MSc Sport and Exercise Science

A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 (or equivalent) is required in a relevant subject.

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This course will equip you with the academic and practical skills required for professional practice. The emphasis on core practical skills will give you extra marketability in the professional arena.  

Industries you could work in:  

Our graduates can go on to roles in areas, such as scientists for sports teams and clubs, the ministry of defense, or private sports science companies. Sectors you could find yourself working in include:  

Grass-roots to Elite sports teams 
Health and wellbeing sector 
General science-based roles  
Education 
Academic research 
As you progress through the course, the nature of the assessments, variety of option units, and setting up your placement will help you establish the exact career path you want to follow, and the contexts in which you want to put your studies to use. 

Core Modules

• Advanced Physiological Responses to Exercise 

• Medical and Scientific Issues in Sport and Exercise

• Professional Practice and Placement 

• Independent Project

Optional  (choose three, 2 from Option A, 1 from Option B)

Option A – select 2

• Neuromuscular Adaptation  

• Data Science for Sport 

• Insights Through Data Visualisation 

• Applied Performance Analysis Workflows

• Understanding Safe Sport 

• Inclusive Practices in Sport 

• Nutrition in the Prevention and Management of Disease 

• Nutrition, Health and Psychology

Option B – Select 1

• Exercise Psychology for Behaviour Change

• Sport, Ethics and Integrity 

• Welfare and Human Rights in Sport 

• Contemporary Nutrition 

• Nutrition for Brain and Mental Health