Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences – Plan 2023

 

 

The Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at the University of Vigo is a 240 ECTS-credit programme aimed at training highly qualified professionals in the fields of physical education, physical exercise, sport, and health. The curriculum, structured into basic, compulsory, and elective training modules, covers biological, social, educational, and management-related aspects of physical activity.
The main objectives include training in educational intervention, adaptation and improvement of physical and sport performance, promotion of healthy habits, management of physical and sport activities, application of the scientific method, and ethical professional practice. The programme places special emphasis on working with specific population groups, such as schoolchildren, older adults, people with reduced mobility, and individuals with pathologies or associated health problems.
Teaching methodologies combine theoretical classes with laboratory practice, group work, case studies, and external internships. Assessment is carried out through examinations, assignments, projects, and presentations, fostering the development of both theoretical and practical competences.
The programme has a qualified and highly experienced teaching staff and provides access to top-level resources and sports facilities. In addition, it promotes international and national mobility through exchange programmes.

Objectives

The Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at the University of Vigo aims primarily to equip graduates with a wide range of competences related to physical exercise, sport, and health. The educational objectives focus on:

• Designing and implementing teaching–learning processes in diverse contexts, ranging from formal and non-formal education to physical and sport training, health, and activity management.
• Adapting and improving physical and sport performance, as well as individuals’ health through physical fitness and exercise, addressing different population groups.
• Promoting healthy and autonomous habits through physical activity and sport, thereby encouraging an active lifestyle.
• Intervening in the manifestations of human movement, using theoretical and practical knowledge.
• Planning, evaluating, and managing physical and sport activities, organizing and managing resources efficiently.
• Applying scientific methods and evidence in professional practice.
• Carrying out professional activities with ethics, deontology, and responsibility in the context of interventions.

Career Opportunities

The programme is designed to prepare graduates for a range of professional career paths:

• Physical Education Teacher: training teachers for formal and non-formal education, with particular emphasis on Compulsory Secondary Education and Upper Secondary Education (Baccalaureate).
• Physical and Sport Rehabilitation Specialist: rehabilitation, retraining, re-education, prevention, counselling, planning, design, development, and technical-scientific evaluation of work through physical and sport activities and physical exercise aimed at improving quality of life and health for individuals requiring special attention, groups, or teams with injuries, pathologies, or health problems, whether they compete or not, adapting to their characteristics and needs. This field includes the role of the personal trainer.
• Physical Conditioning Specialist in Sport Performance: counselling, prevention, planning, design, technical-scientific evaluation, development, and implementation of physical and sport activities and physical exercise aimed at maintaining, improving, developing, optimizing, and recovering physical fitness and coordinative abilities of individuals, groups, or teams, whether competition-oriented or not. This field also includes the role of the personal trainer.
• Sports Director/Manager: responsible for professional activities related to technical management, programming, planning, coordination, control, evaluation, supervision, and similar functions concerning sports centres, services, activities, and organisations, both public and private, applying the knowledge and techniques of sport sciences. The Sports Director/Manager is also responsible for coordinating, supervising, and evaluating the technical functions carried out by sports instructors and coaches.