Sport and Exercise Science (with Foundation) BSc (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- This course is endorsed by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll gain the CIMSPA Coaching Assistant qualification after successfully completing your first year.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll have access to sophisticated equipment to measure athlete responses to exercise and analyse sports movements and skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>Our degree with foundation year courses are ideal if you have non-traditional or unrelated qualifications or experience, are returning to education or would like some support to prepare for a degree. Subject materials and teaching are tailored to degrees at Kingston. You’ll develop practical, technical and communication skills, and apply knowledge to real-life problems during the four-year integrated degree.<br/><br/>Are you passionate about sport and exercise? Would you enjoy a career where you worked to improve people’s sporting performance, fitness and health? There are increasing opportunities for sports scientists to work with athletes or conduct research.<br/><br/>This hands-on course studies the science that underpins sports participation and how the body’s performance can be improved. Topics include anatomy, biomechanics, nutrition, physiology and psychology, with research-informed teaching linking current knowledge with industry practice. You’ll learn to monitor and assess health, fitness and performance. You will study sports injuries and conduct a project/dissertation on a selected topic.<br/><br/>**Future Skills** <br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. <br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. <br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>There are opportunities in sports management, recreation and health and fitness in the private and public sectors.