MSc Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation
Why choose Herts?
- Facilities: Learn in our Institute of Sport building, utilising state of the art equipment and laboratories.
- Industry connections: Performance Herts offers placement opportunities, working with elite athletes such as England Women’s Rugby, Saracens Mavericks, UK Sports Institute, England Squash, Netball and Golf.
- Accreditation and industry qualifications: This course will enable you to pursue accreditation from relevant strength and conditioning awarding bodies the UKSCA and NSCA. Furthermore, we are a UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) higher education affiliate programme, enabling students to gain affiliate membership upon joining the course.
Professional Accreditations
This course is aligned to the UKSCA and will prepare you with the skills to become and Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC).
The University of Hertfordshire is also a UKSCA higher education affiliate programme, enabling students to gain affiliate membership upon joining the course.
Most strength and conditioning jobs in the UK require UKSCA and/or NSCA accreditation or the ability to achieve this within six months: this MSc will provide that ability.
About the course
The MSc Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation is designed for graduate sports scientists, sports therapists, sports coaches, physiotherapists and other health professionals looking to expand their technical expertise, skills and career opportunities.
You will advance your knowledge around the science and practice of strength and conditioning, providing practical and theoretical insight to help people achieve their performance goals, whether elite, recreational or just looking to improve their overall health. You will learn about the prevention and acceleration of recovery from injury and develop skills in the testing and monitoring of physical performance via biomechanical and physiological testing. You will build effective, practical coaching skills in foundation movements, resistance training, speed, agility and rehabilitation, as well as enhancing your analytical, critical thinking, communication and teamworking skills.
This is a practical-based course with expert teaching staff from a variety of backgrounds and with experience working in elite sport and the health industry. You’ll benefit from an experiential learning experience at our Institute of Sport, with access to equipment such as our GRAIL treadmill, gold-standard force plates, 3D motion capture, environmental chamber, forcedecks software, gymAware, optojump, smart speed gates and more.
Why choose this course?
- Gain unique specialist knowledge and skills in strength and conditioning rehabilitation.
- Learn in our Institute of Sport and benefit from advancing with one of the few providers in the UK to offer the academic as well as partnerships and elite service elements of sport.
- Utilise state of the art equipment in the areas of physiology and biomechanics to develop the highest skills in the practical application of sports science.
- Gain vocational experience and skills through a work-based module, based at Performance Herts or another professional body.
- Broaden your expertise and skills through research activities with academic staff.
What will I study?
You will learn from and diversify your expertise from a range of teaching staff backgrounds, including exercise physiologists, strength and conditioning coaches, sports therapists and biomechanists. Our staff have been working in elite sport including international, professional and academy as well as working in the health industry.
The course is taught face-to-face with some elements of blended learning and is typically full-time, with students attending a three-day block in September, followed by one day each week and another three-day block in January. Part-time learners will attend one day a week on Wednesdays and will not complete the three day blocks. A variety of learning methods are used from practical, theoretical and experiential learning. Assessment is varied, from practical coaching and testing to presentations, research reports and critical reviews.
Compulsory modules of study include:
- Strength and Conditioning Science
- Functional Principles of Rehabilitation
- Applied Strength and Conditioning
- Applied Rehabilitation
- Testing and Monitoring for Performance
- Research Methods
- Research Project
- Work Placement
Where will I study?
Based on our de Havilland campus, you’ll be inspired through our fantastic facilities, including our Institute of Sport with gold standard equipment, the Hertfordshire Sports Village and Performance Herts gym. You will also have access to our impressive Learning Resources Centre.
Key staff
Senior Lecturer Danny Muniz
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Head of Physical Performance and Academic Liaison Fiona Scott
Find out more about Head of Physical Performance and Academic Liaison Fiona Scott
Programme Leader Jon Brazier
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Senior Lecturer Kate Cady
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Further course information
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Sandwich placement or study abroad year |
n/a |
Applications open to international and EU students |
Yes |