Why study Physical Activity and Health at Abertay?
Getting people more active is an urgent public health priority. This vocational Physical Activity and Health degree gives you all the skills and knowledge you need to help address this complex challenge. As a physical activity specialist, you’ll learn how to make a positive impact on individual and community health.
This degree is highly practical, drawing on the core disciplines of physiology, psychology and sociology, while you learn about the effects of physical activity and inactivity on individual health. This includes exploring the needs of general and special populations (e.g. those experiencing pregnancy, obesity and type 2 diabetes) and how to incorporate and increase physical activity at the individual, community and population levels.
Public health policy and promotion
You’ll cover topics such as public health and health promotion as well as learning how to design, implement and assess physical activity interventions through practice-based laboratory projects and field fitness tests. You’ll also work on client consultations with general and/or special populations. Everything you learn forms a crucial part of your role in improving the health and wellbeing of the general population.
There is a strong emphasis on real-world industry experience, such as work placements and internships across charitable health and social care organisations. This means you get to network and explore different work options while you study, so you can discover where your interests lie from a job perspective.
Smaller class sizes mean you’ll get a personal approach. Our teaching is underpinned by research so you’ll become an evidence-based physical activity and health practitioner with valuable skills.
I wouldn’t have got my job without (my Abertay degree)...massively helpful.
- Alison Chapman, Special Education Teacher