BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science (Placement Year) at Lancaster University

Programme overview

Our Sports and Exercise BSc with a Placement Year will offer you the knowledge, skills and values required to become a confident, competent and analytical sports and exercise scientist of the future. Led by experts in their field at Lancaster Medical School, you will be set up to succeed in a supportive and forward-thinking environment with excellent lab facilities. This version of the course will see you spend your third year on placement, so you will graduate with real workplace experience already on your CV.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Medicine | Department: Lancaster Medical School | Duration: Full time 4 years | Study mode: full-time (includes a year in industry/placement) | Location: Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Anatomy and Biomechanics: Foundations of Movement, Fuel For Life: Nutrition Science, Innovations in Exercise Assessment and Prescription, Physiology and Metabolism Unlocked, Professional Practice: Academic Skill Development, Sports and Exercise Psychology: Powerhouse Principles. Year 2 core modules: Advanced Biomechanics: Optimising Human Potential, Breaking Boundaries: Debates Shaping Sports and Exercise Science, Conquer the Data: Research Methods and Statistics, Molecules to Muscles: Integrative Human Physiology, Sports and Exercise Medicine: Patient to Performer, Sports and Exercise Psychology: The Embodied, Embedded and Extended Performer. Year 3 core modules: Work Based Learning Year. Year 4 core modules: Cutting-Edge Science: Research Dissertation in Sports and Exercise Science, Engaging the Public: Power in Science Communication.

Career pathways

What careers can graduates go into? A degree in Sports and Exercise Science can open up a wide range of careers in the health sector and sports industry, including:

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Application information

Entry requirements

A levels: ABB. This should include one science subject from: Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Life and Health Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Statistics. Access to HE Diploma: Considered on a case-by-case basis. Our typical entry requirement would be 30 Level 3 credits at Distinction plus 15 Level 3 credits at Merit, but you would need to meet the subject requirements. BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM in Applied Science, Sport and Exercise Science, or Sporting Excellence and Performance. BTEC in combination with A levels: Our typical entry requirement would be A level grade B plus BTEC(s) at DD, or A levels at grade BB plus BTEC at D, but you would also need to meet the subject requirements. This may be through a science A level, a BTEC Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science, or a BTEC Extended Certificate (or larger BTEC qualification) in Applied Science, Applied Human Biology or Applied Psychology. International Baccalaureate: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects including 6 in one HL science subject from the following: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Sports, Exercise and Health Science. T levels: T level in Science considered on a case-by-case basis, with Distinction overall, and with an A in the core component. GCSE requirements: Mathematics grade 5/B, English Language grade 4/C. English language requirements: If English is not your first language, we require an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component for this programme.

Duration: Full time 4 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply/

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