Accredited by A3ES on March 14, 2019 - ACEF/1718/0125362
New Study Plan Published in DR, 2nd. Series, no. 129 of 09/07
| PRESENTATION
The new Degree in Sports is structured to meet the highest quality standards at national and international level, namely:
- Two specialization options: Sports Training and/or Physical Exercise
- Access to MCTES-DGES SCHOLARSHIPS for all low-income students; for Internships and Employment Scholarships.
- Erasmus scholarships for international mobility (study and/or internship)
- Possibility of professional internship in different sports.
- Title recognized in all European countries that adhere to the Bologna process.
- Possibility of reconciling students' professional lives with course attendance (through the Blackboard platform that facilitates the management of learning times.)
- Availability of access to higher education through general access and special admission regimes (over 23 years old, transfer, re-entry and change of course).
| DURATION
- 1st Cycle: 6 semesters (180 ECTS) - Degree in Sports
| GOALS
- Develop critical and reflective training in the area of Sports Sciences, guided by international trends in technical-scientific knowledge and mediated by the sociocultural contextualization of sports practices.
- Develop skills of cognitive autonomy, creativity and criticality relating to knowledge and professional performance, which are intended to be humanizing and transformative, aiming at in-depth and diversified knowledge of the various sporting practices/modalities, in their technical, tactical, physical, psychological and framework aspects formal competition, as well as promoting health, well-being and improving the quality of life of populations.
- Value training aimed at carrying out a professional activity, related to the stimulation and animation of physical and sporting activities, ensuring students have a component of applying the knowledge and knowledge acquired to the specific activities of the profile defined for this cycle of studies.
| PROFESSIONAL OUTLETS
- Program and conduct training in sports;
- Exercise prescription for apparently healthy people, with sub-clinical conditions or with disabilities;
- Promoter of Leisure Activities and Sports Entertainment;
- Physical Exercise and Weight Control;
- Sports Director;
- Sports Department Technician for Local Authorities;
- Director of Facilities;
- Sports Events Manager.
| SKILLS
Develop skills of cognitive autonomy, creativity and criticality relating to knowledge and professional performance, which are intended to be humanizing and transformative, aiming at in-depth and diversified knowledge of the various sporting practices/modalities, in their technical, tactical, physical, psychological and framework aspects formal competition, as well as promoting health, well-being and improving the quality of life of populations.
| ENTRY TEST
One of the following tests:
- Biology and Geology
- Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
- Portuguese
| SYLLABUS
CURRICULAR UNITS |
Workload |
CREDITS |
1st Year - 1st Semester |
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Research Methodology | 80 |
3 |
Anatomophysiology I | 160 |
6 |
Applied Informatics |
80 |
3 |
Fitness | 80 |
3 |
Soccer | 240 |
9 |
Motor development | 160 |
6 |
1st Year - 2nd Semester |
||
Anatomophysiology II | 160 |
6 |
Biochemistry | 80 |
3 |
Sports Pedagogy | 160 |
6 |
Athletics | 160 |
6 |
Handball | 160 |
6 |
Anthropology and History of the Body | 80 |
3 |
2nd Year - 1st Semester |
||
Control and Learning | 80 |
3 |
Basketball | 160 |
6 |
Swimming | 160 |
6 |
Exercise physiology | 160 |
6 |
Statistic | 80 |
3 |
Training Theory and Methodology | 160 |
6 |
2nd Year - 2nd Semester |
||
Volleyball | 160 |
6 |
Option: - Sports Training Methodology – Collective Mod. - Sports Training Methodology – Individual Mod. |
160 |
6 |
Biomechanics | 80 |
3 |
Futsal | 240 |
9 |
Nutrition and Supplementation | 80 |
3 |
Sociology of Sport | 80 |
3 |
3rd Year - 1st Semester Option I - Sports Training
|
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Traumatology and First Aid | 160 |
6 |
Exercise Assessment and Prescription | 80 |
3 |
Sports Psychology | 160 |
6 |
Internship in Sports Modality I | 400 |
15 |
3rd Year - 1st SemesterOption II - Physical Exercise |
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Traumatology and First Aid | 160 |
6 |
Assessment and Prescription of Exercise I | 80 |
3 |
Sports Psychology | 160 |
6 |
Fitness I | 160 |
6 |
Gerontomotricity | 160 |
6 |
Stage I | 80 |
3 |
3rd Year - 2nd SemesterOption I - Sports Training |
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Adapted Sports | 160 |
6 |
Management of Sports and Physical Activities | 80 | 3 |
Leadership, Communication and Conflict Management | 160 | 6 |
Internship in Sports Modality II | 400 | 15 |
3rd Year - 2nd Semester |