Sport is a powerful tool. This course is your chance to harness it. With the coaching skills and knowledge of development, you’ll be in prime position to enable people to achieve their goals through sport.
Why study with us
- You’ll develop your coaching and leadership skills under the expert guidance of lecturers who are highly qualified coaches and practitioners in a range of sporting disciplines.
- Most lecturers are active researchers, so you’ll benefit from their passion and cutting-edge expertise.
- Graduates from our programmes have gone on to a wide range of successful careers. Our alumni have been employed by some of the biggest names in professional sport, in the UK and abroad.
What you'll do
- Examine sports from socio-cultural and historical perspectives, along with the study of physical education, health and fitness.
- You’ll also have the chance to study optional modules in sports management, coaching and development, and learn about major sporting issues and physical education in the UK and beyond.
- The Sports Coaching and Development degree incorporates completing a range of recognised coaching qualifications as part of your degree.
Modules
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Please note the delivery information for this course is accurate for the academic year 2023/24. The information displayed in this section may not yet accurately reflect how the course will be delivered in 2024/25 but this information will be updated by December 2023.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
A day in the life of a Sports Coaching & Development student
Future careers
With a practical focus on professional skills, our BA (Hons) Sports Coaching and Development degree programme is designed to help you prepare for a career at the front line of sport.
Fees and funding
Scholarships and bursaries
We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.
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Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
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Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
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Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package.
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If you are from a low income household our Financial Bursary may be able to help.
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This course is based in the School of Health, Social Work and Sport
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