BSc Sport Coaching
Cardiff Metropolitan University
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science, combining sport coaching with exercise science. Core topics include Ethics & Professional Practice. Practical experience begins in the first year, and the course emphasizes critical reflection. The programme includes professional placements, interactive lectures, seminars, and a final project.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104-112 A level: Three A levels to include grade BB. No specific subjects required. Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject. BTEC/Cambridge Technical: DMM IB: Higher Level Grade 6. No specific subjects required.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 98%: 436 offers from 447 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 20 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 86%
- Learning opportunities: 91%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 94%
- Learning resources: 82%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 70 students who started
- Continued on course: 77%
- Left higher education: 23%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 645 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 5%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 25%
- Wales: 47%
Who gets in
Based on about 60 students who started
- A levels: 98%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
Modules
- Professional and Academic Development
- Coaching Practice: Design and Delivery
- Understanding Sport Coaching Relationships
- Project-Based Learning
- Sport Coach as Educator
- Placement: Developing Personal and Professional Practice
- Coaching with Performance Data
- Nutrition: Macro and Micronutrients
- Fundamentals of Strength and Conditioning
- Personal Training for Public Health
- Sport, Health and Society
- Sport Performance Analysis
- Sport Development: Context and Challenges
- Sustainable Development and Sport
- Dance Education
- Models-Based Practice
- Sport Ethics
- Creating Sport Content – Video for Social Media
- Final Project
- Placement: Sport Coaches as Agents-for-Change
- Coaching the Coach
- Strength and Conditioning Coaching
- Nutrition in Sport and Exercise
- Ethical Issues in Sport
- Sociology of Sports and Physical Cultures
- Sport Development in Action: Policy, Process and Practice
- Applied Interdisciplinary Practice
- Managing High Performance Sport
- Digital Voice: Communicating Sport Through Podcasting
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University earn?
The median salary is £22,500 after 3 years, £28,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £33,000. The £28,000 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Sport and exercise sciences.
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University?
86% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University?
The typical offer is BB at A level. The average entrant had 125 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BSc Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University?
98% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 436 offers from 447 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BSc Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University?
77% of students continued into their second year, and 23% left higher education.