Health, Exercise and Sport BSc (Hons)

About the course

This Health, Exercise and Sport degree will develop your knowledge, skills and experience to support, improve and protect the long-term health and holistic well-being of individuals and communities. Also, you will gain an understanding of the psychological principles that lead to behaviour change and learn how to design and deliver a variety of health-based interventions for different population groups. 

Career Prospects

What you will study

Further to this, you will also:

• Gain an understanding of the principles of, human anatomy and physiology, sports and exercise psychology and nutrition.
• Explore how exercise and sport can be used to encourage positive sustained lifestyle improvements or changes.
• Provide nutritional assessments and learn about the nature of common health conditions that may require dietary manipulations or adaptations.
• Understand common research methods and learn to form evidence-based perceptions of contemporary and emerging issues.
• Evaluate the policies and procedures that currently guide the public health landscapes, including locally and nationally.

By studying the Health, Exercise and Sport degree course, you’ll gain a solid foundation for your chosen career path. There’s a strong focus on providing practically applicable skills that employers within the industry need and value. As well as gaining both academic and practical experience, you will also be prepared to unlock your future career aspirations.

• Develop your understanding of the role and benefit of technology through use of our specialist multipurpose teaching zones within the Performance Hub and partner facilities.
• Your theoretical understanding will be enhanced by opportunities to learn, develop and demonstrate a wide range of practical and applied skills and competencies.
• You’ll work closely with our industry partners, such as Manchester United and Salford City FC, who provide guest sessions, industry-based insight days and placements to UA92 students.
• No traditional end-of-year exams. Assessments are generally practical and competency-based where possible* including individual and group work in a range of formats i.e. case studies, essays, reports, literature reviews, reflective logs and diaries, self and peer evaluations, audio/visual projects and presentations.

UA92 provides you with more than just a degree, we aim to prepare you for life. Each academic year, in addition to your four subject modules, you’ll study an extra credit-bearing module, which focuses entirely on character and personal development.

• Take on a real-life project, based on a live scenario, set by one of our industry partners.
• Experience first-hand the current issues facing the industry
• Develop transferable skills and key competencies such as leadership, resilience and well-being, communication, problem-solving and team-working.
• Meet regularly with your own personal development coach throughout years 1 & 2.

As a student on a three-year, full-time, degree course your academic year is split into six blocks, of which you will study for four. Each study block is six weeks long, therefore your course will be delivered over a total of 24 weeks per year.

• In each block you will study just 1 subject module, allowing you to focus your learning. You’ll study topics in depth, often working in small groups with academic experts and advanced practitioners.
• We offer a straightforward AM/PM timetable. Therefore, if you are a morning student your classes will be from 9am-1pm every weekday except Wednesdays. Afternoon students, classes will be from 2pm-6pm.
• Digital Wednesdays are your time to catch up on independent learning, assignments, projects or play for your UA92 sports team.