Welcome to the Bachelor of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

Future undergraduates in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences should be interested in the following areas of knowledge:

• Sports and physical practices.
• Physical Education and teaching Sports and Physical activity.
• Social and Behavioral Sciences applied to the practice of physical activity and sport.
• Exercise Physiology, oriented towards health and sport performance.
• Morphological Sciences, Biomechanics and Ergonomics applied to physical activity and sport.
• Organization and management of physical activity and sport.

In addition, students who choose the Degree in Physical Activity and Sport should have attention and perception skills, capacity for analysis and synthesis, thoroughness and attention to details, visual and auditory memory, logical reasoning, gift for abstraction, willingness to research sports, and interest in new technologies. It is also advisable that students who choose our degree have social relation skills and capacities for interpersonal contacts, capacity to communicate, reason and understand, analytical and negotiation skills, flexibility and critical sense.
Interests: scientific, humanistic, health and society.
Skills:

• Interest in studying sport from different areas of knowledge.
• Ability to observe, and ability to do systematic listening.
• Ability to self-observe.
• Ability for oral and written communication.
• Research skills.
• Capacity for analysis, criticism and reflection.
• Good social skills.
• Attitudes: Responsibility, cordial respect, empathy.

At the end of the Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences you are qualified to practice as a professional in the following fields:

• Teaching in secondary schools and universities.
• Teaching in public or private sports centers.
• Programs of physical activity and health.
• Sports management.
• Freelance technician.
• Design and implementation of recreational sport and tourism.
• Management of sports facilities and equipment.
• Manager and promoter of sports companies.
• Sports performance coach.
• Director of sports teams.
• Sports manager.
• Physical training.
• Personal training.
• Design and implementation of regimes (physical exercise, diets, etc.) to promote, maintain and improve physical health.