West Suffolk College
UCAS Code: C006 | Higher National Certificate - HNC
Entry requirements
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
The overriding aim of the programme is to develop work related skills and knowledge of individual order to operate effectively, economically, and currently within the sport and active leisure industry in a number of roles. The course aims to further up-skill learners to be able to be innovative and drive quality and change for personal aspirations and employer organisations with revised and additional approaches to work experience placements.
In terms of coaching/education and instruction skills for performance versus skills for enabling and supporting participation, the course team have experience in both areas, but the ethos of the course will lean towards participation and inclusion. This program fills a niche within a market where institutions are flooded by provisions concentrating upon sports science disciplines aimed at delivering theory without a concentration upon the skills and understanding appropriate to the level jobs available within the market. This course has been planned to reflect the ‘dynamic’ nature of sport and physical activity by highlighting areas of change required to remain up to speed with this fast-paced industry.
Modules
Nutrition
This unit aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills and competencies to understand the nutritional composition of food and the effects of nutritional choices on the health of a person.
Fundamentals of Sports Psychology
This unit aims to illustrate how psychological concepts underpin involvement in sport and exercise and to demonstrate their impact on human behaviour.
Anatomy and Physiology
You will gain knowledge of the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and understand how movement is produced.
Professional Skills
You will develop knowledge and understanding of the skills and techniques necessary to carry out Sport and Exercise Science-related research.
Coaching Practice and Skill Development
The aim of this unit is to provide you with the knowledge and understanding of coaching practice and the skill development associated with athlete performance.
Training, Fitness, Testing Training
Fitness and testing can be applied within all areas of sport and exercise science because it examines the different fitness requirements of different sports, the different training methods that can develop these areas and the adaptations that occur within a team or individual because of these adopted methods.
Lifestyle Coaching
This unit will develop insight into the different approaches to lifestyle coaching and to key systems and strategies used in coaching.
Community Coaching
This unit challenges you to understand the different cultures and contexts in which sports coaches work, and to understand the role of policy and national governing body initiatives in shaping the pedagogic practice of coaches in the community.
Assessment methods
A variety of assessment methods are used which include written reports, written assignments, literature reviews, group presentations, and the compilation of a learning journal.
Units are assessed by the unit leader and internally verified by another member of staff.
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