Sport and Exercise Science (Coaching Science) Higher National Certificate - HNC

Are you looking to continue your education through applied learning? This HNC in Sport and Exercise Science (Coaching Science) is ideal for you.

It provides a wide-ranging study of the Sport and Exercise Science sector, allowing you to develop a broad understanding of the key disciplines including psychology, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, training, fitness, testing and biomechanics.

Course Aims

* Enable you to demonstrate a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of Sport and Exercise Science.

* Ensure that you can communicate accurately and appropriately and that you have the qualities needed for employment that requires some degree of personal responsibility.

* Develop your transferable skills to ensure effective team working, independent initiatives, organisational competence and problem solving strategies.

* Allow you to be adaptable and flexible in your approach to Sport and Exercise Science, show resilience under pressure, and meet challenging targets within a given resource.

Learning and Teaching Approach\
This programme is delivered with a variety of learning and teaching approaches to include all students’ learning styles and preferences.

For all modules, theory lectures are delivered that aim to deliver the core content and provide the underpinning knowledge. To complement the theory lectures, students have group seminars / practical sessions that are used to reinforce concepts delivered theoretically.

The teaching methods focus on facilitating a student centred approach to enhance the independent learning that takes place outside of the classroom.

Contact Time\
Approximately 17 hours a week to include lectures, seminars, practicals and tutorials. Students are also expected to carry out a significant amount of private study in addition to contact time (25-30 hours a week). The part-time pathway includes approximately 9 hours contact time per week, encompassing lectures, seminars, practicals and tutorials. You are also expected to carry out a significant amount of private study in addition to contact time (12-15 hours a week).

Wednesday afternoons are reserved as part of the Football Coaching Academy, which allows those students with a passion for coaching the opportunity to access our college football teams to apply their academic knowledge through practical coaching.

You can expect to receive your timetable during induction week.

Progression

The programme is designed to enable you to progress to the Level 5 (second year stage) of a relevant course. The BSc Sport, Coaching and Development programme is available at University Centre Bishop Burton.

Career Opportunities\
Students graduating from this programme could follow careers in sports coaching, sports development, sport or fitness duty management, activity leadership or progression to Level 5 study.