BSc Hons Adventure Sport Science

at Bangor University

The course will be delivered with weekly practical sessions with Snowdonia Watersports and The Conway Centre learning and/or improving your canoe, kayak and paddle boarding, climbing, leading, coaching and group management skills with a view to preparing you for a career in this type of outdoor environment. Whatever your experience and skills, staff at SWS and the Conway Centre build on them to take each person, to their next level. Practical sessions last approximately 6 hours. You’ll typically have one or two hours of lectures per week for each module as well as laboratory time, seminars and tutorials. This direct contact time will be tied with student-centred learning such as reading, writing essays and reports, gathering information and data, working on group projects and preparing verbal and poster presentations. These form the basis of your assessment, along with examinations, case studies and critiques of research.

What will you study on this course?
During this degree we aim to equip you to become adventure ‘experts’ in terms of applying core sport science to the world of adventure sport, whilst also giving you the practical skill sets to undertake independent mountain and water based adventures yourself. There is a real focus on you developing your own personal and group management skills in judgment and awareness as well as the practical skills from a variety of adventure activities. These independent skills will stay with you for life and help you realise your goals.

Offers are tariff based, 80 - 112 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:

•  A Levels (General Studies and Key Skills not accepted)
• BTEC National/Extended Diploma: MMP - DMM
• Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMP - DMM
• International Baccalaureate Diploma
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• Sports Leaders UK: Higher Sports Leadership qualifications
• Welsh Baccalaureate

Extended Project Qualification
Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to the outdoors (e.g. practical experience, work experience, Duke of Edinburgh Award).

Home (UK) students

• The cost of a full-time undergraduate course is £9,000 per year (2021/22 entry and 2022/23 entry).
• The fee for all placement, international, and sandwich years is £1,350 (2021/22 and 2022/23).
• More information on fees and finance for Home (UK) students.
• International (including EU) students

International Student Tuition Fees

• International Student Living Costs and Scholarships

Additional Costs

• There are also some common additional costs that are likely to arise for students on all courses, for example:
• If you choose to study abroad or take the International Experience Year as part of your course.
• If you attend your Graduation Ceremony, there will be a cost for gown hire (£25-£75) and cost for additional guest tickets (c.£12 each).

This course is ideal preparation for a career in the outdoors as an instructor, an exploration or expedition leader, in outdoor development training, and also in education and recreation generally. By providing you with ‘hands on’ experience and understanding of the core sport science studies of human responses to adventure environments and performance in adventure sports, you’ll gain the skills required for a career in the expanding adventure market. This essential core sport science knowledge is uniquely combined with the continuous opportunity to develop your own adventure and outdoor skills. This degree will equip you with the necessary skills to work across the broad sport and exercise sector. For example, graduates may progress to careers in the adventure sport market including coaching (outdoor instruction), management (running you own business), education (e.g., teaching, after postgraduate training) or research (e.g., progress to PhD / Research Fellow careers). Students may also utilise their transferable skills to pursue careers in the armed forces, emergency services, or in business in public or private sectors.