Changes: Departments and programmes

Posted on January 22, 2014

Department of Communication Pathology
During 2013 the name of the Department of Communication Pathology changed to:
the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

BSocSci (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) [PPE]
With effect from 2014 the Faculty offers the PPE study programme, which is an internationally recognised ‘brand’, respected for its rigorous training, that immediately gives students entrance into a variety of careers related to economic or political policy making, from journalism to diplomatic service. This qualification will enable students, once they are employed in the public or private sector, to respond in a sensitive, rational, and innovative manner to moral problems and challenges within their politico-economic context.

The PPE programme is an example of the kind of complementary multidisciplinary study that is an integral part of university studies. This programme develops the capacity of students to engage critically and creatively with their economic, political and intellectual-cultural context.

Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences now Department of Sport and Leisure Studies
During 2013 the name of the Department of Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences changed to the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies.

Change in programme
From 2015 the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies will offer the following study programme:  BA Sport and Leisure Studies.  The degree will allow students to specialise in one of four options:
• Option: Sport Management
• Option: Sport Psychology
• Option: Sport and Leisure in Society
• Option: Sport Coaching Sciences

Learning areas in the BA Sport and Leisure programme include leadership in sport and recreation, teaching and learning in sport, sport in society, psychology of sport coaching, sport facility and event management, fundamentals of human movement, ort tourism, business and governance of sport, motor behaviour, economics of sport and leisure, sport and leisure in community development, theoretical frameworks in sports and exercise psychology, sociology, biomechanics of sport, strength and conditioning in sport, and value-based decision-making in sport and recreation.

With effect from 2015 the following programmes will be offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences:
BSportSci and the Higher Certificate in Sport Sciences.

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