As a student on our Sport Coaching degree, you will hone skills such as long-term planning, reflective practice, conducting athlete needs analysis and understanding pedagogy across various sporting environments.
Additionally, if you are studying to become a sports coach, you will need to have a well-rounded approach to your athletes’ development. This is achieved by gaining a thorough understanding of the physiological, technical, psychological and social factors that feed into the long term athlete development. You will also develop performance analysis skills and put all your practical coaching skills into real world practice, through the UCS network of sports organisations.
As part of this Sport Coaching degree, you will complete a minimum of 120 hours of work-based learning in each year that you study with UCS. This gives you the opportunity to apply ideas from the course and build the skills that employers look for.
This course is delivered 80% live tutor-led online delivery and 20% face-to-face learning at one of our many campuses located across England.
This degree is awarded through the University of Northampton
Course modules
Year 1
- Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology (20 credits)
- How to be Successful at University (20 credits)
- Sport Coaching Practice (20 credits)
- Introduction to Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition (20 credits)
- The Social Context of Sport and Exercise (20 credits)
- Sport Coaching Science (20 credits)
Year 2
- Performance Analysis Techniques (20 credits)
- Sport Pedagogy in Context (20 credits)
- Developing Professional Practice (20 credits)
- Sport Research Methods (20 credits)
- The Developing Athlete (20 credits)
- Psychology of Sport Performance (20 credits)
Year 3
- Creating Performance Coaching Environments (20 credits)
- Advanced Professional Practice (20 credits)
- Team and Group Dynamics in Sport (20 credits)
- Performance Analysis Applications (20 credits)
- Dissertation (40 Credits)
Full course modules details can be found in our BSc Sports Coaching Degree prospectus.
Students who do not complete the Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subject upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6 credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules.
