MSc Strength and Conditioning

MSc Strength and Conditioning

Institution C58

UCAS

Bishop Otter campus (Chichester)

1 Year Full Time

Entry Requirements and Fees

2020/21 UK fee: £7,800

2020/21 International fee: £14,300

For further details about fees, please see our Tuition Fee page.

An honours degree at 2:1 or higher in a related discipline

You will also be required to attend an interview

Course content

Our MSc Strength and Conditioning is carefully aligned to the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) accreditation process and provides you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to prepare you for accreditation with the UKSCA enabling you to embark on your strength and conditioning career. It focuses on both the scientific principles of the strength and conditioning process, their practical application, and assessment using both laboratory and field-based measurement systems. The employability record has been excellent with many graduates securing full-time employment as strength and conditioning coaches within professional environments, such as local sports clubs/teams with others progressing to study on to PhD programmes.

Indicative course content:

Strength and Conditioning Theory and Practice
Planning, Programming, and Application
Applied Measurement Techniques
Work Placement
Applied Research Skills
Research Dissertation or Supervised Experience Portfolio

COURSE START DATE

This course will start in September

You can request a postgraduate prospectus here.

Our facilities

Campus Location: Chichester

We offer you some of the best sporting facilities available to study for a degree. All of our facilities are designed for academic teaching, research, British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions and for your social/recreational use throughout the week and weekends.

The world-class Tudor Hale Centre for Sport is the focus of sporting activities both academic and recreational at the University. It incorporates a suite of state of the art sport science laboratories, a sports injury clinic, a strength and conditioning room and a fitness centre. In addition there is a sports hall. Located beside the Tudor Hale Centre for Sport you will find our Sports Dome, lano sand dressed astro turf and a grass rugby pitch.

Facilities:

Sports Dome

Four tennis courts which can be used for a variety of sports.

Blue flooring and blue curtains separating courts with student throwing javelins

Sports hall

Used for basketball, netball, trampolining, badminton, volleyball, cricket, soccer, table tennis, hockey and ultimate frisbee.

Fitness suite

Various membership levels available. Weights, resistance and cardio machines.

Weights, resistance and cardio machines

Indoor and outdoor climbing walls and climbing boulder

Available for any student to use after an induction and when Tudor Hale Centre for Sport is open.

Images showing external and internal climbing wall and external boulder

Grass football and rugby pitches

Students playing football and girl passing rugby ball

Floodlit lano sand-dressed astro turf

A top of the range Lano sand-dressed astro all completely compliant to International Hockey federation standards.

110m synthetic athletics track
Strength and conditioning room
Two multi-purpose gymnasiums
Outdoor netball and tennis court
Two seminar rooms
Cricket nets

Sport Science Laboratories:

Four dedicated psychology labs including a Virtual Reality Reader, Brain Imaging Unit and Observation Suite.

Student using software to track activity of body for sport psychology

Two dedicated biomechanics labs

Student running with rugby ball with sensor on past tracking posts

Five dedicated physiology labs

Used for testing on treadmills, bikes and various other pieces of equipment.

Physiology labs showing equipment used

An environmental chamber

Used to simulate heat, altitude, etc.

Envinronmental chamber in physiology lab

A sports injury clinic and adjoining rehabilitation space

Sports Therapy students use these spaces for practical sessions and run a clinic. It is open for students, staff and external visitors who require treatment also either from Sports Therapy students or staff.

Sports therapy clinic with beds and rehab room

Where this can take you

We understand the importance of ensuring that you have the knowledge, skills and experience to compete successfully in today’s challenging jobs market.

We provide performance support for elite athletes and competitive teams. We consistently perform well against the elite of university sport. A high number of our performance teams compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) programme at the elite level.

Several teams are supported with high-level coaching, training facility support and sports science analysis. Numerous local and national sports clubs’ links with our student sports teams provide additional high-level playing opportunities.

Indicative modules

Strength and Conditioning Theory and Practice - You will discover the practical application of the theory and assessment of biomechanical and physiological characteristics of athlete performance
Planning, Programming and Application - You will be taught how to perform and coach the core resistance exercises assessed during UKSCA accreditation as well as how to perform the athlete needs analysis and develop an appropriate strength and conditioning programme
Applied Measurement Techniques - You will learn how to develop and implement an effective performance testing battery to athletes from sports of your interest
Work Placement - By undertaking a period of work experience with appropriate athletes or clubs you will gain the skills necessary to develop your practitioner skills
Applied Research Skills - An introduction to quantitative and qualitative methodology for strength and conditioning using practical and real-world examples to illustrate how we make sense of data
Advanced Applied Research Skills - You will learn and apply innovative and cutting-edge methods of analysis evident in strength and conditioning literature
Research Dissertation or Supervised Experience Portfolio - You are provided with the opportunity either to undertake a detailed scientific study, with the option to present this for publication in a scientific journal, or to undertake an extended period of supervised experience, providing you with the opportunity to reflect on professional practice

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Additional Costs

As a University of Chichester student you will be provided with many things to support you but there may be additional costs which you may encounter whilst studying. The information below will help you understand our provision and what else you need to budget for.

What you can expect from us

All of your teaching and assessments are included in your tuition fees, such as lectures/guest lectures and tutorials, seminars, laboratory sessions and specialist teaching facilities. You will also have access to a wide range of support and services:

• Materials for laboratory and field-based teaching activity
• A range of student support services
• The general Library services are free for students and our e-resources are available wherever you are. You may become liable for fines if you don't return items on time
• Open access IT spaces and wi-fi across the campuses
• Disability and additional learning support
• Free music and musical theatre performances for external performers
• The Language Cafe to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills
• 24 hours a day security team
• Inter-campus bus travel between campuses

Costs of living and other expenses you may need to consider:

• Accommodation and living costs
• Text books (but do remember that our library is stocked with a large range of text books for all courses, as well as online resources such as industry journals, free of charge)
• General stationery and other supplies such as presentation materials
• Photocopying and printing
• Inter-Library Loans service
• Gym membership in Tudor Hale Centre
• Dance / Theatre passes – these provide discounted entry to a range of performances
• Field trips and educational visits – these are optional and do not have to be undertaken to complete the programme. Students make a contribution towards the cost (e.g. travel, sometimes accommodation)
• If you require a Diagnostic Assessment for a Specific Learning Difficulty such as Dyslexia, the University may be able to assist you arrange this. You will be required to pay for this assessment, although some financial assistance may be possible from the University Hardship Fund
• Graduation - it is free for the student to attend the ceremony itself. Graduands must wear academic dress. Academic dress, guest tickets and photography are additional costs payable by the student.

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Financial help available from the University

We offer a number of scholarships and bursaries to students who are beginning their studies at Chichester.

Our Finance pages provides details on living costs, budgeting and paying your tuition fees.