MA PG Dip PG Cert Sport, Ethics and Society

Applicants should normally have one of the following:

• An honours degree (2.1 or above ) in a sport or leisure related area appropriate to the pathway.
• Candidates with exceptional and extensive work experience in education, coaching, leisure management or recreation will also be considered for entry to the pathway.
• An honours degree (2.1 or above) in an alternative discipline area that is acceptable to the programme leader.

Selection Procedure:

Students are normally selected on the basis of their formal application, a CV and an informal interview with the programme director.

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Awareness and knowledge of social issues by specialists in the field of sport is increasingly in demand where there is an interest in people. Sports sociologists and ethicists are sought after in a range of sport related occupations that include: national governing bodies, community sports development programmes, management of sport/leisure facilities in the private sector, sports administration roles and sports media.

Further, this programme is ideal for those with aspirations of a research career or continued study at PhD level and fosters a range of transferable skills​. Indeed, many of our students go on to study a PhD research programme before (and while) working inside academia as lecturers, tutors and researchers.

• Sporting Lives
• Research Methods in Sport (mainly following the Qualitative Pathway)
• Sustainable Practice in Sport and Physical Culture
• Sport, Character and Ethical Action
• Sport and Integrity
• Independent Study
• Final Project

In order to qualify for the MA, students are required to successfully complete a final project, which can be written as a traditional dissertation, a journal article or in another format.