Program Overview

Programme: BA Option: Sports Coaching Science

Programme Information

This three-year full-time programme is aimed at those interested in careers in the sport and leisure industries. A broad knowledge base provides graduates with understanding and skill sets to interrogate, create, promote, lead and manage the potential, promise, possibilities and power of contemporary globalised sport and leisure. Students are guided toward specialisation in the areas of sports management, sports psychology, sport and leisure in society, or sports coaching sciences. This will prepare graduates for employment in public or private sectors in contexts of commercialised and professional sport, sports development, community development and mass participation, sports coaching and facilitating psycho-social wellness through sport and leisure.

On completion of this specialisation area, a graduate will have the knowledge and skill sets to facilitate learning within both the recreation and competitive sports contexts. Graduates may find employment in private and public sectors as sports coaches, sports movement developers, franchise holders in movement development and sports development managers.

Admission Requirements

• Candidates who achieved an APS of 30 in Grade 11 and comply with the minimum subject requirements and achievement levels of these study programmes will automatically be granted placement in the study programmes, subject to the availability of space.
• The above-mentioned is not applicable to selection programmes.
• To retain admission, learners will be expected to obtain an APS of at least 28 in Grade 12.
• Prospective students who have already been granted provisional admission in these study programmes, but obtained at least an APS of 27 in Grade 12, will be considered by the Admission Committee should space be available.
• The Admission Committee of the Faculty of Humanities will consider these students once the results of the National Benchmark Test (NBT) are available and depending on the availability of space.
• The Faculty will assess satisfactory performance in the NBT in the light of its commitment to ensure that an appropriate proportion of the applicants will be drawn from the historically disadvantaged category of the population.
• Applicants with an APS of 30 but who do not comply with the subject requirements must write the NBT.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum Requirements for 2016

• Achievement Level | APS
  • Afrikaans or English
    • NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
    • 5 | 3 | C | C | 30

Other Programme-Specific Information

A student may, in consultation with the programme manager, replace SLK with a recognised school subject from the below-mentioned list.

The following school-aligned elective modules are available for the programme:

• AFR 110, 114, 120 [12 each]
• African Languages:
  • For speakers of isiNdebele as home language or first or second additional language: AFT 121, NDE 110 [12 each]
  • Sepedi for beginners: SEP 110, SEP 120 [12 each]
  • For speakers of Sepedi as home language or first or second additional language: AFT 121, SEP 111 [12 each]
  • IsiZulu for beginners: ZUL 110, ZUL 120 [12 each]
  • For speakers of isiZulu as home language or first or second additional language: AFT 121, ZUL 111 [12 each]
• ENG 110, 120 [12 each]
• Historical and Heritage Studies: GES 110, 120 [12 each]
• Modern European Languages: DTS 104 [24], 113, 123 [12 each]; FRN 104 [24], 113, 123 [12 each]
• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences: Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology - ENV 101, 301, GGY 156, 166, WKD 164; Mathematics: WTW 114, 126, 128
• Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences: Economics - EKN 110, 120

Notes

1. Students will be required to obtain an accredited Level 0/1 Coaching Certificate in one sport of choice in YCS 120 at their own cost as part of the degree requirements. A sports coaching certificate can be obtained from any recognised National Sport Federation (NSF) in South Africa. Practical demonstration and application of sports coaching skills could be done on and off campus.
2. Students will be required to obtain a Community Recreation Leader Certificate in YSL 110 at their own cost as part of the degree requirements. The department will make arrangements in this regard.

Academic Literacy

The academic literacy of all students who enrol at the University of Pretoria for the first time and all new students enrolling with the Faculty of Humanities for the first time will be assessed at the start of the academic year by means of their NSC marks.

1. Students following a degree programme in English: The NSC Grade 12 English mark will be used to determine whether students in the Faculty of Humanities should register for the academic literacy modules (ALL 110 and ALL 125 in English):
   • Home Language: Students with a 4 or lower register for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
   • First Additional Language: Students with a 5 or lower register for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
2. Students following a degree programme in Afrikaans: The NSC Grade 12 Afrikaans mark will be used to determine whether students in the Faculty of Humanities should register for the academic literacy modules (VAG 110 and VAG 125 in Afrikaans):
   • Home Language: Students with a 4 or lower register for VAG 110 and VAG 125.

All students in the Faculty of Humanities who are identified as being at risk in terms of their level of academic literacy, are compelled to obtain at least 12 credits in the academic literacy modules ALL 110 or VAG 110 and ALL 125 or VAG 125. All students in the Faculty of Humanities who are not at risk in terms of their level of academic literacy, are compelled to obtain at least 12 credits in language modules.

Department of English

• ENG 110 Introduction to literature in English (I)
• ENG 120 Introduction to literature in English (II)
• ENG 118 English for specific purposes

Department of Afrikaans

• AFR 110 Afrikaanse taalkunde en letterkunde
• AFR 120 Afrikaanse taalkunde en letterkunde
• AFR 114 Afrikaans vir sprekers van ander tale (I)

Department of African Languages

• NDE 110 Introduction to isiNdebele grammar Capita selecta
• ZUL 110 IsiZulu for beginners
• ZUL 111 Introduction to isiZulu grammar Capita selecta
• SEP 110 Sepedi for beginners
• SEP 111 Introduction to Sepedi Grammar Capita selecta
• STW 110 Setswana for beginners
• STW 111 Introduction to Setswana grammar capita selecta

Department of Modern European Languages

• DTS 104 German for beginners
• DTS 113 German: Cultural-professional (1)
• FRN 104 French for beginners
• FRN 113 French: Cultural-professional (1)
• SPN 101 Spanish for beginners
• SPN 102 Spanish for beginners
• PTG 101 Portuguese for beginners

Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures

• HEB 110 Hebrew
• LAT 110 Latin
• GRK 110 Greek

Minimum Credits: 138

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 101 Academic information management 101
• AIM 111 Academic information management 111
• AIM 121 Academic information management 121
• ALL 110 Academic literacy 110
• ALL 125 Academic literacy for Humanities 125
• UPO 101 Academic orientation 101

Core Modules

• SRM 110 Foundations of recreation and sports management 110
• SRM 120 Leadership in sport and recreation 120
• YCS 110 Foundations of sports coaching sciences 110
• YCS 120 Teaching and learning in sport 120
• YSL 110 Foundations of leisure and recreation 110
• YSL 120 Sport in society 120
• YSP 110 Foundations of sport, exercise and performance psychology 110
• YSP 120 Psychology of sport coaching 120

Elective Modules

• AFR 110 Afrikaans 110
• AFR 114 Afrikaans 114
• AFR 120 Afrikaans 120
• DTS 104 German for beginners 104
• DTS 113 German: Cultural-professional (1) 113
• DTS 123 German: Cultural-professional (2) 123
• ENG 110 English 110
• ENG 120 English 120
• FRN 104 French for beginners 104
• FRN 113 French: Cultural-professional (1) 113
• FRN 123 French: Cultural-professional (2) 123
• GES 110 History 110
• GES 120 History 120
• GGY 156 Aspects of human geography 156
• GGY 166 Southern African geomorphology 166
• NDE 110 Introduction to isiNdebele Grammar Capita selecta 110
• SEP 110 Sepedi for beginners 110
• SEP 120 Sepedi 120
• STW 110 Setswana for beginners 110
• STW 120 Setswana 120
• WKD 164 Climate and weather of Southern Africa 164
• ZUL 110 isiZulu for beginners 110
• ZUL 120 isiZulu 120
• ZUL 111 Introduction to isiZulu grammar Capita selecta 111
• STW 111 Introduction to Setswana grammar capita selecta 111
• SLK 110 Psychology 110
• SLK 120 Psychology 120

Minimum Credits: 128

Core Modules

• SRM 210 Sports facility and event management 210
• SRM 220 Business and governance of sport 220
• YCS 210 Fundamentals of human movement 210
• YCS 220 Motor behaviour 220
• YSL 210 Sport tourism 210
• YSL 220 Sport development 220
• YSP 210 Applied sport psychology 210
• YSP 220 Psychology of well-being in sport 220

Minimum Credits: 120

Core Modules

• SRM 310 Economics of sport and leisure 310
• SRM 320 Value-based decision-making in sport and recreation 320
• YSP 320 Theoretical frameworks in sport and exercise psychology 320
• YCS 310 Biomechanics of sport 310
• YCS 320 Strength and conditioning in sport 320
• YSP 310 Psycho-social issues in sport 310
• YSL 310 Sport and leisure in community development 310
• YSL 320 Sport, recreation and social change 320