Overview

Overview

• The course is designed to ensure you develop a strong theoretical and practical foundation within the field of sport and exercise psychology. This is the first step to developing individuals who are effectively prepared to practise as competent and confident professionals, who can make sound and compassionate decisions, problem solve and provide a consistent and high standard of evidence-based practice.
• Central to the programme is the understanding that you will develop the knowledge, skills, behaviour and values required of a future practitioner psychologist.
• Modules include Psychology of Team Sports, Designing Exercise Interventions, Applied Sport Psychology and Psychology of Injury. In Year 3, you will also research and write a dissertation in an area of your choice.
• Expert teaching combined with bespoke amenities, such as our psychology laboratory, ensure you have the knowledge base to critically evaluate and engage with contemporary sport and exercise psychology research and practice.
• Graduates find work as practitioner psychologists, sport and exercise scientists, teachers/lecturers, researchers/scientists, health promotion workers and in management roles in sport.
• Our Sport and Exercise Psychology degree can lead to eligibility to train to become a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered practitioner psychologist through the completion of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology.
• University of Winchester Pathways to Sport and Exercise Psychology - Open for applicants from September 2024 onwards for 2025 entry.
• The Pathways to Sport and Exercise Psychology programme is an annual event that takes place in December.
• The event is an opportunity for prospective students to engage in a series of taster sessions delivered by academics from our BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology course.
• Participants who complete the Pathways to Sport and Exercise Psychology programme are eligible to recieve a reduced contextual offer of 96 UCAS Tariff Points* for entry to our BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology course.
• The programme is open to all home / Islands Year 12 and 13 students but is capped at 25 students per year.
• Programme activities include:
• Workshops on applied sport psychology
• Practical sessions on group dynamics in sport
• Guided tours with current BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology students
• Career guidance and advice with the Programme Director
• All activities are delivered live at the University of Winchester.
• For more information on the Pathways to Sport and Exercise Psychology and how to apply.
• *This offer is based on firm acceptance