SINGLE HONOURS
UCAS codes: CX61 BA/SpCD
Typical offer: 260-300 points
International Baccalaureate: 25 points
Degree duration:
3 years full-time 6 years part-time
If English is not your first language:
IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL iBT score of 87 or equivalent
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Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 827234
Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk
This programme provides students with the knowledge base not only to develop themselves as coaches, but also to learn how to educate and support others as effective coaches and to contribute positively to the sports they work in.
The Sports Coaching and Development programme is essentially built around the disciplines of sports coaching, sports development, sports management and research methods. Each of the disciplines is represented as a ‘strand’ of the programme. All Sports students undertake a common Year 1. This provides a foundation of knowledge and the basis for students to then choose which of the sports programmes offered at Winchester they wish to pursue in Years 2 and 3.
The Sports Coaching strand enables students to test the theories of sports coaching (and sports development) in practical settings.
The Sports Development strand engages with the fundamental notion that sport brings many benefits, and sport should be organised to enable as many individuals as possible to be exposed to these benefits.
The Sports Management strand delivers knowledge based around management theory, marketing principles and legal aspects related to the effective running of sports organisations and sports events.
The Research Methods strand seeks to develop a familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and apply these to various sporting and exercise contexts.
Year 1
• Foundations of Coaching
• Foundations of Sports Development
• Foundations of Sports Management
• Introduction to Research Methods
Year 2
• Performance and Match Analysis
• The Coaching Process
• Sport and Social Exclusion
• Resourcing Sport
Year 3
• Critical Issues in Sports Coaching
• Coaching Sport
• Comparative Perspectives on Sports Development
• Sports Performance Development
Graduates go on to work as sports coaches in sports development or in physical education. Others work in sport, leisure, tourism, management, education, research and health. Many students undertake postgraduate qualifications to further enhance their employability.