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BTEC Sports Studies

I'm just reaching the end of my first year of college studying English Language, Media Studies, ICT and General Studies. At the end of this year i am DEFINITELY dropping ICT, no doubt about it ...

Anyway, next year I'm thinking about starting up a BTEC Sports Studies course, as our college does not offer the a/s level. The Sports Studies is not a must for my university course i hope to attend (Sports Development & Media Studies Combined) but it would be very helpful. I did Sports Studies at GCSE and gained an A.

Is this a wise move? It's basically my strongest subject along with English, but do I have to stay on for another year if i do the BTEC or can i just do it for 1 year and gain a few modules from the course?

Cheers in advance
Reply 1
If you just do it for a year you will get a Btec Certificate, I think its worth 1 A Level.
Reply 2
A BTEC national certificate is worth (the equivelant) to 2 A levels.
Ive just finished doing a BTEC in sports and exercise science, it is well worth it, especially good if u hate exams!! a certificate consists of 18units,and includes alot of detailed work, but its just the same work load as u wud expect say u were doing a exam marked subject!
good luck!
Reply 3
sorry my mistake, a certificate is 12units, a BTEC national diploma is 18units, which is a three year course.
Reply 4
hey i did btec in sport and fitness and devlopment,

did it for 2 years! easiest thing i ever did in my life, barley had 2 go, and i got distinction is all the million assignments they gave me,

giving me an easier to A's ready for uni!

only thing is u gota do the assignments which is alot of cwk~!

but i couldnt have picked anything better!!!
Reply 5
sorry for got 2 mention,

mine worked thaat if you do it for one year u have 2 pass all 6 units, and you get either distinction,merit or pass = 1 a level, either a,c,e

or in the 2 years, you have your first 6 units from first years, the iva which is 2 of these units double their points, then you have a further 6 units, if u just merely miss merit say in first yr,u canwork a little harder and bring it up the next yr.
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If you do a btec sports and excercise for 2 years then you get equivilant too three a levels and a distinction in it gives you 360 points whihc could work out higher then a levels!
Reply 7
Original post by Jen2327
hey i did btec in sport and fitness and devlopment,

did it for 2 years! easiest thing i ever did in my life, barley had 2 go, and i got distinction is all the million assignments they gave me,

giving me an easier to A's ready for uni!

only thing is u gota do the assignments which is alot of cwk~!

but i couldnt have picked anything better!!!




Hey just wondering is this the level 3 course?? if it is could you tell me if you do exams?? xx
Reply 8
Hi, pls can you help me as i am doing btec sports and would like to get good grades. Do you have any of your course work that you can share with me and pointers in the right direction. I really want to excel
many thanks
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Original post by caramara
A BTEC national certificate is worth (the equivelant) to 2 A levels.
Ive just finished doing a BTEC in sports and exercise science, it is well worth it, especially good if u hate exams!! a certificate consists of 18units,and includes alot of detailed work, but its just the same work load as u wud expect say u were doing a exam marked subject!
good luck!
Reply 9
The grades are easy to get, the coursework is just very long.