Sport and Exercise Science

Understanding athletic success requires a broad knowledge of the scientific principles that enable human performance; this practical-based course will advance your practitioner skills in all disciplines of sports science so that you can go on to succeed in areas such as elite sport, sports medicine/therapy and societal health and wellbeing. the bsc in sport & exercise science is delivered by staff internationally recognised for their involvement in sports practice and their contributions to research and teaching. you will have access to specialist sport science facilities (e.g motion capture laboratory & human performance centre) and opportunities to advance your practical skills with applied work experience within our human performance centre and research laboratories.

The course is aligned to the standards of the british association of sport and exercise science (bases) and has employability embedded within its curriculum. additional to the practical skills-based modules in all levels of study, you will take a work-based module in level 5 to develop your practitioner skills; and then in level 6 you have the option to choose a placement module, which has been designed to empower you to pursue a specialist area of knowledge within the sport and exercise sector. in addition, you can boost your cv by gaining extra curricular nationally recognised sporting qualifications such as uk coaching certificates and gym and personal trainer awards, which are taught by lsbu active's academy of sport at the university. three typical career pathways for a sport and exercise science graduate are: i) elite sport and performance; ii) clinical exercise, health and fitness and iii) research, teaching, coaching and sport development. for most job roles within these pathways (e.g coach, school teacher, higher education lecturer, research fellow, physiotherapist, sports therapist, clinical exercise physiologist, personal trainer, sports scientist) a post-graduate or professional qualification is required. our master’s programme in human performance science has been designed with these career pathways in mind and has five 40 credit specialist areas of study embedded within the curriculum to allow students to advance their knowledge and professional competencies towards their intended career pathway. others (like alumnus daniel walters) have developed their own sports-related businesses, or have taken postgraduate teacher training qualifications.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. London South Bank University has partnerships with the following companies: