Equestrian Performance & Business Management

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 if you choose to top‑up to a full BSc for 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 practical skills alongside applied knowledge 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.

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 enjoy a range of careers in the equine industry or to continue in education, for example with our BSc (Hons) Top‑up programme.

How our graduates are shaping the future:

• Excelling in diverse roles within equine business, coaching and training, or pursuing further academic study.

LEVEL FOUR
Equitation,
Principles of the Equine Industry,
Equine Health and Welfare,
Scientific Principles in Equitation,
Equine Biological and Functional Anatomy,
Industrial Experience ,
Academic Skills.

LEVEL FIVE
Equine Media and Entrepreneurship,
Equitation Science and Coaching,
Equine Reproductive Physiology and Genetics,
Statistics and Research Methods,
Equine Nutrition,
Industrial Development,
Equine Business and Marketing.

Tutorial support throughout the study will help you to develop your skills and knowledge, using a varied range of assessments, including case studies, seminars and investigative reports with a range of 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