IN BRIEF:
- Gain a higher degree that will qualify you for a lead role in strength and conditioning
- The contact sessions on campus are applicable immediately to professional practice
- Develop the practical skills and professional knowledge that employers ask for
- Part-time study option
COURSE SUMMARY
This course has a strong practice-based element, which means you'll develop the skills you need to pursue a lead role in the field.
Theoretical content is available online, so you won't have to attend University every week. You'll be able to apply your learning to your job and use case studies from your current area of practice. Our staff are experts in the field of strength and conditioning and they often work in partnership with professional sports teams and individual athletes.
This was the first postgraduate programme in Europe to receive international recognition though the NSCA Education Recognition Program (ERP).
TEACHING
This course is available both part-time and full-time and is delivered via a blended learning approach, which includes:
Workshops (three days per module, per semester)
These are interactive, discursive, reflective, participatory, collaborative and practice related sessions that employ a variety of teaching and learning methods. As the course progresses these will become progressively more student led, with you presenting case studies for peer and tutor review.
Individual scholarly activity
Self directed learning, personal reflection, practice based application and reflection, including peer and tutor review.
Distance learning resources
Delivery of supporting resources such as study guides and lecture material online. Facilitated group work, including tutor and peer evaluation are a key component of this course.
Personal tutor and peer support
To provide an academic, practice based and personal support mechanism alongside facilitated networking.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment methods will vary depending on the module. They include:
- Case studies (written and oral presentations)
- Viva vocé
- Literature review
- Practical assessments
- Journal articles (research reports written in the format of a journal article)
- Research proposal
EMPLOYABILITY
With the skills you'll learn in this course, you can take a lead role in strength and conditioning and make a difference to the training of your clients. This course will significantly increase your chances of getting a high profile role in top-flight sport.
Graduates are now employed in Premier League and Championship football and paralympic weightlifting. Some graduates have also progressed on to lecturing and doctoral level study.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Al Stewart, was working as a strength and conditioning coach at Manchester City Football Club Academy when he started the MSc Strength and Conditioning, with the aim of gaining a postgraduate degree while gaining additional practical skills and experience to permit him to progress to a more senior role. He is now the Head of Strength and Conditioning for Hull City FC.
LINKS WITH INDUSTRY
This course has been developed to include the key competencies identified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning association (UKSCA).
FACILITIES
You will have access to some of the best facilities in the UK, including our purpose-built Human Performance Lab, which contains almost every type of physiological and biomechanical equipment including:
- FT700 Ballistic Measurement System
- 9 AMTI Force Plates, 5 of which are situated in a 40m running track
- ProReflex 10 Camera real-time motion analysis system
- KinCom and Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometers for muscle strength testing
- Portable Kistler force plate
- EMG (electromyography) system used to measures the electrical activity of muscles and to gather information about the muscular and nervous systems
- Esaote AU5 Ultrasound used to study skeletal muscles, tendons, ligaments and blood flow
- We have a range of cycle and rowing ergometers, two treadmills, and two online gas analysis systems. We can perform blood analysis with our Analox GM7 Multi-Assay Blood Analyser to measure blood lactate, glucose and a range of other blood substrates
- There is also the Reflotron which another multi-use system that can measure blood cholesterol and haemoglobin as well as portable blood glucose and lactate analysers.
In addition we have the usual equipment found in exercise physiology labs.
- Polar heart rate monitors
- Harpenden skinfold callipers
- Wingate tests
- Hand grip dynamometers
- Height, weight monitors
- Jump mats and timing gates
Visit the
Strength and Conditioning (MSc/PGDip/PGCert)
page on the University of Salford website for more details!
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