This distinguished postgraduate degree programme, delivered in collaboration with the University of Valencia, Spain, and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, provides a unique opportunity for you to truly experience a degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and attributes to gain employment in the international job market that is performance analysis.
This degree programme is delivered over two years and is structured in such a way as to ensure that you receive a blend of theoretical underpinning, supported by applied and practical experiences which are reinforced through engagement with work placement opportunities and in-depth research. In the first year you will undertake 3 x 12 week teaching blocks at each university in your first year and then return to your home university for the second year to undertake the work placement and research project.
You will develop cultural awareness of different cities and countries, have superb opportunity to develop your language skills, experience living and studying abroad, and experience an international educational experience. The degree programme operates under a transferable system of academic credits (ECTS – European Credit Transfer Scheme) that enables credits to be assimilated at the different Universities which contribute to your degree. You will undertake 120 credit points (equivalent to 60ECTS) in each year thereby achieving 240 credit points (120ECTS) qualifying you for the award of MSc International Performance Analysis of Sport.
Your future career
Based on the recognition that the demand for scientifically qualified staff in performance analysis is increasing, this degree programme prepares you to undertake work in the following areas:
quantitative and qualitative biomechanical analysis of technique
match analysis in individual and team sports
analysis of technical effectiveness
analysis of patterns of play, tactics and strategy
analysis of movement patterns, work-rates and physical demands of match play
analysis of movement and injury risk
analysis of umpire or referee decision making
analysis of coach behaviour
analysis of psychological aspects of performance such as aggression and attention focus.
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