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Sport & Exercise Science (Coaching Science) HNC

OVERVIEW
For sports coaches to have a holistic approach to their athletes' development, we need to have an understanding of the physiological, technical, psychological and social factors that feed into the long term athlete development, as well as developing performance analysis skills and putting all our practical coaching skills into the real world, through the UCS network of sports organisations.

COURSE DETAILS
The coaching process, pedagogy, developing your own coaching philosophy, coaching styles, effective coaching approaches, long term athlete development and comprehensive planning/ needs analysis are at the core of our Sport Coaching degree. As well as performance analysis, coaching theory and work placement modules.

All students are provided with the programme's resources via the Virtual Learning Environment
(VLE), known as Activate Learning On-line (ALO). This system also facilitates the running of online
lessons, seminars and tutorials and is a key tool in the delivery of the HNC.

Study Support
Student progression on the programme is supported by the Programme Coordinator, Unit Leaders
and central student services, and includes:

An induction programme introducing new students to the subject of study, higher level skills that need to be developed, and the college facilities including the online library, IT, staff and other students.
Scheduled 1:1and group tutorials which provide opportunities for formative feedback.
General student and course handbooks available in print and electronic format on ALO.
Personal and academic support is integrated in teaching provided by supportive and accessible tutors and identified 1:1support sessions are also available with HE Study Support Tutors.
An online library along with access to campus libraries.
Personal development planning sessions integrated into programme.
Access to counsellors and mental health support.
Access to online study support team.
Written assessment feedback (within 15 working days of assessment submission).
Access to regularly updated course section on the ALO.

Additional support from UCS Support Services include the following:

Emotional and Mental Health - If you are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties, we have an online counsellor to offer one to one appointments.
Career Development and Employability - these skills are embedded into your curriculum, providing initiatives to enhance your employability and social entrepreneurship skills. As an organisation we are an Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) which allows for effective signposting on the skills to be developed for the sport and leisure industry.
Financial Support - we can provide support with student finance applications for student loans and tuition fees. In addition, for those students with additional learning needs we can support applications for Disability Student Allowance (DSA).
Additional Learning Support (ALS) - We can provide support for students who have learning difficulties, disabilities or medical conditions. We are committed to ensuring all possible reasonable adjustments are made in order to accommodate our students with learning difficulties and disabilities.

STANDARD ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Students will require 80 tariff points made up of the following:

A*to C grade (9 to 4) in GCSE English Language and Maths (or equivalent) is strongly recommended.
A BTEC Level 3 qualification in a Sport related programme - MPP (or equivalent)
A Levels - CDD (or equivalent)
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Other related Level 3 qualifications
An Access to Higher Education Certificate awarded by an approved further education institution
An international equivalent of the above.

Applications are welcome from students that do not meet the entry requirements where special
considerations can be given to those with relevant experience and skills following evidence of effective
academic writing.Along with mature students with a suitable background or related work experience
gained within the Sports industry.

Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate that their level of English is
acceptable by achieving a score in a recognised test such as the British Council IELTS; normally a
minimum of 5.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in the reading and writing components.

All applicants will be interviewed prior to a decision being made.

APPLYING YOUR SKILLS

To develop your applied skills, you complete a minimum of 120 hours of work-based learning in each year that you study with UCS, so you can apply ideas from the course and build the skills that employers look for.

UCS has worked closely with Activate Learning to select a suite of modules that reflects the needs of the sports coaching industry.

UCS has an unrivalled network of local clubs and organisations ready and able to provide you with valuable "hands-on" experience.