Program Overview

Do you want to turn your love for sport into an academic qualification and study for a sports-related honours degree here at Solent University? Leading directly on to the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy degree, this one year foundation programme will equip you with the skills you’ll need to progress.

Studying the sport foundation year could give students an opportunity to extend previous experience gained, or provide a route back into education. The course will help develop the key academic skills required to make the transition to studying the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy undergraduate degree.

The dynamic sport and exercise therapy degree will help provide you with the essential professional skills and musculoskeletal expertise you will need to secure an exciting career working with athletes, sports teams and more. The scope of practice is not limited to sporting injuries alone; we treat all musculoskeletal injuries including chronic and work-related injuries.

We utilise the principles of sport and exercise sciences, incorporating physiological and pathological processes to ensure that you can return your patients to their previous levels of training, competition and where applicable, work.

This highly practical course is specifically tailored for you to study a combination of sports therapy and sport and exercise science modules, which will include acute sports trauma management, innovative examination and assessment techniques, therapeutic exercise prescription, interventions to reduce the risk of injury, return to or monitoring of sports specific fitness, fundamental principles of how to coach/instruct in sporting and exercise settings, manual therapy techniques, electrotherapy, exercise physiology, nutrition, psychology and biomechanics.

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a placement year at a professional sporting club or organisation for a complete season/performance cycle. The programme has excellent links with professional sporting clubs and organisations. This hands-on practical course is delivered in state-of-the-art facilities by internationally renowned research and clinically active staff.

This course is accredited by the Society of Sports Therapists and is therefore mapped to five key areas of competency related to injury and illness in the sport and exercise environment. These areas include: (i) Prevention (ii) Recognition and Evaluation (iii) Management, Treatment, and Referral (iv) Rehabilitation (v) Education and Professional Practice Issues. As a student you will have a student membership and insurance through the society. On successful completion of the degree you will be eligible for graduate membership with them.

Employability is embedded in the course at every level. The content has been designed to prepare you for working as a graduate sports therapist and many of our modules will allow you the opportunity to gain valuable employability skills in order to enhance your job prospects. There are opportunities to gain an industry-accredited Gym Instructor Award, or NGB coaching awards. You’re guaranteed a learning experience that maximises your skill development, enhances your CV and helps build a strong foundation for an exciting career.