Sport and Exercise Science

Recent multi-million pound investments in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities mean that students benefit from high-quality opportunities to learn and engage in experimental work. The laboratories have a range of scientific equipment that includes an environmental chamber, and equipment for the measurement of oxygen uptake, speed, reaction times, strength, power and body composition, as well as a muscle cell and molecular biology laboratory - the first of its kind in the UK.

 

At stage one, you will undertake core units that are designed to provide a broad knowledge of the core scientific areas of Sport and Exercise Science. In stage two and three, you will have the opportunity to specialise and develop a greater depth of knowledge in areas such as sports injury, factors affecting performance, exercise and health and sport psychology. At stage three, you will use your acquired theory and practical skills to undertake your own research project. Recent topics have included leadership and team cohesion in football, oxygen uptake and body composition of rugby players, and carbohydrate supplementation and energy balance in tri-athletes.