Why choose Foundation Year in Sport at Middlesex?

The Foundation Year in Sports is offered as an entry route to a Sports Science degree for students who don't yet meet the entry requirements for degree-level study.

 

Sport and exercise is a million-pound industry with a vast scope from Olympic athletes to personal fitness, to health. This course is an entry route to a Sport and Exercise Science and Sport Rehabilitation degrees for students who don't yet meet the entry requirements for degree-level study.

 

A foundation year might be a good choice if you don't have the right qualifications yet or feel ready for degree-level study. Or perhaps you are returning to study and want to get up to speed before starting a degree.

 

You will need to enrol on a four-year course, which includes the one-year foundation course. When you complete this year successfully you will progress directly onto one of our three-year degree courses.

 

We offer:

• BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

• BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Physical Education and Coaching)

 

What will you gain?

Studying the Foundation Year in Sport allows you to progress to our other BSc sports degrees which open up a vast range of career options. Previous graduates have found success as lifestyle coaches, sports managers, sports coaches, physical therapists and trainers, sports science technicians, and sports development officers.

 

This course covers a broad range of sports and exercise sciences which will help you gain expert knowledge of scientific methods from sports psychology to the study of the human form. It will also help you gain the skills you need to study for a Sports degree such as written and oral communication skills, mathematical topics and concepts, and scientific concepts, principles and practical skills.

 

On graduation, from one of the related three-year degrees you can continue with your professional studies by working towards British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) accreditation as a sports and exercise scientist.