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minimum requirements and degrees available are given on page 56.
why study sports biomedicine?
Sports biomedicine is biological and medical science applied to sport and exercise. The aim of this degree is to develop you both as a sports scientist and as a life scientist in order to give you a better chance of employment in a competitive market compared to other sports-related degrees.
The sport and exercise-related part of the course focuses on three areas: exercise and training science in relation to enhancing athletic performance, clinical exercise science and the prevention and management of disease states, and molecular exercise physiology. The teaching in these areas is by staff of the College of Life Sciences and the Institute of Sport & Exercise, and benefits from our combined expertise and established links with Ninewells Hospital and Medical School.
Sports Biomedicine graduates will gain a wide range of specific skills and will be able to:
• Undertake physiological testing for clinical patient groups, recreational exercisers and competitive sports people.
• Design and administer sports training programmes.
• Plan, manage and implement exercise-related public health campaigns.
• Plan and implement physical activity programmes for clinical populations such as patients with heart disease, diabetes or osteoporosis.
• Research the mechanisms that facilitate adaptation to exercise and identify genetic variation that determines high performance.
• Plan, implement and manage cutting-edge research pertaining to the field of sports biomedicine.
employability
A degree in Sports Biomedicine will provide you with specific and general skills that can lead to a variety of careers, not only in the sport and exercise, but also the biomedical field. Examples are sport and exercise researcher; applied sports/exercise scientist; sports coach or development officer; health promotion officer; clinical exercise physiologist/advisor; teacher/lecturer; sports administration for the public sector and sports governing bodies. You will also find career opportunities in management or research and development in the nutritional, pharmaceutical and sports equipment industries, as well as in many areas of biomedical research. The degree can also provide a platform for further professional education and training or for teaching in further and higher education.
what our graduates say
Cara Martin graduated in 2007 with BSc (Hons) Sports Biomedicine. She says, It was very different to most sports courses, which often involve lots of coaching and training: it had a lot of research and was more about learning the medical background. I did it because I was a swimmer and interested in sport, but I found it interesting as it was so different to anything else.
programme content • typical degree programme example
Please refer to the Biological/Biomedical Sciences overview on page 56 for details of the common curriculum in Levels 1 and 2 and progression into the Integrated Masters (Level 5).
Level 3 At Level 3 you will combine aspects of exercise science specific to sports biomedicine with advanced study of human physiology. You will develop your knowledge and skills in the following aspects of exercise science and human physiology:
> the prevention and management, by physical activity and exercise, of
• cardiovascular & respiratory diseases • diabetes mellitus • osteoporosis
• muscle wasting disorders & ageing, and the teaching of relevant exercise classes,
> muscle adaptation to exercise, > signal transduction pathways, > gene regulation.
Many students take advantage of opportunities for summer work placements, normally between Levels 3 and 4, which are available as externally-funded competitive placements, or as voluntary laboratory work.
www.dundee.ac.uk/prospectus/lifesciences
Level 4 Your studies at Level 4 will be at the level of current research in your chosen subject area.
> Advanced study of topics in sports biomedicine that currently include:
• sports nutrition • nutrient-induced responses • modern methods of human metabolic investigation • regulation of fuel and oxygen utilisation • exercise and cancer sholarship • physical activity and health • whole body vibration – risks and benefits • lung development and function
> Research project
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