CourseOverview
Performance Analysis in the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences is world leading in terms of academic and applied perspectives. The School has offered post-graduate study in Performance Analysis since the first ever Masters in Performance Analysis was developed in 2003. The Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences has a unique Centre of Performance Analysis boasting high-spec teaching and practical based laboratories with a multitude of world-leading software and resources available.
The MSc Professional Practice programme, adopts a distance learning delivery approach, that allows for engagement with learning worldwide. The programme has a focus on the development of expertise and applied learning within the work environment and the application of theoretical context. This will be achieved through a longitudinal professional placement in the field of sport performance analysis, via either the students own work or a studentship advertised.
Pathways included:
MSc Professional Practice (Sport Performance Analysis)
MSc Professional Practice (Sport Governance)
The Professional Practice programme is designed to be studied in the professional working environment, so access to relevant analysis resources will be dependent on placement.
All modules, with the exception of independent research project (Dissertation) and Professional Placement are 20 credit modules. Learning content will be delivered by live interactive video conversations, recorded video content and online learning materials.
Timetabled delivery for synchronous content for each module equates to approximately 3 hours a week, supplemented with up to 6 hours of directed study time and up to 6 hours of independent study time each week. Contact time is normally made up of lectures, seminars, and individual tutorials.
Modules are usually taught through a combination of lectures and interactive seminars where group discussions and tasks are frequently used. Students are expected to attend lectures and engage in directed study tasks relevant to each module. All modules are supported by the University’s online learning platform, where supplementary learning resources and information will be available.
All students are supported with access to a personal tutor, who is normally the Programme Director. Where logistically possible the majority of lectures are scheduled on Mondays, however depending on module selection this may not be possible.
During Professional Placement students will also be supported by a work-based and academic mentor throughout the duration of the Professional Placement module.