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Psychology with Sport Management BSc (Hons) module details

First year

  • Block 1: Professional Skills for Psychologists - focuses on important academic and professional skills to help students transition to higher education studies and beyond 

  • Block 2: Cognition, Brain, And Development: Theory and Research - provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely biological, cognitive, and developmental psychology, while embedding quantitative research methods. 

  • Block 3: The Sports Ecosystem – offers an introduction to the sporting ecosystem in the UK and beyond, providing insight to the multifaceted infrastructure of organisations and stakeholders responsible for developing, leading, governing and delivering different aspects of sport. 

  • Block 4: Individual Differences and Social Psychology: Theory and Research - provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely social, personality and intelligence, and international perspectives, while embedding qualitative research methods. 

Second year

  • Block 1: Mind, Brain, and Behaviour - builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give students in-depth coverage of topics in biological and cognitive psychology. Practical sessions will enable students to develop their knowledge of more advanced research designs and quantitative research skills. 

  • Block 2: Psychology across the Lifespan - applies the lifespan perspective to studying human development, emphasising the importance of all developmental stages and the interconnectivity between domains of change. 

  • Block 3: Sport Events & Operations - linking students’ understanding of sporting infrastructure to the sport event delivery context, it will introduce students to the core phases of the event planning process in the sports industry and explore how key stakeholders and functional service areas are involved in an operational context. 

Plus, choose one from the options in Block 3 below:  

  • Block 3: Psychology and Mental Health** - explores how we define, classify, and explain psychological problems. 

  • Block 3: Psychology of Social Problems** - applies psychological theory and research to topics that cover current important debates and issues, directly informed by local, national and global priorities such as DMU’s commitment to decolonization and net zero, and the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmental Goals. 

  • Block 4: Personality and Social Psychology - builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give students in-depth coverage of topics in social psychology and personality and intelligence and developing a research project on one of these topics.

Third year

  • Block 1a: Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology - students will learn to contrast perspectives within significant conceptual debates in psychology, which are placed within their historical context. 

  • Block 1b: Employability Skills and Psychology - you will undertake a period of work experience and consider how psychological theory can be applied in a work environment. 

  • Block 2: Choose two optional modules from: 

  • Counselling Psychology - introduces the basic principles of counselling psychology and practice. 

  • Cognitive Neuropsychology - provides an overview of modern cognitive neuropsychological approaches to dysfunction following head injury and how theory is applied to case histories. 

  • Wellbeing and Positive Psychology - Introduces the scientific study of optimal human functioning within areas such as happiness, wellbeing, personal strengths, positive emotions, optimism, hope and flow. 

  • Clinical Psychology: Theory and Practice - introduces the basic principles of clinical psychology theory and practice. 

  • Psychology of Addiction - provides students an opportunity aims to critically explore addiction to licit and illicit substances and is theoretically grounded within a neuropsychosocial approach. 

  • Psychology and Culture: Global Issues and International Perspectives - provides students with up-to-date knowledge about cross-cultural theories and models as they relate to the study of human behaviour to consider how and why behaviour differs across cultures. 

  • Disability and Inclusivity in Society - introduces students to key theories and research in disability research 

  • Block 3: Professional Opportunities in Sporting Contexts - connects students’ acquired knowledge from year one and two to the breadth of professional journeys available in sport management, enabling students to analyse their transferable skills and attributes in relation to their career aspirations and/or major subjects specialisation within a sporting context. 

  • Block 4: Psychology Project - gives you the opportunity to design and conduct an empirical study showing originality and expertise in methodological and data handling techniques. 

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate