Sport and Exercise Science
Career opportunities for sport and exercise science students have increased significantly in recent years and that rise looks set to continue.
Experts in psychology, physiology and biomechanics have helped professional sportsmen and women improve their everyday training and their ability to compete at the highest level.
Our Courses
When things go wrong, when an athlete is injured, the sport and exercise science professional can help. Our new sports science labs ensure you learn using the latest equipment, with many of our graduates going on to careers in sports science and the world of sports therapy and rehabilitation.
Course content:
- Sport and exercise physiology
- Anatomy
- Applied sport and exercise psychology
- Nutrition for sport and exercise performance
- Field and laboratory based fitness testing
- Applied research methods in sport and exercise science
- Sports injury and massage
In addition to the core BTEC programme students will have an opportunity to complete:
- A First Aid in Sport Award
The Level 3 course is designed as a two-year study programme but there is an option to undertake a Subsidiary Diploma in one year instead. Please ask for more details.
This course is an extended diploma course and therefore you need to pass both English and Maths GCSEs at the point of entry.
College Courses
Studying at our Middleton campus...
You'll be no stranger to our state of the art Sports Park and Arena at our Middleton Campus. As well as our 3rd generation all-weather astroturf, our gym and fitness suites have all the latest technology in cardio and resistance equipment. We have personal training rooms for one-to-one tuition, along with teaching rooms full of equipment and learning materials.

I have nothing but happy memories of studying at Hopwood Hall. The tutors made sure the college experience was fun but also really valuable, I have grown a lot as a person because of it. I learned how important it is to keep on top of your work and manage your workload more independently.