Equestrian Performance & Business Management (Top-up)

What Makes This Course Unique?

• Taught by leading industry experts who are passionate about research and inspiring you to drive forward your career.

• Outstanding onsite facilities and opportunities to use industry relevant research equipment, enabling you to develop specialist skills and knowledge to prepare you for a successful transition into employment

• Tailor your learning to your interests and career goals with optional modules and dissertation in year 3.

What makes UCS special?
As a UCS equine student you will benefit from both our expert teaching team and professional environment, further enhancing your career progression. Our Rider Performance Studio houses our state of‑the‑art Racewood Eventing Simulator, which will enable you to further expand your level of knowledge surrounding rider performance and biomechanics, with the potential to support our industry relevant research currently being undertaken within UCS equine. The equine team has extensive industry experience and links, which supports you when developing your graduate skills and future employment opportunities. We have a number of collaborative agreements and placement opportunities with studs, welfare organisations, nutrition companies and equine clothing brands.

What will I learn?
The course has been carefully designed to help you build strong scientific knowledge and robust industry awareness to maximise your employability. Lectures revolve around discussions on current industry topics, developments and research, further supporting graduate skills.
Practical learning to ensure you graduate job‑ready:

• Riding and coaching opportunities in both years

• Industrial placements to increase industry exposure

• Opportunities to use research equipment embedded within modules

• Rider biomechanics practicals and analysis

• Planning, organisation and implementation of equine events.

How will I be assessed?
Support from your tutors throughout your programme of study will help to develop your skills and knowledge, and you will be assessed using a wide range of formats including written reports, presentations, written exams, oral assessments, case study reviews, business proposals and laboratory reports.

Focused on Your Future:
This course will enable you to progress to further study on the MSc in Equine Behaviour, Performance and Training or another MSc, MA or PhD programme. University Centre Sparsholt graduates enjoy a range of careers in sales and marketing, lecturing, journalism and media, event management, coaching, breeding and grooming for a range of competitive disciplines.

How our graduates are shaping the future:

• Working in equine veterinary hospitals, lecturing in academic institutions, undertaking MSc and MRes roles, managing a range of equine businesses.

LEVEL SIX
Dissertation,
Management and Rehabilitation of the Equine Athlete,
Equine Event and Enterprise Management,
Further Statistics,
Professional Industrial Development,
Contemporary Developments in Equine Research,
Performance Horse Nutrition – optional*
Equine Reproductive Technologies – optional*
*subject to demand

Tutorial support throughout your programme of study will help you to develop your skills and knowledge, using a varied range of assessments, including exams, case studies, seminars, investigative reports and practical sessions.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS