UWS’s BSc (Hons) Sport Development degree focuses on how to help people lead healthy, active lifestyles.
You’ll learn about both the development of sport and development through sport by exploring sport’s contributions to health, communities, economies, and societies on global and local scales.
This degree is unique in Scotland and was developed in consultation with partners from national sport organisations and governing bodies, NHS and the third sector, and senior sport development officers and expert coaches. These strong links to industry are reflected in course design, work experience opportunities, and employment opportunities available to UWS students.
The BSc (Hons) Sport Development explores sport as a social science, highlighting the two key roles of sport development: Development of Sport and development through Sport. Students learn a range of theoretical perspectives for understanding sport and physical activity as complex parts of lives and societies. Using professional practical skills, they apply this knowledge in addressing real-world problems using sport and physical activity to impact health, promote social change, and develop community cohesion. It is a four-year, full-time programme, but it can also be offered on a part-time basis in consultation with the programme leader.