Understand the role of coaches in a variety of settings
Alongside a rigorous scientific underpinning, essential for current and future employment prospects across a range of sectors, our BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Coaching) course provides you with an understanding of the role of coaches across a range of contexts.
You will develop practical skills, explore ethical considerations, and use evidence-based research to prepare you to meet the vocational demands of coaching and other professions.
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The course offers inbuilt CIMSPA qualifications (to work as a sport and exercise scientist or health and exercise practitioner) as part of the degree to provide ‘additionality’, ensure work-based readiness, and improve employment prospects.
Specialist facilities include:
Biomechanics labs
Physiology labs
Psychology labs
Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic
Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Unit (SPRU)
Environmental climate chamber.
Throughout this three-year course, you will apply principles of sports, health, and exercise science to examine and understand the physiological, biomechanical, and psychological factors that underpin the enhancement, monitoring, and analysis of sports performance.
You will also learn how to effectively manage and lead individuals and groups through coaching and other related activities.
On this course you will:
Develop your ability to coach a variety of sports through the application of theory to practice.
Examine the physiological, biomechanical and psychological principles that underpin modern sports coaching.
Learn from experienced and active coaching practitioners who really get to know you and your needs.
Coach across different contexts, sports, and activities
Through on and off-site programmes, this course develops your competency and excellence within a variety of different coaching contexts, irrespective of sport or activity, as you work with students on other sport courses to put your theory into practice.
Coach in a variety of settings, including:
Primary schools
Disability
Further education
Sports clubs
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Chichester has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | No component less than 5.5 |
| PTE Academic | 50 | 50-57 and no lower than 50-57 in each component |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | At least: 18 in Reading 17 in Listening 20 in Speaking 17 in Writing |
Qualifications recognised for English language proficiencyhttps://www.chi.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements/
Our contextual offer is an entry requirement reduction of 16 UCAS tariff points (equivalent to two A-level grades or one BTEC grade) for all eligible undergraduate degree courses.
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
EU undergraduate students are charged the same fee as UK Home students.
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