Undergraduate Courses

With the advent of the 2012 Olympics the role of sport and exercise has never been more in the spotlight. There are now some fantastic opportunities for suitably qualified graduates to make important contributions to both elite sport and to public health. The Applied Sport and Exercise Science degree at Northumbria enables students to pursue both performance and participation strands, maximising personal choice and employability. Students study core modules in psychology, physiology and health. At level 6 there is an opportunity for students to apply their skills in a vocational context, working one to one with a real sports performer. This course is recognised by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BUES endorsed).

All sports have a wide range of performers, from a participation level to elite athletes. Both types of performer require skilled and knowledgeable coaching. The coaching and development of these different performers requires a wide range of practical skills and theoretical knowledge. At the participation level many coaching programmes are community or school-based and often involve large numbers of performers. At the elite level athletes are serviced by top coaches via National Governing Bodies and organisations such as the EIS. The BSc (Hons) Applied Sport Science with Coaching has been designed to provide the knowledge and skills to work with performers from the participation level all the way through to understanding sport science support for elite performers.

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the scope, methods and applications of psychology, with both theoretical and practical study in a variety of areas, including cognitive psychology, psychobiology, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, crime, counselling, etc. This course is recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the scope, methods and applications of psychology, with an emphasis on applications in criminology. As well as the psychology areas, students look at criminology, types of crime, police and policing, prisons and punishment and the politics of crime. BPS recognition is being sought for this course.

This programme will deliver a thorough grounding in the core areas of psychology from theoretical, research methodological and practical experiential perspectives and will provide graduates with the opportunity to gain an honours degree that may confer graduate basis for recognition by the British Psychological Society.

The programme provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the scope, methods and applications of psychology, with an emphasis on applications in sport and exercise. As well as the psychology areas, students look at sport, exercise and health, psychological profiling of athletes sport and psychological preparation for sport. This course is recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Professional demand for expertise in sport and exercise nutrition has led to the development of this new programme. Students undertake study within human biosciences along with applied study within sport and exercise science. The degree provides a foundation for those wishing to pursue a nutrition-based career within the sport and exercise, physical activity and health promotion domains.

This programme closely examines the art and science of coaching, focusing on both the application of sport science disciplines in the coaching context and the athlete-coach interaction.

The primary focus of this programme is the impact of social contexts on community sports development and organisational planning, creating a thorough overview of sporting opportunities in contemporary society. Together with a comprehensive academic framework, the programme has a strong vocational emphasis, dealing with real-life issues and projects.

This programme has an international reputation and attracts students from many different countries. The curriculum has a strong vocational emphasis, dealing with real-life issues and projects, including a nine-week placement. Underpinned by an academic framework which examines theories and principles relating to human resource management, marketing, finance strategic management, planning and organisational behaviour, applying these concepts in the key contexts of event management, facility management and sports development. Institute of Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL) accreditation is being sought for this course.