Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree Sports Strength and Conditioning Sports Strength and Conditioning

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree (Level 8)

CAO Programme Code: TI422 NFQ Level: 8 Location: Number of available places: 50 Duration: 4 Years Application Procedure: Apply to CAO

Entry Requirements: • Application will be through the Central Applications Office (CAO) for entry to year 1. • Application for entry to subsequent stages will be through LIT’s admissions office. • Applicants must satisfy a minimum year 1 entry requirement of Grade HC3 in two higher level papers, together with Grade OD3 in four other subjects in the Leaving Certificate Examination to include Mathematics and Irish or English. • Holders of a full FETAC Level 5 award, with a distinction grade in at least three modules or of a full FETAC level 6 award, are also eligible to apply. About the Programme

Head of Department: Moya Breen Course Leader: Philip Hennessy Contact the Department of Business, The BSc in Sports Strength and Conditioning is a 4 year programme, built Education and Social Sciences at: around two pillars; Strength and Conditioning, Business and Technology. Email: [email protected] This combination places the course in a unique position within Sports Tel: 0504 28151 courses offered in .

Practical sports strength and conditioning competencies are growing areas of interest and employment nationally and internationally. The Strength and Conditioning coach (S&C coach) is becoming a central and key figure in preparing and advancing the fitness and performance status of the individual athlete and team both in professional sport and also in amateur and recreational sport. The use of the word ‘strength’ in the professional title indicates the importance of the coach having a thorough competence in delivering a broad range of strength related practices and methodologies to any given sport. ‘Conditioning’ is the process of planning and developing all the requisite components of fitness for the athlete, player or team. The modern S&C coach will have additional skills that utilise advances in technology to impact on the development of the athlete, player and team. The S&C coach will also require core elements of business to be flexible in applying his or her S&C skills. Thus the programme title reflects the evolution of Strength and Conditioning as a key area of development and competence in sport and indeed exercise and recreation today.

Further Study and Career Opportunities

The BSc in Sports Strength and Conditioning aims to equip students with a qualification that has a competitive standing in the marketplace and the skills that are pivotal to the S&C practitioner. On completion graduates are expected to gain employment in Sports Organisations, Sports National Governing Bodies, sporting clubs, schools and colleges, health and fitness industry, community activity programmes and private enterprise. Streams Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Principles of Fitness, Conditioning Coaching Philosophy Programme Training, Recovery & Sports Coaching & Coaching Skills & Sports Psychology Management Research Science in and Conditioning Coaching (10 credits per module)

Science of Sports Anatomy & Sports Nutrition, Fitness Testing Anatomy & Coaching and Physiology 1 Health & Injuries & Coaching Physiology 2 Technology Conditioning (10 credits per module)

Practice of Sports Growth, Movement, Weight Lifting Speed & Endurance Research Project Coaching and & Long Term Player Development Conditioning Development (10 credits per module)

Functional Functional Screening Resistance Training Sports Specific Advanced Functional (10 Credits per module) Studies Screening & (5 credits) Resistance Training Semester 1 Business Interpersonal Marketing Management Strategic Management and Technology Semester Communication Semester Principles Semester Principles Semester Concepts (5 Credits per module) 1 1 1 1 Communication Video 1 Social Media Entrepreneurship Methods Business Multimedia Organisational Strategic Semester Statistics Semester Technology Semester Theory Semester Planning 2 2 2 2 Venture Sociology Video 2 Management Work Placement Placement Placement (5 Credits per module) (5 credits) (5 credits)

Further detailed information on the programme and individual modules is available at www.tippinst.ie Sports Strength and Conditioning

Why pursue the BSc in Sports Strength and Conditioning? Institute of Technology (Tipperary) and Setanta College have come together to offer a unique sports degree which combines Sports Strength and Conditioning with business and technology.

The graduate will have the skills to pursue a career as a top Sports Strength and Conditioning Coach in Ireland or abroad.

Why LIT (Tipperary) Key Features of the Programme and Setanta College? LIT (Tipperary) and Setanta College Benefits of the BSc in Sports Strength and Conditioning: have a reputation as high quality • It provides an education in the core disciplines of Sports, Strength and educators. They bring together highly Conditioning. qualified lecturers to deliver the BSc in • It also provides an education in the core disciplines of Business and Sports Strength and Conditioning. Technology. • Setanta College lecturers are practitioners in their fields of expertise Located in Tipperary the student and have experience of Sports Strength and Conditioning at the top can expect lower costs of living and level of Irish and International sport. accommodation. • This unique combination of both sports and business skills equips students to participate in the highly competitive and increasingly Excellent student support and a commercial world of sport. friendly and constructive learning environment are core characteristics of LIT (Tipperary) teaching and learning environments. Course Ladder

A key feature of many programmes at LIT (Tipperary) is the ‘ladder of progression’ system whereby students can enter and exit programmes at various academic qualification levels. There are three qualification levels to the Sports and Strength Conditioning programmes offered by LIT (Tipperary) they are: • Higher Certificate (Level 6) • Bachelor of Science Degree (Level 7) • Bachelor of Science (Honours ) Degree (Level 8)

Students, who enter at any level, can either choose to graduate at that level or progress to the next level, assuming the required grades are achieved.

BSc (Hons) Sports Strength and Year 4 Conditioning Year 3 BSc Sports Strength and Conditioning Higher Certificate in Sports Strength Year 2 and Conditioning Year 1 Entry