Mathematics and Sport Science with a Year Abroad

Our four-year combined BSc degree covers a broad base of classical and contemporary theory across both disciplines and has been designed to be fresh and relevant to the wider industry.

This programme includes opportunities to undertake a Year Abroad, spent in locations such as the USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong, or Singapore, enhancing your learning and offering invaluable life experience.

Sport and Exercise Science is equally rooted in our distant human beginnings and anchored to our present state. It explores how the human body performs under different levels of pressure and covers broad issues from wider participation in sports, including anatomy and nutrition.

Mathematics involves precision, complexity, and elegant simplicity; this degree allows you to shape your studies by choosing between two exciting pathways: Mathematical Modelling or Statistics, giving you the ability to follow the themes that inspire you the most.

You will have hands‑on access to our cutting‑edge Biomechanics Laboratory, home to an advanced motion‑analysis system that allows you to explore human movement in exceptional detail. Your learning will also take you into our Exercise Physiology Laboratory, where you will work closely with specialist equipment, including exercise ergometers, lung‑function testing systems, blood‑analysis tools, and muscle‑function assessment technology.

Alongside this practical experience, you will develop a deeper understanding of mathematical logic and its real‑world applications, gaining highly sought‑after transferable skills that give you a strong advantage in the graduate job market.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: Physiology I: Human Body Systems and Functions; Performance I: Introduction to Sports Performance Science; Foundations of Algebra; Vector Spaces and Linear Algebra.

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including: Multi-variable analysis; Exercise Physiology; Biomechanical Technology, Measurement & Analysis; Metric spaces and measure theory; Sports Ethics: The Ethics of Athlete Well-Being; Human Nutrition.

In Year 3: Modules will be dependent on which partnership University you choose to study at.

In Year 4, you will typically study areas including: Complex Analysis; Applied Biomechanics of Human Performance; Markov Processes and Applications; Dynamical Systems; Machine Learning; Numerics of ODEs and PDEs.

A range of assessment methods are employed in this programme. In Mathematics aspects of the degree there is a balance of exams and coursework. Coursework elements include regular problem sheets spread through the academic year, alongside practical PC-lab work where appropriate. Alongside this assessed work students also have regular small un-assessed tasks and assignments to complete to develop their mathematical understanding through a hands on approach. In Sports and Exercise Science aspects of the course there is a mixture of lab work, group work, coursework and exams through the programme.