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Sport and Exercise Science

BSc (Hons)

Overview

Sport and exercise scientists use knowledge of how the body works to help people improve their health or sporting ability. On this course, you'll study the science behind sports, covering areas like physiology, nutrition, biomechanics, and psychology.

Course Content

After a core first year, in year 2 and year 3 you will study a mix of mandatory and optional modules. This flexible course lets you explore different subjects and career paths in sports and exercise science before choosing to specialise in your final year.

You can choose from a range of exciting modules to enhance your knowledge and skills in data science techniques, technological solutions in sport and wellbeing, advancing women’s health and performance, and global issues in sport and exercise science.

Course content is subject to re-approval.

Year 1

Mandatory Modules

• Sport Science in Action
• Principles of Human Movement
• Introduction to Sport & Exercise Psychology
• Fundamentals of Physiology and Nutrition
• Exercise Training and Prescription
• Exercise for Health & Wellbeing
• Research & Professional Practice in Sport & Exercise Science

Careers

Most people start this course knowing they love sport but not knowing exactly what career they want to go into. Which is why we give you the chance to explore lots of different subjects from strength and conditioning, biomechanics, and sports physiology, through to nutrition, clinical physiology, and psychology.

While you’re exploring these subjects and the jobs they lead to, we also work with you on the professional skills needed for a successful career. Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to consider real jobs, practice job application and CV writing, interviewing, and develop your professional skills for the workplace. This culminates with a work placement in your final year.

Performance Sport Careers

Our graduates go on to work with a professional sports team or individual athletes as:

• Strength and conditioning coaches
• Sports data scientists
• High-performance managers

And with postgraduate training, as:

• Nutritionists
• Biomechanists
• Sport psychologists

Health, Exercise, and Wellbeing Careers

Throughout the course, many decide they want to use their passion for sport and exercise to improve the health and wellbeing of others. With further education, they enter careers within the NHS or with private health providers like Nuffield Health, including as:

• Cardiac rehabilitation specialists
• Fitness and wellbeing advisors
• Sports therapists
• Dietitians

Other Options

• Sport and health promotion within national governing bodies, associations, and sports partnerships.
• Train to teach with a one-year Primary or Secondary PGCE at Worcester.
• Promoting and delivering physical activity within disability sports.
• Postgraduate study, for example with a MSc in Applied Sport Physiology or Sport and Exercise Medicine or Applied Performance Analysis.

Teaching and Assessment

You’ll be taught by a team of expert lecturers many of whom continue to work as applied practitioners or are active researchers in their field. Most of our staff hold doctoral qualifications and are accredited with professional organisations (BASES, UKSA, HEA) to ensure your experience is of the highest quality. You will learn through active engagement in a combination of practical lab work, seminars, lectures, and one-to-one tutoring.

Assessments are carefully designed for you to demonstrate the application of knowledge in scientific reports, client feedback reports, oral and poster presentations, practical assessments, as well as essays and literature reviews. The first year includes some in-class tests to ensure appropriate foundation knowledge.

Teaching and Assessment Contents

• Teaching
• Assessment
• Feedback
• Contact time
• Self-study
• Teaching staff
• Specification

We aim to provide a learning context that will explore the full potential of all participants and encourage excellence in both theory and practice. You will use industry-standard software and have access to laboratory and computer facilities throughout the course. You will be taught through a diverse range of teaching methods.

• Lectures: gain fundamental knowledge and key concepts essential for your degree.
• Seminars: engage in discussions to deepen your understanding of lecture topics.
• Practical work: develop subject-specific practical skills through hands-on laboratory sessions.
• Workshops: participate in interactive sessions to enhance your ability to apply knowledge to case studies and scenarios.
• Independent and Group Study: collaborate on projects and tasks to apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios.
• Tutorials: individualised support to ensure you reach your full potential.

You will also gain a thorough grounding in the investigative and research techniques required to work effectively in this field.

Students may have opportunities to take part in research projects and applied practice alongside staff.

In addition, meetings with personal academic tutors are scheduled on at least 4 occasions in the first year and three occasions in each of the other years of a course.

Entry Requirements

UCAS tariff points required: 112

Typical Offer Qualification | Grade ---|--- A-level | BBC BTEC National Extended Diploma | DMM T-level | Merit

We do accept Access to HE Diplomas and other qualifications which may not exactly match the combinations above. Work out your estimated points with the UCAS tariff calculator.

Additional entry requirements for this course

Mature students

International students

Fees

UK and EU Students

The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year for new and continuing students.

£9,535

International Students

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year.

£16,700

Key Facts

• UCAS points: 112
• Mature students welcome
• Start date and location: Sep 2025 - Worcester
• Fees: UK and EU £9,535, International £16,700
• 3 years full-time (part-time option available)
• Placement available
• Study abroad available

95% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course

Data for Sport and Exercise Science (Full time) at University of Worcester

100% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.

Data for Sport and Exercise Science (Full time) at University of Worcester

100% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

Data for Sport and Exercise Science (Full time) at University of Worcester, over two years

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