Undergraduate Prospectus 2009

Why study Sport & Exercise Science at Bath?

Sport and Exercise Science (SES) is a multidisciplinary subject area, which draws on the three parent disciplines of biomechanics, physiology and psychology to understand how humans function in sport, physical activity and health settings.

The University of Bath is renowned as a research led academic institution with a strong focus on high quality education for the ‘real world’. Sport and Exercise Science is a vibrant and ambitious research and teaching group within the School for Health.

Our commitment to high quality, real world education is reflected in the structure of our BSc programmes, with a flexible curriculum covering important issues in the sport, exercise and health fields, industrial placement and study abroad opportunities, and open links with sports governing bodies and health and exercise professions.

Our undergraduate teaching blends in-depth consideration of the underpinning theory with strong emphasis on developing practical skills in the laboratory and ‘in the field’. The curriculum is progressive and informed by contemporary research to keep the content at the leading edge of the field. Generic and specific knowledge and skills are developed throughout the course with additional opportunities for specialism in specific areas in the final year. The core sport and exercise science disciplines of biomechanics, physiology, and psychology form the basis of the taught programme, accompanied by comprehensive training in research methods.

The BSc programmes are ideal for those individuals seeking to combine rigorous training in science with application to sport performance and exercise participation. The BSc Sport & Exercise Science programme at Bath has been consistently among the top-rated sport-related courses in the UK over recent years.

Students on our course develop a wide-ranging skill-set. This equips graduates with attributes attractive to a wide range of employers in industry, professional sport, health and education.

The placement year

• Outstanding opportunities to gain ‘real life’ work experiences
• Numerous high-profile organisations around the world
• Placements can be professional placement or study abroad or a combination of the two
• Recent placements include: USA Ski/Snowboard; Auckland Blues RFC; Australian Institute of Sport; Olympic Medical Institute, London; QinetiQ, Farnborough; Human Performance Laboratory, University of Calgary; University of Western Australia
• Study abroad opportunities include: University of Wollongong; University of Saskatchewan; University of Florida; Southern Cross University; University of Alicante

Career opportunities

www.bath.ac.uk/careers/destinations/intro.html

• Sport Science Support (e.g. EIS, UK Sport, Professional Clubs)
• Strength & Conditioning
• NHS exercise prescription
• Youth Sport
• Academic Research
• Teaching
• General Graduate Employment

www.bath.ac.uk/health/ses/#career