Honours Degree
Offering a distinctive combination of classroom, practical and industry modules, this course helps you understand, question and analyse sport and its role in the community.
We have well-established strengths in the theory that underpins the field and provides the opportunity to develop learning through an extensive range of placement opportunities with sports and community organisations. You could play a role in our social enterprise, owned and run by students, which coordinates and runs sports development partnership and opportunity across the country.
You’ll develop excellent intellectual and transferable skills, which will prepare you for employment in this progressive and dynamic field, or for work and life in other related sectors. We promote innovative teaching and learning that creates a positive environment for students, and encourages individuals to develop within and beyond the curriculum.
NOTE: This course offers a number of joint study opportunities. The combination with coaching provides a particular popular and highly vocationally relevant route.
Some of our modules
- Sports Organisations
- Introduction to the Sociology of Sport and Exercise
- Football in the Community
- Sports and Exercise Placements
- Youth Culture and Active Leisure
Benefits
- unique student-owned business
- coaching, leadership and placement opportunities
- close links with Sport England, The Football Association, Youth Sport Trust, The Gloucestershire Sports Partnership and other agencies
Career paths
- local authority sports development officer
- olympic agencies
- sport and leisure facilities
- sports’ national governing bodies
- work within Sport England
Are there any placements for this course?
Optional work placement.
Entry requirements
Points for degree: 300 using the UCAS Tariff system
Location?
Oxstalls
Applications
All full-time applications should be made through UCAS.
We welcome applications from students from non-traditional backgrounds and from overseas.