Applied Sport and Exercise (Top-up), BSc (Hons)

You develop your research and laboratory skills alongside your abilities in critical thinking, problem solving and reflective practice to enhance your employment potential.

Top reasons to study sport and exercise science

• Career focused: we introduce you to a wide range of employers and help you plan your career from day in pathways such as teaching PE, sports coaching, strength and conditioning and personal training, exercise referral, the health and fitness industry and others
• Facilities: cutting-edge equipment and laboratory space gives you the practical skills you need to assess performance in sports and exercise, and includes: an outdoor 3G astro turf, advanced laboratories for fitness testing (VO2 max, blood sampling), technique analysis (3D motion analysis), and strength and conditioning.
• One day a week attendance: your timetabled sessions will take place on one day only enabling you to negotiate your attendance at University with your employers or organise your own time effectively
• Student experience: outside of your studies Teesside Sport offers performance sport scholarship, opportunities to join University and/or campus sport teams; volunteering or working in The Gym and sports facilities.
• Staff expertise: the teaching and technical team have worked with athletes and coaches across youth development programmes, professional and elite sport. Staff hold professional accreditations (BASES and UKSCA), produce internationally-recognised research and advise on the UK governments guidelines for physical activity.

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A core objective of the degree is to equip you with a range of skills, competencies and knowledge for embarking on a successful career. It is important to recognise the broad range of professional roles and industries related to the field of sport and exercise science.

Examples of these roles include:

• secondary school PE teacher
• primary school teacher
• exercise referral specialist
• sports development officer
• head coach
• performance analyst
• health promotion specialist
• researcher
• lecturer
• manager, through a graduate scheme
• outdoor adventure coach
• clinical cardiac physiologist
• high-performance physiologist
• biomechanist
• sport scientist
• fitness instructor or personal trainer
• strength and conditioning coach
• owner of a lifestyle business

Please follow these links to job roles:
The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity

According to the Physiological Societys 2019 report,Sport & Exercise Science Education: Impact on the UK Economy:
• sport and exercise science courses add 3.9 billion in income to the UK economy
• average salaries for sport and exercise science graduates after six months of employment are 21,100 a year
• over the course of their careers, sport and exercise science graduates earn on average 667,000 more compared to their non-graduate peers.
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