About Bsc (hons) Sport Coaching (with Foundation Year Option) in Bournemouth University

Become a sports coach who changes people’s lives. With a focus on coaching practice, sport psychology, and coaching sciences, this degree will give you the skills to evaluate sport coaching contexts and influence ethical and sustainable coaching practice.

Why study BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching at BU?

• Placement opportunities can give you practical hands-on experience as well as a fantastic chance to make professional connections  
• Opportunities to study abroad at one of our international partner institutions 
• Optional alternative to final year dissertation project – a research expedition conducting in-depth research on the needs and responses of people completing a UK-based endurance event  
• Get involved in various extra-curricular opportunities: our sport and events volunteering programme (RELAYS), workshops, conferences, industry visits, field trips, volunteering, guest speakers and more  
• We have strong links with some of the biggest names in the sports industry to inform our teaching and provide placement opportunities
• You'll be career-ready with 89% of our graduates in employment or further studies, fifteen months after graduating.

Entry requirements

• High School leaving examinations - We will consider any High School leaving examinations that are considered to be the equivalent to A-level examinations in the UK.

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each component.
• TOEFL iBT: 60-78 overall.
• PTE Academic: 54 (with no less than 51 in each component).

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Bournemouth University Cost of Attendance

The information below is designed as a guide to the living expenses at university. For those who stay on-campus, the cost of utilities and transportation will be saved as the students will be given annual bus pass.