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Typical offer

The typical offer is likely to be:

• SQA Highers: BBBB
• GCE A Levels: BBC
• IB: 33 points overall and grades 554 at Higher Level.

Minimum entry requirements

SQA Highers: BBBB, including English and a science subject (Biology or Chemistry preferred). Standard Grades: Mathematics at Grade 3.

GCE A Levels: BBC, including a science subject (Biology or Chemistry preferred). GCSEs: English Language and Literature at Grade C, Mathematics at Grade C, plus two further subjects other than those at A Level.

IB: Award of Diploma with 33 points overall and grades 554 in Higher Level subjects including a science subject (Biology or Chemistry preferred). Standard Level: English at 4 and Mathematics or Mathematical Studies at 4.

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Selection and offer making

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Introduction

Applied Sport Science is the study of human responses to sport. The programme includes courses on physiology, biomechanics, sport psychology, and the biochemistry of exercise and skills acquisition. You will develop an understanding of the value and purpose of sport in society and the factors that affect participation and performance in sport and exercise.

What you will be studying

Year 1

You will study the scientific effects of sport on the body and the significance of sport in society. Courses cover sport history and sociology, research methods and IT. You can also choose other courses from within Sport Science or from other academic areas.

Year 2

As Year 1.

Year 3

You will start to specialise and can choose courses such as Sports Nutrition, Sports Development and Coaching Children.

Year 4

You will study two core courses and will choose another two courses from a range, including Environmental Physiology, Sport & Exercise Medicine and Designing Exercise Programmes. You will also complete an honours dissertation.

Structure

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Details

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Tuition fees

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