Bachelor degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

Skills

Basic Competences

Royal Decree 1393/2007 of October 29, which establishes the organization of official university education, describes the following basic competences:

• BC1: That students have demonstrated to possess and understand knowledge in a study area that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that imply knowledge coming from the vanguard of its field of study.
• BC2: That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the creation and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
• BC3: That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant issues of social, scientific or ethical nature.
• BC4: That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized public.
• BC5: That the students have developed the necessary learning skills to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

General Competences

• GC1: Understand the scientific literature in the field of physical activity and sports.
• GC2: Know and understand the objects of study of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.
• GC3: Acquire basic scientific training applied to physical activity and sports in its different manifestations.
• GC4: Understand and comprehend the behavioral and social factors that condition the practice of physical activity and sports and its effects on the psychological and social development of the human being.
• GC5: Know and understand the effects and the physiological and biomechanical factors that condition the practice of physical activity and sports.
• GC6: Know and understand the fundamentals, structures and functions of skills, patterns and manifestations of human motricity and of sports.
• GC7: Design, develop and evaluate the teaching-learning process related to physical activity and sports, considering the individual characteristics of the population and the context in which it takes place.
• GC8: Promote, develop and evaluate through physical education the training in healthy eating habits and physical activity and sports among different sectors of the population for the improvement of physical condition and health.
• GC9: Apply physiological, biomechanical, psychological, behavioral, didactic and social principles in the design and development of physical education, sports, physical activity and recreation programs.
• GC10: Program, develop and evaluate the sports training process in its different levels and areas.
• GC11: Develop programs to direct and manage sporting organizations, entities, facilities, equipment and events, individually or jointly.
• GC12: Know how to apply information and communication technologies to the field of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.
• GC13: Develop competences for autonomous learning and adaptation to new situations.
• GC14: Develop critical reasoning and habits of excellence and quality in the profession, acting with respect to the necessary ethical principles.
• GC15: Demonstrate that they have developed the necessary skills for professional practice in the field of physical activity and sports.
• GC16: Use physical education and sports as a means to train in values, both in the educational context and in any other context in which the professional performs his or her work.

Specific Competences

• SC1: Identify the psychological processes that intervene in motor execution and acquisition and its evolution throughout the life cycle.
• SC2: Know psychological intervention and motivation strategies for individual and/or group attention in contexts of physical activity and sports.
• SC3: Analyze and synthesize the concepts and statistical techniques applied to Sport Sciences.
• SC4: Apply statistical models or techniques in studies and real problems in various scientific and social fields, as well as know tools for validating them.
• SC5: Understand the basic fundamentals of statistical reasoning, in the design of studies, in the collection of information, in the analysis of data and in the extraction of conclusions in the field of physical and sports activity.
• SC6: Relate, from a sociological and historiographical perspective, the social and cultural factors that influence the practice of physical and sports activity, with the problematic situations related to that practice.
• SC7: Understand the innervation of the structures and functions of the locomotive system and the muscle groups, the vascularization of the limbs and the most important topographic regions.
• SC8: Know the basic functioning of the nervous system and the digestive and genitourinary system.
• SC9: Understand and acquire basic knowledge of the general anatomy of the human body.
• SC10: Know in depth the functioning of the locomotive, cardiocirculatory and respiratory apparatus.
• SC11: Understand and explain the mechanics of simple and complex movements of the anatomy of the human body.
• SC12: Describe the muscle groups involved in each movement and know how to design appropriate exercises to train each of them.
• SC13: Understand and describe the functions of the different systems and apparatus of the human body involved in physical exercise.
• SC14: Address physical activity and sports from a scientific and educational perspective, applying innovative means and methodologies in the different contexts in which the professional performs his/her work.
• SC15: Know and describe the processes of ingestion, transformation and use of food in the body.
• SC16: Acquire the basic knowledge related to the use of nutrients during physical exercise and know the factors on which each of them depends.
• SC17: Assess healthy physical condition and schedule appropriate interventions, avoiding inappropriate or harmful practices for people.
• SC18: Design and develop specific training methods for the development of the physical qualities and the improvement of the technical skills and technical-tactical abilities of the athlete.
• SC19: Design a training plan for a specific athlete or group applying different methodologies and strategies to control preparation and competition loads.
• SC20: Know the formative and cultural value of expressive and artistic activities in relation to body and movement as well as understand the relationships between play, sport and dance as basic manifestations of mobility.
• SC21: Know and identify the bio-psycho-social benefits of the practice of physical, sports and recreational activity.
• SC22: Know the theoretical-practical fundamentals of physical, sports and recreational activities to apply them to the educational context or to any other professional field.
• SC23: Create and develop physical and sports activity programs in order to apply the adaptation criteria that facilitate the effective participation of people with disabilities or problems of social marginalization.
• SC24: Know and use the material, equipment and sports facilities properly and know how to adapt them to the activities to be carried out, to the users and to the particular circumstances.
• SC25: Know the organization and structure of sports in its different levels and areas, acting according to the corresponding legislation.