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Here at UCP Marjon, we live sport, and our sports degrees are now even more tailored to your career aspirations. Our Single Honours degrees offer optional pathways, which means you can tailor your degree in accordance with your career goals. If chosen, a pathway can be studied in years 2 and 3.

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The Applied Sport Science pathway is designed to give students a sound understanding of the application of sport science principles to the coaching process. The pathway will enable students to understand how sports physiology, sport psychology and technique analysis can optimise performance of the coach and the athlete. The Sports Coaching pathway is essential for any student who has aspirations of becoming an expert coach, making sports coaching their future career or wishing to study sports coaching at Masters level. The pathway focuses on coaching theory and methods, addressing topics such as coaching philosophy, coaching and leadership behaviours and coach-athlete relationships. In year 3 the modules focus on coaching young performers and performance coaching. This pathway will be of particular interest to those students wishing to choose a career in teaching, whether this is in schools or other learning contexts, here or abroad. Education is today seen to be of crucial importance for individuals and societies, the most important thing for economic prosperity, social justice and a more sustainable future. Through active learning and research into contemporary educational issues, policies and debates surrounding teaching and learning, students will develop their understanding, skills and personal and professional identities as they move on to become the educators of the 21st Century. This pathway is aimed at students interested in health, fitness and physical activity. Students will study and practice how to develop personalised exercise programmes in year 2 as well as complementary approaches to encourage health and wellbeing, including Pilates, ergonomics, massage and yoga. In addition, guest speakers on Hypnotherapy, Reiki and reflexology are introduced. The final aspect of this pathway examines the important role of physical activity and nutrition in promoting the short and long-term health of children and young people, particularly those who do not consider themselves as ‘sporty’. The Sport and PE: International Perspectives pathway will enable students to be internationally informed and will equip them for a future in an international, multi-cultural environment. The acquisition of global awareness and the understanding of diversity of culture and society on our planet is an integral part of sport. We live and work in a world which is globally interdependent. The rapid development of global economies, markets and international alliances will result in an increased demand for sports graduates who can be internationally knowledgeable, internationally mobile and inter-culturally competent. There will be opportunities for international visits and/or placements. The Outdoor Adventure pathway will offer students an opportunity to develop skills and expertise in a second subject. The first two modules on offer will have a skills, journeying and expeditioning focus. These will allow students to develop personal and group management skills in different environments. The third module will enable students to specialise in one area such as work with young people, work within the corporate world or perhaps have a greater appreciation of sustainability within the outdoor adventure culture, the activities, the people and the places. This pathway should be of interest to anyone who is interested in sport and leisure, but particularly those students who may want to pursue a career in Sports Development. The second year module explores how sport and leisure policy is formulated at national level and implemented at local level. The third year modules apply the underpinning theory developed in the second year to a range of real Sports Development examples. This pathway explores marketing and consumer experience. The third year modules apply the underpinning theory developed in the second year and explores sports and leisure management from a strategic perspective. The pathway should be of interest to any student who is interested in developing a career in management. This pathway is aimed at students who have an interest in the use of sport and outdoor adventure as a means of enhancing quality of life for people with disabilities. It addresses the relationship between physical activity and the health and personal development of individuals with a range of physical and learning disabilities. It explores changes in our understanding of disability as well as strategies for adapting and modifying sports and outdoor activities to ensure they are accessible to all. The pathway combines taught elements with case study based research and a period of work placement.

Sport and PE plays a key role in the welfare of children and young people and as society increasingly focuses on child and young people’s welfare, careers in the ‘children’s workforce’ continue to remain highly important. Understanding contemporary perspectives on children and young people is essential in this dynamic arena. Child welfare encourages students to develop their understanding of theory and practice through a range of challenging learning experiences to enable them to practice from an informed position in this exciting field.

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