Sport Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

**The foundation year will introduce you to study at university and your chosen subject. It also provides a highly supportive environment where you can develop your self-confidence.** <br/><br/>Develop your understanding of key strategic and organisational challenges and opportunities for sport nationally and internationally. <br/><br/>You’ll be equipped with knowledge and skills in core elements of sport management, such as business and strategic management, governance, leadership and policy. <br/><br/>You’ll also gain a solid grasp of the wider context of sport management, such as the community, physical activity and wellbeing, culture and society, coaching. <br/>During the foundation year, you’ll cover academic writing and study skills, theoretical and practical skills in scientific method, and personal and career development to help you progress on to Year 1 of the degree.<br/><br/>**Top reasons to study with us**<br/><br/>• 5th in the UK for the quality of teaching in the subject area of Sports Science. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024<br/>• We have been offering sport and exercise science courses for over 35 years, making us one of the longest standing providers of sports courses in the UK.<br/>• You’ll benefit from specialist facilities in our new multi-million-pound Verena Holmes Building. Equipment in our dedicated labs include, eye tracker technology, brain imaging equipment, reaction timers, gas analysis systems, and an altitude chamber.<br/>• If you are talented at sport, you can apply for one of our sport scholarships. As a Sport Scholar, you would enjoy a financial bursary, University gym membership, personal training, mentoring, and sports science support. <br/>• You’ll have the opportunity to work within our consultancy unit, SportsLab, using your expertise to help athletes improve their performance.<br/>• Our multi-million-pound Sports Centre has the latest fitness equipment and offers gym and recreational sport memberships, a full range of fitness classes, and a personal training service.<br/>• You’ll have access to our joint specialist facility, Polo Farm Sports Club. Just a short distance from the Canterbury Campus, the facilities include three floodlit hockey pitches, an indoor tennis centre, outdoor tennis courts and a spacious sports hall, specialising in netball, hockey and cricket.<br/><br/>**Specialist facilities**<br/><br/>You’ll have access to specialist resources and equipment, including eye tracker technology, brain imaging equipment (EEG), reaction timers, gas analysis systems, cardiac screening equipment, 3D imaging; isokinetic and balance dynamometry, sprint timing systems and other sport/exercise related equipment, such as treadmills and weights.<br/><br/>**Location**<br/><br/>This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.<br/><br/>**Modules**<br/><br/>For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website.