Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The Department seeks to encourage in its students:

• a sense of enthusiasm for the subjects and a full understanding of their social and cultural significance
• the study of English and Sports Science as a means of developing the ability of students to read critically and to be both sensitive and disciplined in their approach to their studies
• educate students to think independently, to reason critically and to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of sport.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• English Benchmark Statement 
• Hospitality, Leisure Sport and Tourism Benchmark Statement
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:           

1.     a range of authors and texts from different periods of literary history, including those before 1800;

2.     the distinctive characteristics of the different literary genres of fiction, poetry and drama, and should have an appreciation of the structure and function of the English language;

3.     the power of imagination in literary creation and have an awareness of the range and variety of contemporary approaches to literary study;

4.     the disciplines underpinning human structure and function;

5.     the effects of sport and exercise intervention, and being able to appraise and evalsuate these effects on the individual;

6.     the skills required to monitor, analyse, diagnose and prescribe action to enhance the learning and performance of sport in both laboratory and field settings;

7.     the variables involved in the delivery (teaching, instructing, coaching) of enhanced sport performance;

8.     social, economic and political theory to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will have acquired:

1.  the ability the read and analyse texts closely and critically;
2. a thorough understanding of texts, concepts and theories relating to English Studies;
3. an appreciation of the central role of language in the creation of meaning and will have gained rhetorical skills of effective communication and argument;
4. bibliographic skills appropriate to the discipline and will be practised in the accurate citation of sources and in the use of conventions in the presentation of scholarly work;
5. the ability to identify and analyse a broad range of human and situational variables operating in sport;
6. the ability to consider the many factors which may have facilitative or debilitative effects upon sport performance.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

1.  present cogent and persuasive arguments both in oral and written form;
2.  critically assess the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral and written communications;
3.  demonstrate advanced and effective research skills, including the ability to access and assess electronic data;
4.  monitor and evalsuate sports performance in laboratories and field settings;
5.  undertake laboratory and fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment;
6.  plan and execute appropriate techniques and skills in the practice of sport activities.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should:

1.     possess and apply advanced analytical skills and be able to handle complex information in a structured and systematic way;
2.     be able to communicate effectively and work with others through the presentation of ideas and the collective negotiation of solutions;
3.     be able to understand and apply a variety of theoretical and interpretive positions, and should be able to weigh the importance of alternative perspectives;
4.     possess effective organisational and time-management skills and be able to present ideas using basic computational methods.

4. Programme structure

Part A - Introductory Modules

English and Drama

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Part B - Degree Modules

Candidates may choose optional modules so that as few as 50 or as many as 70 credit units are attempted in a semester, provided that 120 credit units are accumulated over the year.

Candidates may apply to the Head of Department for permission to undertake an approved course of study at a European University which is a member of the EU-approved Erasmus exchange programme.  Candidates can only apply to take a single semester abroad not a full academic year. The exchange option would be in place of study at Loughborough for Semester 2 only during Part B of the degree programme.

If the 60-credit study abroad programme is taken, students must complete a full 60 credits of Sports Science modules in Semester 1 allowing them to take 60 Loughborough credits in English during their time at an Erasmus exchange institution. (Sports modules are not an option at any of our exchange universities.) 

English and Drama 

 *Students must take EITHER EAB001 in Semester 1 OR EAB008 in Semester 2

English and Drama optional modules are to be chosen such that the total number of credits for the year is 60, i.e. compulsory module weighted 20 plus optional modules weighted 40.

 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

 *A one-semester version of Teaching and Coaching (PSB101) is available to students who choose the ‘Study Abroad’ option. 

SSEHS optional modules are to be chosen such that the total number of credits for the year is 60.

Part I

Four year Sandwich Programme (DPS) route

Candidates will undertake an approved placement leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies. 

Part C - Degree Modules

Candidates may choose optional modules so that as few as 50 or as many as 70 credit units are attempted in a semester, provided that 120 credit units are accumulated over the year. There are NO compulsory modules in Part C.

Candidates may not choose a total of more than 30 credits in the year that have a prefix of EAB.

 English and Drama

60 credits of English and Drama optional modules must be chosen for the year.

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

 60 credits of School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences optional modules must be chosen for the year. 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX but also: 

.1   In order to progress from Part A to Part B, obtain least 40% in all compulsory English modules. 

.2   In order to progress from Part B to Part C, obtain at least 40% in all compulsory English modules.

Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any part of the Programme to undergo re-assessment in the University’s special assessment period.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in Regulation XX.  The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the final percentage mark.