Sport Psychology, Coaching and Physical Education (including foundation year)
London Metropolitan University
Sport Psychology, Coaching and Physical Education (including foundation year)
Course Summary
**Why study this course**
This is a four-year degree course with a built-in foundation year (Year 0). It's the perfect route into university if you can't meet the necessary entry requirements or don't have the traditional qualifications required to start a standard undergraduate degree. You'll graduate with a full undergraduate degree with the same title and award as those who studied the traditional three-year course.
In the National Student Survey 2020, 100% of students said this course challenged them to achieve their best.
**More about this course**
This undergraduate course will teach you how to encourage, develop and progress other people’s sporting performance or participation. The coaching skills you’ll develop will be equally applicable at both an elite performance and community level.
Increasingly, schools are out-sourcing sports delivery to coaches, and more sports practitioners are entering teaching through coaching. It is in these environments that you can help encourage young people who have never taken part in sport and exercise to improve their health and fitness.
We’ll help develop your coaching and teaching skills, providing access to a sports hall the size of six badminton courts and extensively-equipped sports science labs.
Our teaching staff includes those with a wide range of coaching knowledge and qualifications up to international and world championship levels. All modules on the course are equally well-supported by up-to-date facilities.
You’ll study a variety of subjects in-depth. There’s sport psychology and its exploration of how the mind impacts on both sporting performance and participation. Exercise physiology will introduce you to changes the body experiences as a result of physical activity, environmental stress and exercise. Biomechanics analyses the mechanics of human movement, while the sociology of sport will develop your understanding of the socio-cultural issues that can define and legitimise a particular sport.
There will be plenty of equipment for you to use as an aid to your studies. Exercise physiology equipment includes a climate chamber and blood analysers, while biomechanics equipment includes Watt bikes and Kistler force platforms. For a more complete list of the equipment that will be available to you, see the equipment section below.
Course Details - Modules
Modules for this course are subject to change. For full up-to-date module details please see the course page on the university website.
Foundation year (Year 0) modules include:
Biology (core, 30 credits);
Chemistry (core, 30 credits);
Scientific Studies (core, 30 credits);
Foundation year project (sports) (core, 15 credits);
Foundations of Sports Science (core, 15 credits)
Year 1 modules include:
Essential Principals of Effective Coaching and Teaching (core, 15 credits)
Musculoskeletal Anatomy (core, 15 credits);
Human Physiology (core, 15 credits);
Professional Studies (core, 15 credits);
Introduction to Biomechanics (core, 15 credits);
Foundations of Sport Psychology (core, 15 credits);
Physiological Principals of Training (core, 15 credits);
Applied Sports Science (core, 15 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
Biomechanics of Human Movement (core, 15 credits);
Sociology of Effective Coaching and Teaching (option, 15 credits);
Sport Psychology: Controlling Individual Performance and Exercise (core, 15 credits);
Exercise Physiology (core, 15 credits);
Empowering London: Working Within the Community (option, 15 credits);
Environmental Exercise Physiology (core, 15 credits);
Biomechanical Applications (core, 15 credits);
Sports Science Research Methods (core, 15 credits);
Sport Psychology: Group Dynamics and Human Interaction (core, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
Sports Science and Therapy Dissertation (core, 30 credits);
Coaching Pedagogy and Practical Application (core, 15 credits);
Personal Development for Coaching and Teaching (core, 15 credits);
Sport Psychology: Practical Application in the Real World (core, 15 credits);
Clinical Exercise Physiology (option, 15 credits);
Clinical Biomechanics (option, 15 credits);
Clinical and Exercise Physiology (option, 15 credits);
Sport Psychology and the Elite Athlete (core, 15 credits);
Business Development in Sport (option, 15 credits);
Empowering London: Working within the Community (option, 15 credits)
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment consists of progress tests, online tests, coursework, practical reports, presentations, exams and a final year dissertation.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
C608
Institution code:
L68
Campus Name:
Holloway
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Foundation
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
At least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma) but may not have achieved the appropriate grades to immediately join a BSc programme.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements.
If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.
More information about our English language requirements.
These fees are for the 2022/23 academic year. Fees for new and returning students may change each year by an amount set under the government’s regulation. For further information about our undergraduate fees, please visit: https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/applying/funding-your-studies/undergraduate-tuition-fees/
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be extra costs for things such as equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees. There may also be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but that you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
Provider information
Admissions Office
166-220 Holloway Road
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
City of London
N7 8DB
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