Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc

<strong>Our MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology degree is designed and delivered to prepare you for career pathways in sport and exercise psychology.</strong><br/><br/>The programme moves beyond the fundamentals of psychological science by focusing on significant areas in the applied contexts of sport and exercise while providing a critical understanding of sport and exercise psychology research and practice.<br/><br/>Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) via Accreditation Through Partnership, the programme is designed to prepare students for practitioner training and doctoral research in sport and exercise psychology.<br/><br/>The programme is supported by a large group of sport and exercise psychology staff who conduct cutting-edge research in their areas of expertise. Several also work as practitioners with national governing bodies, individual athletes and professional teams. Specific areas of expertise include: resilience; social identity; mental health and wellbeing; the coach-athlete relationship; eating disorders in sport; stress and performance; leadership and organisational culture, and motivational processes.<br/><br/>The programme targets significant areas of sport and exercise psychology packaged in the following modules: Qualitative Research; Quantitative Research; Self-Regulation in Sport and Exercise; Performance Psychology and Management; Psychology of Exercise for Clinical Populations; Mental Health in Sport and Exercise; Professional Practice in Sport Psychology; Social Processes in Sport; and the Research Project.