494 Sport and Exercise BSc Degree Programs

The general aim of the program in BSc in Physical Training is to train students to become coaches. Trainers who gain well-established theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to be able to plan and implement training sessions for junior players, youth, and adult athletes, too. Coaches who become responsible to select athletes, improve and guide their personalities, and to enhance their performance. The curriculum is organized into five modules: team and individual sports, medical aspects of sports, social aspects of sports, sports sciences, and professional practice.

Are you passionate about sport? Can you imagine supporting an elite athlete to the heights of their career or helping to coach a team to be among the best in the world? That’s exactly what many of our Sports Science and Health graduates do, while many others make a massive impact in the community, helping people of all ages to enjoy and benefit from sport and exercise.

Sport and Exercise Science explores how the human body performs under different levels of pressure. It also covers the broader issues at play, from wider participation in sports and exercise, to ethics, sports psychology and nutrition.

The BSc Sport and Exercise Science provides a thorough understanding of the scientific principles behind sport and exercise, preparing you for a wide range of careers in the sport, fitness, and health sectors. It covers key areas including physiology, biomechanics, psychology, and nutrition.

Taking part in a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science can be life-changing and so can a degree in sport and exercise science. Gaining the skills to boost elite athletes’ performance, improve fitness in the general population or support people with ongoing health conditions opens up rewarding career options.

Turn your passion for sports, health, and human performance into a career with our BSc in Sport and Exercise Science—where cutting-edge science meets real-world impact. This equips you with the expertise to optimize athletic performance, enhance recovery, and promote overall well-being.

The BSc Sport Science and Health is based on the core scientific disciplines of sport and exercise science including physiology, psychology, biomechanics, coaching and strength and conditioning. It considers three core questions; how do we respond to the different types of exercise, how can we maximise the effects of training, and how can physical activity and exercise reduce and prevent disease and injury?

On this Sport and Exercise Nutrition degree, you'll learn about the nutritional requirements for exercise, improved performance and health, and explore the social and psychological aspects that influence diet and physical activity. Taking a multidisciplinary, scientific approach, you'll learn how to develop and deliver evidence-based dietary guidance, for general fitness and health through to elite-level competition.

Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence provides the perfect place for you to study and kick-start your career in sport with our Sport and Exercise Science course.

You’ll study behavioural, physical and life sciences in this practice-based course in BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science. A passion for understanding the science behind sports performance, health, and physical activity will drive your career in helping people of all physical abilities. You’ll develop skills which are increasingly in demand as the importance of health and physical activity becomes more prominent in the UK and beyond.

If you are fascinated by the science behind sport and exercise performance, this course gives you the opportunity to learn from and be part of a world-leading research team, using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities in a high-performance environment. The course combines scientific knowledge and sports performance with lab work, and offers specialist units in biomechanics, exercise physiology and social psychology, to name a few.

Develop skills in strength and conditioning, personal training, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, sport psychology, and more with Methodist University's online BS in Exercise & Sport Science. This program prepares students through the practical application of knowledge gained from coursework and internships. Learn from an experienced, dynamic faculty in small classes, and graduate ready to pursue positions in the exercise and sports science fields and related industries. Apply now.

Our Sport and Exercise Science degree equips you with the skills to enhance athletic performance and health. You'll study biomechanics, physiology, psychology, and nutrition, developing key competencies in academic writing, research methods, and data analysis. You'll also have the opportunity to spend an extra year expanding your horizons, working on a placement in industry. 

The course content of the Honours programme comprises of Research Methodology, Sport Science, Practice, Exercise Science Sport Vision, Sport Psychology and Exercise Physiology.

Begin your career in sports coaching and physical education with the Sport and Exercise Science (Coaching and Physical Education) BSc (Hons) course from Kingston University. This course is endorsed by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES). In addition, you can gain your CIMSPA Coaching Assistant qualification after successfully completing your first year. In the final year, you will have experience in a school setting to develop your teaching skills. This ensures you will be employment-ready on graduation.

This program will give you an in- depth knowledge and understanding of the key elements of sport, exercise, health and physical activity from the perspective of the sciences. Throughout the program, you will study the science behind safe participation and effective performance in physical activity and sport.