Physical Activity and Sport Science UCAM - Catholic University of Murcia

Overview

Future undergraduates in Physical Activity and Sport Science s 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 Physical Activity and Sport Science programme from UCAM - Catholic University of Murcia 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.

Career Opportunities

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.

• Programmes 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.

Accreditation

The Bachelor Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Science is an Official Accredited Programme by ANECA, the National Agency of Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation.