University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom
University of Birmingham| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRes | Full-time | 1 year | September | GBP 4180 per year | GBP 16740 per year |
This combined research and taught masters programme provides students with a research orientated training in the practical, theoretical and applied elements of Exercise and Sport Sciences. The MRes in Exercise and Sport Sciences is a one-year full-time masters course programme that provides students with a research-orientated training in a lively, highly interactive teaching and research environment. This programme takes students who have a research focus, from a variety of backgrounds at entry and gives them new skills to enable them to move into further research and/or employment in a number of disciplines.
It is offered by the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, in collaboration with the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, and Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy in the University of Birmingham Medical School. The purpose of the MRes Exercise and Sport Sciences is to provide a strong foundation for research in exercise and sport sciences in health and disease.
Course Information - The taught elements of the course will be delivered in the form of optional modules in core disciplines within exercise and sports sciences, allowing students to shape the course to their particular interest. Optional modules include: Neuromuscular performance through the human lifetime; Integrated body systems; Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology; Nutrition and metabolism in health and obesity; Psychology of physical activity promotion. Extended research experience is offered in the shape of a six-month research project in the students chosen discipline.
Specific areas of active research include: Exercise metabolism: The health effects of exercise in obesity and ageing, Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology, Behavioural medicine: Psychological processes, immunology and cardiovascular function. Biomechanics, neurophysiology and psychology of motor control and exercise performance, Motivations for, and effects of, physical activity participation.
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