Health and Exercise Science (Shrewsbury) BSc (Hons)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-02-10 |
| 2023-09-19 | 2023-01-27 |
| 2024-01-03 | 2023-11-25 |
Program Overview
Course overview
Increasing amounts of health care budgets are spent on managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, cardiopulmonary disease, cancer and mental health/dementia. Future health care needs are becoming more focused on prevention in order to avoid rising costs associated with chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes and related disabilities, and an ageing population.
Why study this course with us?
This course brings together many of the skills and underpinning knowledge found in more traditional courses such as physiotherapy, sports therapy and sport science. This will enhance your employability to work in public health, the NHS, the fitness industry and/or clinical settings following graduation. Over your three years, the knowledge and skills you will have the opportunity to develop will focus on learning to help people to reduce their risk of common diseases through physical activity, and how to live more actively with more prominent health conditions (e.g. cardio-metabolic, muscle and movement disorders).
The practical and clinical placement elements of the course are linked with “exercise referral” initiatives and secondary prevention programmes, which are increasingly being required to keep people from returning to hospital following their early acute phases of treatment and rehabilitation.
In addition to your BSc degree, the course includes gaining five national qualifications as a registered exercise practitioner, which will allow you to work with healthy clients, GP referral patients and clinical populations (depending on previous experience this may include gym instructor, advanced instructor and disease specific qualifications such as cardiac rehabilitation).
Teaching and learning is delivered in a variety of ways, including lots of time spent in the exercise science lab and on placement using the skills you develop on the course.
Program Outline
Teaching methods
Teaching and learning is delivered in a variety of ways where 40-60% will be within the practical lab or placement. Classroom teaching will use a variety of methods from key lectures, workshops seminars and group tutorials.
You will also have numerous opportunities for individual small group tutorials or electronic (email/Skype) communications with tutors.
If you are interested in studying this course with a Foundation Year, please note you will be taught at the University of Chester for your Foundation Year, and subsequent years of study (Levels 4, 5 and 6) will be based at University Centre Shrewsbury.
Assessment
Assessment involves the following:
Work based learning
Work-based learning opportunities are inherent throughout the three years of this degree.
Job prospects
Careers service
Job prospects
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have gained skills relevant to entering a number of areas, including health and fitness (personal training, exercise referral); prevention and rehabilitation (community, public, private, NHS); teaching; public health; health promotion; research; and the health and sport industry.
This course is also available with a Foundation Year. See page XX.
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.
Job prospects
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have gained skills relevant to entering a number of areas, including health and fitness (personal training, exercise referral); prevention and rehabilitation (community, public, private, NHS); teaching; public health; health promotion; research; and the health and sport industry.
This course is also available with a Foundation Year. See page XX.
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.
