Sports Studies

Course summary

The BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Sport is equivalent to one A Level. There are 360 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completion of the qualification. Lessons will be a mixture of practical and classroom based theory lessons. Throughout the two year course students undertake four units of work. Three of these units are mandatory: • Anatomy and physiology • Fitness training and programming for health, sport and wellbeing • Professional development in the sports industry Students take one further optional unit from the following list: • Application of fitness testing and training • Sports psychology • Practical sports performance