Programme of Study Catalogue

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of psychological factors affecting participation and performance in competitive sport.
Offer advice to sport performers and their coaches on psychological methods of optimising performance.
Conduct a needs analysis, psychological case study and use performing profiling.
Design, prescribe and appraise applied interventions to elite performer.
Write up a case study and perform a presentation.

Content:

This module will allow students to apply their knowledge of sport psychology literature and to consider the differing approaches to practice utilised by sport psychology practitioners. Students are also given the opportunity to consider moral and ethical issues in the practice of sport psychology, to encourage personal development and wider professional understanding.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures are interactive sessions throughout the module. Regular role play is used and time is taken to support students in undertaking a case study.

Interest groups provide an efficient way of enabling students to explore their proposed intervention techniques and share good practice. Groups are chaired by students and students are expected to prepare material relating to their approach to the case study in advance.

Online support is offered by forums for discussions and finding appropriate clients plus useful assessments and reading material.

Lectures
Contact hours: 36
Intended Group size: 20

Interest Groups
Contact hours: 8
Intended group size: 5

Tutorials
Contact hours: 2
Intended group size: 1

Independent Study
Hours: 154

Further details relating to assessment
Students are to complete a 4,000-word case study documenting a period of time (conducted within the semester the module sits, and not exceeding the independent study hours for the module) through which they provide a sport psychology service to an individual client. The students will be expected to draw on professional practice literature in preparing their approach and evaluating their practice. Students will be expected to submit field notes in support of the assessment which evidences the applied work.

Assessment:

001 Case study 4000 words end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Chris Rowley
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6S2