University of Pretoria - Faculty of Health Sciences
BSportSci
Pretoria, South Africa
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The BSportSci program offers a comprehensive curriculum focusing on the scientific principles underpinning sports and exercise. Students will engage with topics such as anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and nutrition. The course prepares graduates for various roles in the sports and fitness industry, emphasizing both practical and theoretical knowledge.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in areas such as sports coaching, fitness training, exercise rehabilitation, sports management, and health promotion. They may work in settings like gyms, sports organizations, schools, or rehabilitation clinics.
Introduction
BSportSci
This three-year full-time BSportSci program includes basic and applied sciences of the human body and provides a pathway towards a BScHons (Biokinetics) or a BScHons (Sports Science). Qualified BSc (Sports Science) students may also either apply for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education or start working in the sporting industry.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Curriculum Year 1
Fundamental modules
- Academic information management
- Academic information management
- Academic English for Health Scienes (BNurs, BDietetics, BOH, BOT, BRad and BPhysT)
- Academic English for Health Sciences
- Academic orientation
Core modules
- Introduction to human anatomy
- Sports injuries I
- Research I
- Motor learning and development I
- Exercise science program development
- Measurement and evaluation I
- Physiology
- Physiology
- Medical terminology
- Physics for biology students
- Sports practical
Year 2
- Motor learning and development II
- Sports injuries II
- Nutrition for exercise and sport
- Basic emergency care
- Sports practical II
- Exercise physiology I
- Biomechanics I
- Human anatomy II
- Exercise physiology II
- Event and facility management
Final Year
- Exercise science program development II
- Measurement and evaluation II
- Biomechanics II
- Research II
- Sports injuries III
- Sports psychology
- Exercise science practice
- Exercise physiology III
Program Outcome
Total Credits: 411