Performance Analysis in the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences is world leading in terms of academic and applied perspectives. The School has offered post-graduate study in Performance Analysis since the first ever Masters in Performance Analysis was developed in 2003. The Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences has a unique Centre of Performance Analysis boasting high-spec teaching and practical based laboratories with a multitude of world-leading software and resources available.
This new development, MSc Professional Practice, adopts a distance learning delivery approach, that overcomes the need to relocate or commute in for lectures. The programme has a focus on the development of expertise and applied learning within the work environment and the application of theoretical context. This will be achieved through a longitudinal professional placement in the field of sport performance analysis, via either the students own work or a studentship advertised.
Due to the popularity of the postgraduate sport programmes, please ensure you submit your application as early as possible within the year. Programmes will be closed over the summer of 2018 when full capacity is reached. Please contact the programme director for further information.
Course Content
The Professional Practice programme, designed around a longitudinal professional placement has the following modules.
Professional Practice (Sport Performance Analysis)
- Professional Placement
- Reflective and Effective Practice
- Contemporary Research in Performance Analysis
- Research Methods in Sport
- Dissertation
Placement opportunities will assist towards accreditation from International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS).
Professional Placement Opportunties
To access information about Professional Placement opportunities please login to Career Hub using this link and search using this criteria Level 7 Professional Placements.
If you are a returning graduate of Cardiff Met, then you should be able to use your student login details.
If you are a graduate from any other University then please click New User at the bottom right of the box, select Graduate and fill in the registration details. Once your account has been verified you will be able to access Career Hub.
Learning & Teaching
The Professional Practice programme is designed to be studied in the professional working environment, so access to relevant analysis resources will be dependent on placement.
All modules, with the exception of independent research project (Dissertation) and Professional Placement (only applicable to students enrolled on MSc Professional Practice) are 20 credit modules. Timetabled delivery for each module equates to approximately 3 hours a week, supplemented with up to 6 hours of directed study time and up to 6 hours of independent study time each week. Contact time is normally made up of lectures, seminars, and individual tutorials.
Modules are usually taught through a combination of lecture type and interactive seminar where group discussions and tasks are frequently used. Students are expected to attend lectures and engage in directed study tasks relevant to each module. All modules are supported by the University’s online learning platform, where supplementary learning resources and information will be available.
All students are supported with access to a personal tutor, who is normally the Programme Director. Where logistically possible the majority of lectures are scheduled on Mondays, however depending on module selection this may not be possible.
During Professional Placement students will also be supported by a work-based and academic mentor throughout the duration of the Professional Placement module.
Assessment
With the exception of independent research project (Dissertation) and Professional Placement all modules assessments are based upon 5,000 words or equivalent. Assessment methods are designed to give the student opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of theoretical, applied and professional practice in the most relevant manner, and include coursework based essays, practical presentations, production of resources to highlight analysis, reports and critical reviews.
The independent research project (dissertation) can be presented either as a traditional 12,000-word thesis or in the format of a journal article, and will be defended by an oral examination (viva).
Employability & Careers
Many graduates of performance analysis from Cardiff Met are working within the field of performance analysis.
Due to the demands of National Governing Bodies, satellite and terrestrial TV companies, soccer clubs, rugby clubs, Welsh Institute of Sport, the English Institutes (regional centres) of Sport there has been an increase in the range of career opportunities in the field of sport performance analysis.
This programme prepares students for a range of analysis careers in the sports industry, particularly work which takes place with elite performers.
Visit the
Professional Practice (Sport Performance Analysis) - MSc/PgDip
page on the Cardiff Metropolitan University website for more details!
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