With so many courses available it is important that you consider which would be the best for you. To help you with this decision, the following is offered as a guide to the key characteristics of a course endorsed by BASES:
- BASES assures the appropriateness of the curriculum, resources and opportunities that undergraduate courses offer for training sport and exercise scientists. BASES awards endorsement to those sport and exercise related courses that provide undergraduates with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills essential to enter into the profession.
- When reviewing a course, BUES will consider the curriculum, practical experience gained by students and resources available. In the first of these areas, courses need to demonstrate that student time is spent in each of the sub-disciplines of biomechanics, physiology and psychology, and that at least half of their total time is spent in these three areas.
- Courses must also demonstrate that student time is dedicated to study of an interdisciplinary nature. In addition, the curriculum must include student time devoted to both research methods and to a piece of independent study in the field of sport and exercise science.
- Courses must cover the three aspects of science - physiology, biomechanics and psychology covered, as well as interdisciplinary approaches.
- Endorsement ensures that there good laboratory facilities to which you will have access. This will help to ensure that you get hands-on experience in the methods used by sport and exercise scientists.
- You will be taught by staff including those accredited by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).