The Brunel Sport, Health and Exercise MSc is aimed at graduates with a background in sports science and related subjects who want to build on their existing knowledge with advanced study in the multidisciplinary area of elite sports performance.

 

Your course will include a series of compulsory modules focused on identifying how a high performance sport programme can be developed by exploring the determinants of elite performance and training interventions to develop these, and how to support athletes with competition demands and recovery strategies across a range of sports.

 

You will complete a module based entirely in the laboratory and field environment with students learning contemporary techniques to measure performance and training responses, as well as profile an athlete.

 

Finally, towards the end of the degree you will undertake a research methods module designed to provide you with data analysis skills and assist in the development of your research Dissertation.

 

Our programme also has optional modules that enable you to examine contemporary issues relating to physical activity and health, key psychological factors that impact on elite sports performance such as anxiety, motivation, concentration and confidence, or enrol in a module examining mental health and wellbeing in elite sport.

 

A professional development option module also exists for students who wish to pursue a specific area of interest, and/or work with one of our partners on a placement.