圣玛丽大学学院(亭克汉姆)

Health and exercise science addresses the causes, prevention and management of chronic diseases using physical activity and health promotion strategies as tools to improve health and wellbeing.

• The degree will explore in-depth issues relating to health promotion through lifestyle and behavioural changes.
• Two pathways are offered on this programme: Community pathway & Clinical Exercise pathway (Single Honours only).
• You will be assessed through continuous coursework assessment, timed essays, research and laboratory reports, and more.

Why study Health and Exercise Science?

The importance of maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle is increasingly calling for highly-skilled and practically adept graduates in the health sector.

The degree's emphasis on practical learning will prepare you to enter a wide range of vocational careers. It will explore in-depth issues relating to health promotion through lifestyle and behavioural changes, distinguishing it from more traditional sport science programmes that focus on sport performance.

Assessment methods

Modules are assessed in a variety of ways, including continuous coursework assessment, timed essays, research and laboratory reports, oral and poster presentations and written examinations.

Career opportunities

The Health and Exercise Science degree provides you with knowledge and skills that will prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the health and exercise sector and the wider job market, including:

• Physical activity and health promotion specialist
• GP exercise referral consultant
• Health and fitness industry
• NHS physical activities advisor
• Workplace health improvement
• Health and wellbeing physiologist
• Postgraduate study

In recent BBC news headlines, the NHS announced that 1,000 more “social prescribers” are to be trained to prescribe social activities like exercise classes to support GP’s and help reduce their workload.

UG courses start 28th September.