Northumbria University Newcastle - Sport, Exercise and Nutrition BSc (Hons)

Northumbria University Newcastle

Sport, Exercise and Nutrition BSc (Hons)

This course will offer you a thorough and scientific understanding of sport, exercise and nutrition.

Interested in how nutritional advice can be used to optimise sport performance? Aspire to help individuals who exercise for recreational purposes to lose weight? Or make your mark by tackling health challenges such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes by supporting individuals with optimal dietary habits?

Our Sport, Exercise and Nutrition BSc (Hons) course will provide a practical, 'real-world', multi and inter-disciplinary emphasis on the latest developments in sport, exercise and health nutrition. You will learn about the inter-play between psychology, physiology and nutrition to support individuals to perform at their best whether their goal is to excel in sport, or their aim is to exercise for health benefits.

At Northumbria we also provide you with the opportunity to study out of discipline modules with an emphasis on sport management and sport coaching, so if you have an entrepreneurial streak or are interested in teaching following graduation, this is the course for you. With access to a sports laboratory and testing equipment in our specialist sport and teaching facility and a bespoke nutrition kitchen, this is a course that combines practical hands-on training with the latest contemporary research in the field of sport and exercise nutrition to set you up for a career in this area.

Entry Requirements

Standard Entry

120 UCAS Tariff points

From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, T Level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate.

Find out how many points your qualifications are worth by using the UCAS Tariff calculator: www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator

Subject Requirements:

There are no specific subject requirements for this course.

GCSE Requirements:

Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

Additional Requirements:

There are no additional requirements for this course.

International Qualifications:

We welcome applicants with a range of qualifications which may not match those shown above.

If you have qualifications from outside the UK, find out what you need by visiting www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English Language Requirements:

International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

Career Prospects

This course is geared towards developing graduates who have the knowledge and skills to secure a successful career in the fields of sport, exercise or nutrition, including public health and wellbeing, sports development and management, coaching, fitness instruction and more.

A distinctive feature of the course is its alignment with the scientific knowledge requirements and competencies detailed in the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr). The course has been mapped to the SENr knowledge competencies at an introductory level. Therefore, whilst the undergraduate degree would need to be supplemented by an appropriate postgraduate qualification for you to be accepted onto the Graduate Register, SENr approval denotes that this programme appropriately prepares students for further post graduate study in the field of sport and exercise nutrition. Such recognition is becoming increasingly important for securing jobs in the field.

You’ll be equipped with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to work in a variety of roles associated with sport and exercise nutrition and will have the opportunity to do a variety of add on courses. This might include 'working with people who have disabilities', 'working with children', 'first aid', 'ISAK Level 1/2 Body Composition Analysis' etc.*, to enhance your employability prospects and graduate readiness.

Course Details

The Sport Exercise and Nutrition course shares common modules that have been developed for the whole of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration between students across sport science, sport and exercise nutrition, sport coaching, sport management and physiotherapy. Additional modules on the course will allow you to broaden your horizons and learn from your peers in other areas.

You'll learn through a wide range of methods including lectures, presentations by visiting professionals, seminars, laboratory sessions and workshops – all supported by an e-Learning platform (eLP) and other technology. Lectures will provide a conceptual framework and draw attention to important and controversial issues, whilst seminars, laboratory sessions and workshops will offer a range of activities from experiments to the critique of case study scenarios.

You will have the opportunity to do a variety of add on courses, which may have an additional cost. These might include 'working with people who have disabilities', 'working with children', 'first aid', 'ISAK Level 1/2 Body Composition Analysis' and more to enhance your employability prospects and graduate readiness upon completion of the Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Course. 

Year 1

Academic Language Skills for Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)
Academic and Professional Skills (Core,20 Credits)
Fundamentals of Psychology (Core,20 Credits)
Energetics of Exercise (Core,20 Credits)
Introduction to Research (Core,20 Credits)
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Biomechanics (Core,20 Credits)
Fundamentals of Human Physiology (Core,20 Credits)

Year 2

Academic Language Skills for Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)
Sport Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits)
Research Design and Analysis (Core,20 Credits)
Sport Performance Assessment (Optional,20 Credits)
Exercise and Health Assessment (Optional,20 Credits)
SER Professional Development and Practice (Core,20 Credits)
Extreme Physiology (Optional,20 Credits)
Introduction to Performance Analysis (Optional,20 Credits)
Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition (Core,20 Credits)
Contemporary Issues in PE and School Sport (PESS) (Optional,20 Credits)
Principles of Strength and Conditioning (Optional,20 Credits)
Physical Activity & Health (Optional,20 Credits)
Managing & Developing the Business of Sport (Optional,20 Credits)
Digital Sport & Business Marketing (Optional,20 Credits)
Analytics for Sport (Optional,20 Credits)
Nutrition for Health (Core,20 Credits)

Year 3

Year in International Business (This is made up of modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits)
Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (4 modules studied in Amsterdam (Semester 1) & Newcastle (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits)
Sport Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits)
Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits)

Year 4

Academic Language Skills for Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)
Unilang - Languages for All - Level 6 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits)
SER UG Project (Core,40 Credits)
Sport Performance Intervention Strategies (Optional,20 Credits)
Exercise & Health Intervention Strategies (Optional,20 Credits)
Human Movement Science (Optional,20 Credits)
Paediatric Sport and Exercise Science (Optional,20 Credits)
Physiological basis of training and performance (Optional,20 Credits)
Psychological Skills Training (Optional,20 Credits)
Sports and Exercise Medicine, Injury and Rehabilitation (Optional,20 Credits)
Talent Identification and High-Performance Sport (Optional,20 Credits)
Sport Event Management (Optional,20 Credits)
Applied Coaching of Individual Sports in an Educational Setting (Optional,20 Credits)
Global Sport Business and Management (Optional,20 Credits)
SER Professional & Career Development (Optional,20 Credits)
Health, Exercise and Behaviour Change (Optional,20 Credits)
Contemporary Issues in Sport and Exercise Nutrition (Core,20 Credits)

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