**Learn how to optimise athletic performance by studying the psychology behind sport at Roehampton. You will explore key factors affecting sports performance such as mental toughness, self-confidence, motivation, stress and anxiety, concentration and the psychology of sport injury.**Learn how psychology underpins sports and exercise and how to optimise athletic performance on our BPS accredited BSc Sport Psychology. This Sport Psychology degree will give you a strong scientific understanding of the mind, brain, behavior and experience and the complex interactions between these elements. This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society. with the option of becoming a graduate member of the BPS in preparation for your professional career in Sport and Exercise Psychology.We offer a range of innovative modules and recent examples include ‘Mind, Body, and Brain’ where you will learn about how the brain, nervous system and other physiological systems affect and are affected by mental functioning and behaviour, ‘Psychology of Peak Performance’ where you will learn the fundamental issues related to optimal athlete performance, or ‘Applied Biomechanics’ where you will get first-hand experience in the laboratory to understand human motion.Human performance in sport and exercise is based on three areas – body chemistry (physiology), the physical demands on the body (biomechanics) and the mind’s response (psychology). On this course, you will gain in-depth knowledge of how psychology underpins sport and exercise.Taught on our south-west London campus, on this degree you will have access to excellent facilities, and to many opportunities for work experience through our Careers Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support, whether you choose to live on campus or commute to us.The University has a range of partnerships with leading sports organisations, including being the Official Higher Education Partner for Premier League Crystal Palace FC.**This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree. A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.**

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