Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity BA (Hons)

**Course details**
Do you have a passion for sport and a concern for social issues within sport and exercise? Are you keen to play a part in reducing inequalities, promoting social justice, and improving health and wellbeing through sport, exercise and physical activity?
On the BA Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity course you will explore a wide range of topics from grassroots to high performance sport, as well as other forms of physical activity. You’ll also investigate some of the connections between sport and physical activity with issues such as discrimination and in...

Course Information

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Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

28/09/2026

Campus

Durham City

Course Address
Palatine Centre
Durham
DH1 3HP

Application Details

Course Code

C603

Institution Code

D86

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

We normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If you’ve not been able to take three Advanced Highers, then we’ll consider a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or just Highers (if your school doesn’t offer Advanced Highers at all). Specific subjects/grades required for entry: National 5 English at grade B.

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

Specific subjects/grades required for entry: GCSE English Language at grade 5 / B.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

36

665 in Higher Level subjects. Specific subject/grades required for entry: IB Middle Years Programme English at grade 4.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDD

Other BTEC level 3 qualifications are also accepted in combination with each other or with other qualifications. See our website for more information on our BTEC qualification equivalencies. Specific subjects/grades required for entry: GCSE English Language at grade 5 / B.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H2,H2,H3,H3

Specific subject/grades required for entry: Ordinarily Level English at grade 3.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DDD

Other level 3 Cambridge Technical qualifications are also accepted in combination with each other or with other qualifications. See our website for more information on our Cambridge technical qualification equivalencies. Specific subject/grades required for entry: GCSE English Language at grade 5 / B.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,B

Specific subjects/grades required for entry: National 5 English at grade B.

A level

A,A,B

Specific subjects/grades required for entry: GCSE English Language at grade 5 / B.

T Level

T levels will be considered on a case-by-case basis where the subject area aligns with the course applied to. Please note that additional A levels or equivalent may be required to study certain courses. If you’re interested in applying, then please Ask Us and we’ll see if we’re able to consider this for you: www.durham.ac.uk/study/ask-us/

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

Not Accepted

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