BA (Hons) Sports Studies

This Sports Studies course explores the diverse range of approaches and perspectives of sport from recreational exercise to elite sports competition.

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BA (Hons) Sports Studies at University of Winchester

Sports Studies at Winchester explores a diverse range of academic approaches to sport, and considers the significance of everything from recreational exercise to elite sports competition.

Fact File

SINGLE/COMBINED HONOURS

UCAS codes: C600 BA/SpoSt

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

Course Enquiries and Applications
Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 827234
Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk

For Combined Honours UCAS codes and entry requirements

Programme Content

The programme is underpinned by the ‘traditional’ academic disciplines of sport and exercise physiology, sport and exercise psychology, socio-cultural approaches to sport, and research methods. Each of the disciplines is represented as a ‘strand’ of the programme. Students have the option to replace one of the Sport and Exercise Physiology, Sport and Exercise Psychology, Socio-Cultural Approaches to Sport strands with either the Sports Management or Sports Development Strand in Years 2 and 3.

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 Sport and Exercise Physiology strand gives students an understanding of the physiology underpinning exercise and sports performance and provides opportunities to test this understanding in a range of practical/applied settings.

The Sport and Exercise Psychology strand enables students to make an informed assessment of those psychological factors which may influence an individual’s involvement and performance in sport and exercise.

The Socio-Cultural strand aims to bring together the disciplines of sports sociology and sports history to explore sport as a significant element of culture.

The Research Methods strand seeks to develop a familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and to apply these to various sporting and exercise contexts.

 

Modules

Year 1
• Foundations of Sport and Exercise Physiology
• Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Introduction to Sport and Society
• Introduction to Research Methods

Year 2
• Applied Sport Psychology 1
• Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology 1
• Sociology of Sport
• History of Sport

Year 3
• Psychology of Exercise and Health
• Psychology of Injury
• Nutrition in Sport and Exercise
• Sport and the Media

Careers

Sport, leisure, tourism, management, education, research and health are all common graduate pathways. Many students also study postgraduate qualifications to further enhance their employability or to pursue a particular career, such as teaching.

Combinations

BA (Hons) Choreography and Dance
BA (Hons) Childhood Youth and Community Studies
BA (Hons) Education Studies
BA (Hons) Law
BSc (Hons) Psychology
BA (Hons) Sociology

Combined Honours programmes enable you to study two subjects, jointly (50% / 50%) and it is possible to transfer to a Single Honours programme at the end of Year 1.