BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation with Foundation Year

A four-year route that begins with a foundation year to build academic skills and subject knowledge, then continues into the full Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation degree. Trains you to assess, treat and rehabilitate sport and musculoskeletal injuries, covering anatomy and biomechanics, joint and spinal treatment, trauma management and clinical practice with industry placement. Careers: Sports therapist or rehabilitator with clubs, clinics and private practice, injury prevention and exercise referral.

Foundation Year: Behaviour, Body and Biology; Practical Studies in Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise; Interdisciplinary Communication Skills; The Big Picture; Student Success Modules

Year 1: Soft Tissue Practice; Lower Limb Anatomy, Biomechanics and MSK Injuries; Upper Limb Anatomy, Biomechanics and MSK Injuries; Clinical Skills and Exercise Physiology; Professional Practice 1 - Sports Rehabilitation; Student Success Modules

Year 2: Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation of Peripheral Joints; Examination, Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Joints; Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation; Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation of the Spine; Examination, Assessment and Treatment of the Spine; Professional Practice 2 - Sports Rehabilitation

Year 3: Sports Trauma Management; Clinical Practice and Project (Part 1); Clinical Practice and Project (Part 2); Exercise Prescription for Public Health and Wellbeing; Professional Practice 3 - Sports Rehabilitation and Industry Placement