Duration: 2 Years Benefits: Accommodation and Portuguese Language Course (30 hours)

Education provided in Portuguese:

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Application -35 € Annual - 1000 € (without accommodation) 3000 € (accommodation) Use - 35 €

Education provided in English:

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Application -35 € Annual - 3500 € (accommodation) Use - 35 € The following values ​​will be timely subject to confirmation Goals

The course aims to contribute to the specialized training of graduates and the development of applied research and scientific knowledge in professional sports context. The course assumes that students should have knowledge and ability to understand at a level that holding on the knowledge obtained at the first cycle level in the areas of sports training, physical and health condition, sport and physical nature education, increase and enhance in the specialized area of ​​sport, in different specializations; and that students should know in depth the scientific area of ​​Sport and specialize their knowledge in the areas applied research, intervention and training in various fields of sport, which are the specialties applied in the main area.... [-]

It is normal to associate exercise with health and well-being. Hippocrates, father of medicine, recognized this in his texts when he wrote: "Food alone is not enough to keep Man healthy, for he also needs to exercise". Presently, society places on exercise professionals the responsibility for compensating the sedentary lifestyle promoted by the current socio-cultural context. With the advent of epidemics, like obesity and cardiovascular disease, the role destined for this professional class as a guarantor of a healthy society becomes clear.

Knowledge, abilities, and skills to be acquired

This Degree comes with the goal of preparing future exercise professional for this task, based on the development of autonomous knowledge update, as well as of permanent critical analysis on its practices and the practices of those that surround them. The performance principle to be worked in this degree is founded on a professional practice based on evidence, mirroring the current trend in the area of health and well-being, which will allow an effective integration in multidisciplinary teams in clinical or gym contexts. For a greater training specificity, two specializations were created:... [-]

In summary, we can define and structure the main objectives of this cycle of studies as follows:

To offer students advanced training in the scope of Physical Activity Assessment and Prescription;To develop technical, pedagogical and scientific professional competences that allow an intervention of excellence in the scope of Physical Activity Assessment and Prescription;To contribute to the academic progression, intellectual maturity and promotion of the research capacities of university and polytechnic teaching teachers, in accordance with the legal provisions in force.

Schedule

Weekly Schedule: Labor post, end of the week. Lecture calendar: Beginning of classes in October 2016.... [-]

Presentation

The 2nd cycle of Sports Studies aims to specialize in sports technicians in the area of ​​planning and management of exercise and training to intervene in technical support to regular sports practitioners.

Overall, we intend to develop a perspective of multidisciplinary training, founded on scientific, technical and methodological knowledge, framed by a solid education in ethical and moral terms.

Wanted also developing a reflective attitude and critical, crucial to the improvement of self-formation processes, innovation and optimization of its intervention, fundamental to the growth of professional excellence. In addition, it is considered important to develop knowledge that will enable their participation in the implementation of strategic plans and systems defined by more qualified coaches, as well as their involvement in coordinating tasks and supervision of less experienced coaches.... [-]