BEd (Hons) in Sports Studies and Physical Education University College Cork

The Sport Studies and Physical Education degree is a dynamic course that aims to produce the best educators in physical education, sport and physical activity settings. As well as qualifying to teach PE, you will also graduate in a chosen specialist arts subject from one of the following: English (five places), Irish, Mathematics, French or History.

Graduates from our course display independent and innovative thinking and are agents of change in the area of sport, physical activity and physical education. Our staff are experts and leading researchers in their discipline.

Teaching, coaching and community placements are available throughout the course and we work in partnership with schools, clubs and the community, allowing you to become part of the teaching and coaching professional community from the beginning.

The course also operates a comprehensive mentoring programme involving buddy mentoring, tutor mentoring and teacher/coach mentors.

Skills and Careers Information

The graduates from our course gain a range of transferable skills in planning, implementing and assessing learning – whether in schools, clubs or communities and across the lifespan and ability range – in the areas of sport, physical activity and physical education.

The course, through its school-university partnership, also provides career advice and preparation practice for interviews for all our students.

Graduates are very well placed to begin a postgraduate course of study through our School of Education MEd (two sport and PE related modules are included here) or cohort PhD course.