Sports, Exercise
and Health Science

Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SEHS) is an applied Science course that investigates human performance and its adaptations to training programmes. Students will undertake practical (experimental) investigations in both laboratory and field settings. This will provide an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and understanding necessary to apply scientific principles and critically analyse human beings and their activity endeavours. During this course, students will study the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, motor learning, and nutrition. They will apply this knowledge to their own lives, to their peers in labs, and to elite level athletes.

We live in a time when athletes are faster and stronger than ever before, but also a time where cardiovascular disease and obesity rates are higher among the general population than in our history. This course focuses on the factors contributing to health and disease prevention, providing students the knowledge to have agency in their own health and wellbeing by making informed personal choices. Apart from being worthy of study in its own right, SEHS is good preparation for courses in higher or further education related to sports, fitness and health, and serves as a useful preparation for employment in sport and leisure industries.