Compulsory modules

Final Year Project

The aim of this module is to provide students with the knowledge, understanding, skills and opportunity to select, organise and conduct an enquiry-based project in a topic relevant to their development and programme.

Optional modules

Physiology of Exercise and Health

The aim of this module is for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the physiological and metabolic underpinnings of exercise as a therapy to prevent and manage chronic metabolic disease.

Sport and Exercise Nutrition

The aim of this module is for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the impact of diet and nutritional supplements on human performance and health.

Applied Physiology of Sport Performance

The aim of this module is for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the physiological limitations to performance in sport and the characteristics that determine elite sport performance.

Advanced Sport Biomechanics

The aim of this module is for the student to develop an understanding of theoretical and experimental approaches to biomechanical analyses underpinned by the relationships between forces, motion, and the human musculoskeletal system during dynamic activities in sport.

Advanced Motor Control of Sport Movements

The aim of this module is for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the theoretical and practical approaches to the study of human movement control with particular reference to sports movements.

Sport, Climate Action and Nature

The aim of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the multi-disciplinary intersection between sport, climate action, and nature. It explores the impact of climate change on sport, the impact of sport on climate change, and the interdisciplinary approaches required to address the challenges stemming from these impacts.

Applied Exercise Psychology

The aim of this module is for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the theories, strategies and interventions which underpin the real-world application of exercise psychology.

Applied Psychology in Competitive Sport

The aims of this module are for students to demonstrate a more advanced and critical understanding of the psychological approaches, issues, strategies, and skills that are relevant in applied practice; and to explore the professional characteristics and vocational skills required of an effective sport and exercise psychologist.