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Institution

University of Stirling

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Program Level

BSc(Hons)

Program

Sport Psychology

Summary

Sport psychologists help athletes enhance their performance and well-being through mental skills training, coping strategies, and psychological support. Increasingly in demand due to growing recognition of the importance of psychology and mental health to performance, sport psychologists work across a range of sport, health, performance, and physical activity settings with an expanding demographic of clients.

Our BSc (Hons) Sport Psychology degree will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the diverse, complex, and wide-ranging territory of sport psychology.

The course will explore academic knowledge and practice associated with sport psychology, analyse psychological issues across a range of sport psychology settings (for example, from local communities to high performance settings), examine research evidence associated with sport psychology, and investigate a myriad of contemporary issues facing practitioners.

On this course, you will study topics such as:

• Human interaction and behaviour
• Cognitive psychology
• Social psychology
• Psychology of exercise
• Quantitative and qualitative research methods to guide scientific inquiry
• Sports role in a modern, global society
• The value of inclusion and diversity in sport.
• Athlete Motivation, Stress, and Resilience
• Application of mental skills techniques
• Organisational sport cultures
• Mental health in and through sport 

Why choose Stirling for this course? 

• Stirling is one the best places to study sport in the UK. We’re Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence and were awarded UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide). We're also 1st in Scotland for sports research with 80% of our research in Sport and Exercise Sciences classed as world leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).
• We have strong partnerships with many national governing bodies of sport and other sporting organisations, some of which are based on campus (e.g. Tennis Scotland, Triathlon Scotland, Sport Scotland Institute of Sport). We also work alongside many innovative community sport and active lifestyle organisations, meaning that our students have a range of excellent networking and development opportunities.
• You will be taught by leaders in the field. Our sport psychology faculty are experienced and active applied practitioners and researchers, meaning they bring their real-world knowledge and cutting-edge research into the classroom.
• The course integrates sport psychology modules with key modules provided by our innovative and award-winning psychology department, along with well-chosen modules in broader sport and also exercise psychology. Students therefore build important foundations across key knowledge areas that will support entry into a variety of employment or further study options.
• Based on a single campus, the sport psychology course maintains a community atmosphere. Students benefit from small seminar sizes and social and professional development events where you can get to know your instructors and other students.
• There are exciting opportunities to study abroad (e.g., Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand)  for a Year 3 semester through Stirling’s well-established connections with several international universities.  

Tuition Fees

22400.00

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CertificateName

BSc (Hons) Sport Psychology

Intake

September

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Year Length

4

Program Length

4 years

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