Sports Performance - MSc Programme content
Key information
Key information
- Complete full-time over one year or part-time over two years
- Delivered on-campus on Mondays and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
- Part-time year 1: Mondays and Tuesdays
- Part-time year 2: Thursdays and Fridays
- Option to exit after successful completion of the taught modules with a Graduate Diploma
- Autumn semester includes a research project tailored to your sports performance practice and career goals
- On completion, you will graduate with a Level 9 Master’s degree in Sports Performance.
You will learn through a blend of
- Lectures, workshops, and experiential learning
- Reflective practice and supervised research
- Practice placement
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers through group work and assessments
Full-time programme content
Core modules
- Qualitative Research Methods (SO4028) will introduce you to the history, methods and approaches to qualitative research.
- Speed Sports (SS6022) will give you a deep understanding of speed development in athletes, exploring biomechanics, nutrition, and physiology through lectures, lab sessions, and real-world case studies.
- Endurance Sports (SS6032) will examine how endurance athletes develop and perform, focusing on the impact of biomechanics, nutrition, psychology and physiology, while applying training methodologies in practical settings.
- Team Sports (SS6052) will help you develop video analysis and integrated coaching skills to enhance team sports performance, focusing on motor learning, group dynamics, and integrated physical conditioning.
- Strength Sports (SS6042) will help you understand the principles and theories of strength and conditioning practice and their practical applications, covering the topics of Olympic weightlifting, nutrition for elite performance, and the associated ethical issues.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Professional Competencies (Problem-Based Learning) (SS6003, SS6013, SS6023) modules foster multidisciplinary, group-based learning; enabling students to integrate knowledge across disciplines to solve sport science problems.
- Research Dissertation Development (SS6093) allows you to time with a dedicated supervisor to prepare for your research dissertation.
- Strength & Conditioning (SS6073) CSCS accreditation.
- Placement (SS6043) provides you with the chance to experience a real work environment and acquire and develop the skills you need to achieve your career goals.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Research Dissertation* (SS6021) will involve undertaking an empirical research project that challenges or develops a current concept in sports performance, applying knowledge and skills from previous studies.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Part-time programme content - Year 1
Core modules
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Research Dissertation Development (SS6093)
- Strength & Conditioning (SS6073) CSCS accreditation
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Part-time programme content - Year 2
Core modules
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Professional Competencies (Problem-Based Learning) (SS6003, SS6013, SS6023)
- Placement (SS6043)
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
