This course is offered by the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences. If you are interested in the mental aspects of sport and exercise and sporting performance, you should enjoy this Sport and Exercise Psychology course. It is designed to provide a scientific understanding of the human mind, brain, behaviour, and experience, and of the complex interactions between these, as applied to competitive and recreational sport and exercise. The Sport and Exercise Psychology course also provides an understanding of the physiology of exercise and an appreciation of how the mind and the body interact to influence human performance. The Sport and Exercise Psychology course has been designed to meet the accreditation requirements of the British Psychological Society (BPS) to provide students with Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the Society, the necessary first step in a career in psychology in the UK. This course also provides excellent preparation for careers in sports science and the sport, fitness and health industries.