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Exercise and Health Science

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 6 Years
  • Part-time
  • 14 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
ARU Peterborough
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Course summary

Empower individuals to lead healthier and more active lives: explore the scientific foundations of movement, physical activity, and well-being to enhance individual and community health outcomes.

Develop strong foundations in the sciences of movement, physical activity, and well-being; essential knowledge to enhance individual and community health outcomes.

You’ll gain a clear understanding of the scientific principles connecting exercise, physiological adaptations, disease prevention, and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle across the lifespan.

Learning in small class groups, you’ll benefit from individual attention and the specialist facilities available at ARU Peterborough and you’ll apply your learning in practical scenarios and projects.

Why ARU?

  • Develop practical skills in exercise testing, prescription, and health promotion strategies

  • Prepare for a range of careers in the health, fitness and science industries

  • Develop valuable knowledge in the fields of exercise science, behavioural science and public health

  • Learn in specialist teaching facilities at ARU Peterborough

  • Choose full or part-time study

Modules

Year 1:

Maths for Biosciences (15 credits)
Academic Skills for Exercise and Health Science (30 credits)
General Microbiology
Health, Fitness and Training (30 credits)
Human Anatomy and Physiology

Year 2:
Ruskin Module (15 credits)
Epidemiology and Physical Activity (15 credits)
Applied Physiology (30 credits)
Research in Exercise and Health Science (30 credits)
Behavioural Science for Exercise and Health (15 credits)
Metabolism and its Control
Nutrition, Health and Disease (15 credits)
Healthy Spaces (15 credits)

Year 3:
The Science of Aging (30 credits)
Clinical Exercise Prescription (30 credits)
Contemporary Issues in Exercise and Health (30 credits)
Undergraduate Major Project (30 credits)
Undergraduate Placement Project (30 credits)

Assessment method

Our teaching is in small groups and we encourage you all to participate, bringing challenge and debate in equal measure. You will get hands on experience working with members of the public Staff are readily available between lectures to discuss your learning and support needs.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • ARU Peterborough

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Part-time • 6 Years

Start dates

  • 14 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
C608
Institution code:
A60
Campus name:
ARU Peterborough
Campus Code:
P
Points of Entry:
Year 1

Anglia Ruskin University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
C608
Institution code:
A60
Campus name:
ARU Peterborough
Campus Code:
P

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
112 - 96 points

We accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

ARU operates a policy of making contextualised offers for this course which may be a reduced conditional offer or an unconditional offer, using data from UCAS to make our assessment. We consider that this approach promotes the equality of educational opportunity for applicants from low participation groups in HE. ARU welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and helping them achieve their full potential. The offer of a place through the contextual offer process is at the discretion of ARU.

Learn more on the Anglia Ruskin University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

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Fees and funding

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