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SPORT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
BAY CAMPUS
SPORTS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020)
The course will enable students to develop their knowledge and understanding of the role of sport, health and exercise in society, focussing on key subject strands: Philosophy of Sport, Sport Psychology, Psychology of health and exercise and Sport Policy.
Global Opportunities available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
Contrary to a medicalised understanding of individuals and their experiences, this programme aims to enable students to gain an understanding of sport and exercise subjects through a social scientific and humanistic lens, and to develop critical thinking and analytical skills that can be applied across the spectrum of academic and real world challenges. This approach will encompass conceptual, explanatory, and normative dimensions. The meaning of central values and concepts within sport will be analysed philosophically. Sporting cultures, practices, and experiences will be explored using sociological and psychological methods. Policy questions and principles of right conduct within sport will be examined ethically. Consequently, students will cultivate a deep and multi-disciplinary understanding of the meaning, value, and social role of sport.
AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Psychological Dimensions of Sport 1: Considerations for Youth • Sport • Introduction to Critical Reasoning • Research Methods for Social Science • Introduction to Ethics & Sport Policy • Introduction to Sport & Society • Foundations in Exercise Science Year 2 • Psychological Dimensions of Sport 2: Understanding and Developing Adolescent Athletes • Critical Issues in Sport Sociology for Sport & Social Science • Employability, Innovation & Engagement for Sport & Social Science • Developing Research Methods for Sport & Social Science • The Ethics of Anti-Doping: Health, Sport & Society • Exercise Science: Interventions and Applications Year 3 • Health Related Exercise • Sports Psychology 3 • Sport & Social Science Research Dissertation • Contemporary Issues in Sport & Social Science • Sport Integrity, Ethics and Policy
TYPICAL OFFER: AAB-BBB
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
BSc Single Honours ▲ Sport and Social Science
▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: • Education • Sports Policy • Sports Development • Exercise Referral
• Rehabilitation Contexts • Community Wellbeing • Social Prescribing Initiatives
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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