Teaching of BCU’s Sports degrees is split between the £71 million City South Campus and the world-class Alexander Stadium. Check out where you’ll be studying and the facilities available to you.
Birmingham City University (BCU) boasts partnerships with several sports clubs – such as Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club and Luton Town FC – providing plenty of industry exposure.
The world-class Alexander Stadium, host of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, is now home to BCU’s Sports and Exercise courses.
Enjoy high-spec on-campus facilities, including a biomechanics laboratory with motion capture equipment and an Alter G antigravity treadmill.
This course, accredited by the British Association for Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), explores the science of sport and exercise. You will learn how nutrition, physiology, psychology, and biomechanics can be applied to sports performance, physical activity, health, and wellbeing.
Find out more: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
This degree will teach you how to coach athletes across a range of ages and abilities. You will put your skills and knowledge into practice by completing work placements and gaining first-hand experience in a coaching and/or school environment.
Find out more: BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Physical Education
Throughout this module, you will learn the academic skills needed for success at a UK university, such as:
You will learn to define what a business is and its functions in relation to the different types of business costs. You will also be introduced to marketing, the marketing mix and product life cycle.
This module will introduce you to the concepts of ICT skills, including applications and reporting mechanisms.
This module will introduce you to basic mathematics and mathematical applications – including equations, algebraic problems and trigonometry.
This module defines the basic laws of physics. You will learn how to describe the fundamentals of mechanics and thermofluid mechanics.
This module will introduce you to design, the importance of design and the fundamentals of technical drawing.
This module covers some of the fundamental aspects of biology, including:
This module explores further aspects of biology, including the rules of biological classification, evolution by natural selection and the concept of species.
You will be studying BCU modules together with direct BCU students. For information on the modules, check the BCU course page for your chosen degree.
In addition to the BCU modules, you will study Interactive Learning Skills and Communication with BCUIC.
Teaching of BCU’s Sports degrees is split between the £71 million City South Campus and the world-class Alexander Stadium. Check out where you’ll be studying and the facilities available to you.