Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Doctor of Sport and Exercise Psychology - DSEP
Accreditation
British Psychological Society (BPS)
Health and Care Professions Council, the (HCPC)
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-JMU-JAN
Educational Aims of the Course
To train individuals to be eligible to apply for HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and BPS Chartered Psychologist status To train individuals to carry out safe independent practice* in Sport and Exercise Psychology To train individuals to reflect on their practice and produce work at the forefront of Sport and Exercise Psychology *Practice is defined as demonstration of the following competences: research, teaching & training (education and dissemination),consultancy, professional skills and ethics.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand, interpret and create a substantial body of knowledge at the forefront of sport and exercise psychology which merits publication
2.
Demonstrate a detailed understanding of a range of techniques of research and intervention applicable to sport and exercise psychology
3.
Conceptualise, design and implement projects to support the generation of new knowledge at the forefront of sport and exercise psychology
4.
Apply high-level skills in critical thinking, reflection and meta-reflection
5.
Demonstrate possession of competences in research, teaching and training (education and dissemination) and consultancy in sport and exercise psychology
6.
Demonstrate possession of generic professional competence befitting a sport and exercise psychologist and applicable to other cognate professions.
7.
Exercise personal responsibility, show autonomous, evidence-based decision-making, and be adaptable in unpredictable and complex situations
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Workshops, lectures, supervision, work based learning. A range of coursework assessments to include research papers, case studies and reflective commentaries. Viva voce examination. Each assessment is mapped onto learning outcomes attached to specific competences, given that the national curriculum is based upon a competency model. It will be possible for previously experienced trainees to submit a portfolio of evidence, including a mapping document and commentary, which can substitute for certain assessments/competences. This is limited to consultancy, research and teaching and training, and no more than 50% of the assessments within 8002SPOSCI, the practice module, will be accepted via substitute evidence under any circumstances. In addition, work being submitted must relate to skills and knowledge acquired under the supervision of a Sport and Exercise Psychologist or equivalent specialist, and must have been acquired after the trainee obtained eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership from the British Psychological Society (BPS GBC).
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
For statutory reasons, the duration of training must be two years full-time, and thus the programme is set for two years as a minimum. Part-time trainees are studying on the programme on a pro-rata basis, normally set at half-time (i.e. four years in total). The programme is 540 credits in … For more content click the Read More button below.
Structure
Level 7
Level 8
Entry Requirements
IELTS
Other international requirements
Postgraduate degree (required for research programmes)
RPL
Relevant work experience
Extra Entry Requirements
- The Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology is not eligible for the LJMU Alumni Award if the 20% discount has already been used for an alternative LJMU programme