performance Master's. 

On this MSc course, you'll learn what it takes to win and perform at an elite level in both sporting and professional environments. You’ll develop applied monitoring and testing techniques, practical skills, research expertise and grasp various scientific concepts for improving performance, while also learning to integrate contemporary issues like inclusion and ethical practice into your skillset.

You’ll learn to assess and use new innovation and technology to enhance human performance, and understand how environmental factors affect work and sports performance – discovering ways to mitigate against them in a changing climate. You’ll explore current concepts relating to human performance and discover current research in sport and exercise performance.

During your studies, you can choose to work toward British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) accreditation as a sport and exercise scientist. 

Entry Requirements

Qualifications or experience

  • A minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
  • Applicants who hold a non-related degree will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • For those who do not hold a degree or relevant professional qualification, extensive experience together with evidence of scholarly ability will be required.

English language requirements

  • English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.5.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

When you graduate, you’ll be qualified for a career in areas such as teaching, sports development, science support and the health and fitness sectors.

This course will also give you the theoretical basis for further academic research – you could go on to do a ProfDoc in Sport Exercise and Health Science or Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:

  • Fitness and Health Manager
  • Sports Physiologist
  • Personal Trainer
  • Sports Coach
  • Wellbeing Personal Trainer
  • Scientific Researcher

Module Details

All modules on this MSc Sports Performance are core.

  • Applied Sports Physiology – 30 credits
  • Current Concepts in Sport and Exercise Performance - 30 credits
  • Humans in Extreme Environments - 30 credits 
  • MSc Research Development and Practice – 60 credits
  • Technology and Performance in Sport and Exercise - 30 credits

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