Department of Sport and Exercise Science - WIT
The Department of Sport and Exercise Science at Waterford Institute of Technology provides teaching, learning and research opportunities at undergraduate and postgraduate level. We have a community of over 550 students and 32 staff members, making us the largest academic department in the area of health, sport and exercise science in the country.
With 32 specialist staff, we have expertise in a wide variety of fields relevant to sport and exercise that can greatly enhance the student learning experience. We offer students a broad range of undergraduate programmes in Recreation and Sport Management, Sports Coaching and Sports Performance and Exercise Science. These programmes span the health, sport and exercise science field, attracting students from all over Ireland. |
BBS in Recreation & Sport Management |
BSc in Exercise Sciences |
BA in Sports Coaching & Performance
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Facilities
Students have access to a range of modern facilities including the WIT Sports Campus and our Human Performance Laboratories. Within a 5 min walk from Main Campus is the Waterford Regional Sports Centre (RSC athletics track) and the Waterford Crystal Sports Complex (swimming pool), both of which are used for classes. Most classes are timetabled in the Tourism and Leisure Building, the most recent building on campus which opened in 2009.
Research
We offer taught postgraduate programmes in sport and exercise psychology and social personal and health education (SPHE). We also offer a number of part-time programmes from level 6 to 9 in conjunction with the School of Lifelong Learning & Education for students who do not wish to undertake full-time study.
These part-time short strand programmes relate to our major awards and we hope to roll out even more of these in the years to come. Our taught programmes are supported by related research groups with considerable postgraduate student research activity ongoing. The department has research specialisms in physical activity, health promotion, drug and alcohol misuse, exercise physiology, nutrition, social media, physical education, sports psychology and player development. We offer postgraduate research opportunities to both masters and PhD level.
These part-time short strand programmes relate to our major awards and we hope to roll out even more of these in the years to come. Our taught programmes are supported by related research groups with considerable postgraduate student research activity ongoing. The department has research specialisms in physical activity, health promotion, drug and alcohol misuse, exercise physiology, nutrition, social media, physical education, sports psychology and player development. We offer postgraduate research opportunities to both masters and PhD level.