Sports and Well-Being

Sports and Well-Being

Course Type:
Bachelor’s Programme

Programme Introduction

The Undergraduate in Sports and Well-Being provides operational knowledge and skills in key areas of physical and sporting activities, targeting all age groups serving as basis for the quality of life and well-being of individuals and of populations.

Allows students to experience diverse subjects and knowledge by expose them to broad sports and physical activity contents.

Sudents end up this cicle of studies with qualification to move on to further academic studies in Sports Sciences and other related areas.

Programme Coordinator

Diogo Manuel Teixeira Monteiro
diogo.monteiro@ipleiria.pt

Reference

9851

School

City

Language

Portuguese

Type

Morning & Afternoon

Length

6 semesters

Vacancies

General contingent: 50
International student contingent: 5

DGES certification

Objectives

Programme

 

 

1st Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
1st Semester 6 66h
  1. Introduction to the study of Human Anatomy
  2. Osteology
  3. Arthrology
  4. Myology
  5. Nervous System
  6. Circulatory System
  7. Respiratory System
1st Semester 4 49h
  1. THE FIELD OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
    1. Anthropology and sociology within the social sciences
    2. Nature, society and culture
    3. The Anthropology and Sociology of Sport
  2. SPORTS IN HISTORY
    1. Games and sports problematics in History
    2. Greece and the birth of the Olympic Games
    3. Contemporary sports
  3. SPORTS AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CHALENGES
    1. Ageing and sport
    2. Obesity and sport
    3. Violence and sport
  4. SPORT AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY
    1. Sports and Identity and Culture
    2. National Identity and sportive heroes
    3. The sportive heroes and the national identity
1st Semester 6 66h
  1. Phylogenesis of Motricity: evolution and organization of the human movement. Main hominid adaptations.
  2. Organization of Motricity:
    1. Stages of motor development: reflex movements; rudimentary movements; fundamental movements; specialized movements.
    2. Influential laws and factors of motor development (prenatal, peirnatal and postnatal).
    3. Growth, Maturation and Development.
    4. Measures and antropometric procedures.
    5. Motor capabilities: conditional and coordinative.
    6. Motor skills (postural, locomotor and manipulative).
    7. Play and its central role in (motor) development.
    8. Safety vs risk in motor play practices. The play and play spaces in the light of legislation.
    9. Affordances and constraints on the motor development of children and young people.
    10. Advantages and disadvantages of a multi-sport training against anearly sports specialization.
    11. Motor Development and Motor Competence assessment protocols in children.
1st Semester 3 33h
  1. General concepts of management and entrepreneurship in sports and physical activity;
  2. Organization of sport: The role of the State, Federations, District Associations and Sport Clubs; The Private Sector;
  3. Marketing and communication in sport;
  4. Organization of sports events: Concept of events, typology, establishment of objectives and characterization; Stages and phases of the organization of an event;
  5. Team leadership and management in the context of sport and physical activity;
  6. Communication and interpersonal relationship;
  7. Entrepreneurship in sport: Key concepts; The skills of the entrepreneur;
  8. The Business Idea: The validity and innovation of the idea; The Business Model; The Business Plan.
  9. Technological Innovation in the context of sport and physical activity
1st Semester 5 65h
  1. Definition and Contexts of Leisure, Physical Activity and Health and their inter-relationships;
  2. Physical Activity as a tool for Public Health;
  3. Determinants of Physical Activity and Sedentarism;
  4. Data concerning the practice of Physical Activity, from different European reports;
  5. Concept of welfare and the impact of Physical Activity on welfare;
  6. Conceptual framework of well-being (hedonic perspective);
  7. Theoretical models to support behavior change in physical activity and health;
  8. The role of Physical Activity in different psychopathologies and its relationship with hypokinetic diseases;
  9. Benefits, Recommendations, Types and Contexts of Physical Activity practice for different age groups and special populations; 10. Research Projects/Community Intervention of Physical Activity;
1st Semester 3 48h
  1. Behavioral Sciences in Sports and Well-being: Concepts, Research, and Application; Behavioral Influences on Sports Performance
  2. Athlete Behavior Organization and Goal Management
  3. Individual Performance Analysis
  4. Behavioral Regulation in Sports
  5. Concepts and Foundations of Behavioral Change
  6. Models of Behavioral Change: Natural History Model of Exercise; Transtheoretical Model; Health Belief Model; Theory of Planned Behavior; Socio-Cognitive Theory; Achievement Goal Theory; Self-Determination Theory
  7. Reflection, Planning, and Development of Evaluation and Intervention Processes for Behavioral Change in Sports and Well-being: Levels of Intervention (Individual, Group, Organizational, Community); Intervention Methods/Strategies (Identification of Motives, Barriers, and Behavioral Determinants; Goal Setting; Decision-Making Reinforcement; Routines; Action Stimuli)
1st Semester 3 33h
  1. First Aid Concepts / Objectives, First Aid Bag
  2. General concepts and mechanisms of injury in sport
  3. Risk Factors – Sports Injuries
  4. Sports Injury Prevention Levels
  5. Basic Techniques for Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment
  6. Description of the main injuries in the sports environment and their treatments
  7. Medical and Sports Assessment Exam and its Advantages
  8. First Aid in the Sporting Context
  9. Integrated Emergency Medical System (SIEM)
  10. Action Plan and Accident Diagnosis
  11. Steps in an accident situation
  12. Thoracic Injury / Abdominal Injury
  13. States of Shock, Electric Shock and Poisoning
  14. Wounds, Burns and Bleeding
  15. Fractures, types and performance
  16. Bruises, sprains, dislocations
  17. Ear Injuries and Eye Injuries
  18. Basic Life Support / AED and Survival Chain
  19. SBV – Choking / Drowning / Shock
  20. SBV – pediatrician
2nd Semester 4 64h
  1. Introductory concepts: Adapted physical activity (APA); What to adapt, how to adapt and why adapt?
  2. Brief history of APA.
  3. Disability: Typologies of disability / disability and specific needs.
  4. How is the person with a disability in Portugal? Physical activity as a form of social inclusion
  5. The sport of competition – The Paralympic movement;
  6. Reasons for the practice of adapted physical activity;
  7. Accessibility and barriers to participation in APA; Strategies and policies for intervention and implementation of APA;
  8. Research in APA;
  9. Evaluation in APA; Eligibility and sports classification;
  10. Planning and setting objectives in context of APA;
  11. Practical intervention in APA:
    1. Boccia; Sitting Volleyball;
    2. Goadlball; Football; Athletics; Traditional games; Basketball; Handball;
    3. Physical activity for pregnant women.
2nd Semester 5 50h
  1. Performance and learning.
  2. Motor performance assessment.
  3. Motor control experimental methodology.
  4. Learning operations.
  5. Models and Theories.
  6. Fitts task.
  7. Information theory.
  8. The closed-loop theory.
  9. Scheme theory.
  10. Dinamic systems theory.
  11. Invariant parameters in motor control.
  12. Learning factors (previous, concomitant and posterior).
  13. Learning phases (cognitive/verbal, associative and autonomous).
  14. Practice organization ((massive/distributed; constant/variable – variability of practice conditions and contextual interference; global/analytical).
  15. Feedback
  16. Memory
  17. Transfer.
  18. Differential Learning.
2nd Semester 5 65h
  • Options to be defined by the School.

2nd Semester 5 65h
  • Options to be defined by the School.

2nd Semester 5 64h
  1. Introduction to Critical Thinking
  2. Bibliographic Research
  3. Research Paradigm
  4. Study Typology
  5. Pedagogical Guidelines
  6. Descriptive Analysis
  7. Inferential Analysis
2nd Semester 6 66h
  1. Research in Sports Pedagogy.
  2. Framing Sports Pedagogy as one of the Sports Sciences.
  3. Basic Concepts of Sports Pedagogy;
  4. The Teaching-Learning Process
  5. Organization of Teaching/Training;
  6. Teaching/Training models and strategies;
  7. General Teaching Methods
  8. Instructional Models in Sport;
  9. Definition of Objectives
  10. Dimensions of Teaching
  11. Pedagogical Feedback
  12. Observation and its application in a sports context – types, techniques, instruments and methods of observation;
  13. Sports coaching: a pedagogical teaching process9) The coach/instructor as a central agent of Sports Pedagogy (Profile, Responsibilities, Basic Supports of Pedagogical Intervention, Pedagogical intervention in training and competition)
  14. The Coach/Instructor as a Pedagogue in Physical Sports Activities.
2nd Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
1st Semester 6 66h
  1. Introduction to biomechanics
  2. Linear and angular kinematics
  3. Static
  4. Linear and Angular Kinetics
  5. Biomechanics of growth and development of anatomical structures
  6. Fluid mechanics
  7. Research/evaluation methodologies in biomechanics.
1st Semester 5 65h

The dance is one of the manifestations of movement more natural, ordinary and spontaneous of the human being. Working the dance goes through to understand, perform and feel. A little farther away from preconceived ideas attributed to dance, this is an art as a whole dimensional (educational dimension, therapeutic, artistic, and animation) and gives rise to a variety of applications in view all the benefits she played.

1st Semester 5 65h
  • Options to be defined by the School.

1st Semester 5 65h
  • Options to be defined by the School.

1st Semester 6 66h
  1. Homeostasis and physiological control
  2. Elementary notions of Biochemistry
  3. Introduction to the Endocrine System
  4. Skeletal Muscle Physiology
  5. Membrane physiology and Action Potential
  6. Control of Body Movement
  7. Energy and Metabolism
  8. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology
1st Semester 3 33h
  1. Psychology: concept; areas of study and intervention
  2. Social influence and social influence phenomena
  3. Groups and Group Dynamics
    1. Group Processes
    2. Types of group dynamics
    3. Basic principles for animating groups
  4. Main characteristics of childhood development
  5. Main characteristics of development in adolescence
  6. Main characteristics of development in adulthood
2nd Semester 5 65h
  1. Presentation of some types of constituents Water Activities:
    1. Swimming for babies;
    2. Adaptation to the Aquatic Environment;
    3. Swimming;
    4. Hydrogymnastics;
    5. Water Polo;
    6. Artistic swimming;
    7. Diving;
    8. Adapted Swimming;
    9. Underwater Hockey and Rugby.
  2. Mechanical bases of the aquatic environment
  3. Teaching methods, didactic components, technical and regulatory aspects of Adaptation to the aquatic environment; Swimming; Water Polo; Artistic swimming;
    Diving and Hydrogymnastics;
  4. Water rescue;
  5. Planning, implementation and evaluation of water activities sessions.
2nd Semester 5 49h
  1. Theoretical framework: history of fitness, characterization, and professional competencies.
  2. Step: methodology, structure, and planning.
  3. Circuit training: methodology, structure, and planning.
  4. Localized training: methodology, structure, and planningv.Indoor cycling: methodology, structure, and planning
2nd Semester 6 66h

The main syllabus are the Outdoor Adventurous Education and Learning Concept, the Target Sports and Orienteering: Characterization; technical aspects, regulations, safety and risk assessments for Outdoor Adventurous Activities; Outdoor concepts on educational, competitive and recreation contexts; Environmental concerns on Outdoor Sports activities; Activities programming regarding Outdoor Adventurous activities; Outdoor education methods and strategies for different ages, populations and contexts.

2nd Semester 6 66h
  1. Exercise physiology: physiological adaptation;
  2. Exercise physiology: bioenergetics;
  3. Exercise physiology: energy balance and weight control;
  4. Exercise physiology: cardiorespiratory physiology;
  5. Exercise physiology: skeletal muscle physiology;
  6. Metabolic pathways testing and assessment;
  7. Exercise performance and thermal stress
  8. Immunologic system;
  9. Endocrinology
  10. Exercíse and special populations
2nd Semester 3 33h
  1. Basic concepts of nutrition and sports supplementation
  2. Energy expenditure and energy needs
  3. Energy deficits and nutritional recommendations for practitioners
  4. Dietary regimens and macro preparation to support training
  5. Body composition assessment: methods and practical application saw.
  6. Supplementation and its application in sport and exercise
2nd Semester 5 49h
  1. Concepts of sports training
    1. Training and trainability
    2. Load and loadability
    3. Adaptation and performance capacity
    4. Fatigue and recovery
    5. The components of the load
  2. Training principles
    1. Biological, methodological and pedagogical principles
  3. Training factors
    1. Physical factors: strength, endurance, speed and flexibility
    2. Technical factor
    3. Tactical factor
    4. Planning and Periodization:
      1. Training plan
      2. Structure of the training process
      3. Microcycle, mesocycle and macrocycle
    5. Football Motor Skills
      1. Physiology and training with children and young people
      2. Biological basis of training
      3. Physical fitness training for children and young people
      4. Injury Prevention in Children and Young People
    6. Knowing How to Be in the development and learning of Children and Young Football Players
      1. The Coach as a trainer of people
      2. Communication skills training in the trainer
      3. Ethics in Sports
3rd Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
1st Semester 7 82h
  1. Interpersonal behaviors: professional in the room, spotting, personal trainer;
  2. Initial assessment: screening and anamnesis;
  3. Physical fitness assessment: muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, agility, power, and body composition;
  4. Exercise prescription;
  5. Intensity monitoring: perceived effort, load, and affective valence;
  6. Weight training: technical execution on machines and with free weights;
  7. Cardio: technique execution;
  8. Case studies: high-performance athletes;
  9. Case studies: pregnancy, obesity, cardiac rehabilitation, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, osteoporosis, type II diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis.
1st Semester 6 66h
  1. Theoretical concepts: Description of aging in its social, physical, demographic, and psychological dimensions.
  2. Community programs: Presentation of intervention programs that promote active aging.
  3. Promotion of physical activity and health: Presentation of the physiological, psychological, and social benefits of physical activity for the elderly.
  4. Healthy lifestyles and fall prevention: Exploration of strategies to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the risk of falls in the elderly population.
  5. Research in Gerontomotricity: Review of best research practices in the field of Gerontomotricity.
  6. Guidelines for community intervention programs: Analysis of guidelines and standards for the development of community programs that promote active aging.
  7. Assessment and prescription of physical exercise: Approach to the assessment and prescription of physical exercise for elderly individuals living in the community or in care homes.
1st Semester 5 49h
  1. Operationalization of training: from plan to action:
    1. Competencies and operational objectives;
    2. Concepts, functions, domains and assessment;
  2. Sports science professions:
    1. From certification to continuing training;
    2. Skills and knowledge;
  3. Communication and dynamization of individuals in training:
    1. Communication and relational behavior;
    2. Diversity in the context of training;
  4. Analysis and characterization of organizations and differentiated associations or professional contexts, in the scope of the promotion of physical activity, exercise and sports practice.
  5. Ethics and professional deontology (code of ethics / conduct, ethical dilemmas)
  6. Elaborate an action plan/intervention directed todifferent contexts, based on knowledge acquired during the academic education
1st Semester 7 75 h

Choose between one of the following Curricular Units:

Fitness II

  1. Theoretical Concepts: Characterization of the fitness professional and the essential competencies required within the context of the fitness industry.
  2. Gym Management and Coordination: Skills necessary for managing and coordinating fitness centers, ensuring the efficient operation of spaces dedicated to health and fitness.
  3. Circuit Training: Methodology, structure, planning, and techniques for choreographing fitness circuits.
  4. Localized Training: Methodology, structure, planning, and choreographic techniques for localized exercise routines.
  5. Cross-training: Methodology, structure, planning, and design of choreographed cross-training sessions.
  6. Hydrogymnastics: Methodology, structure, planning, and choreographic techniques for water-based exercise classes.
  7. Indoor cycling: Methodology, structure, planning, and techniques for choreographing indoor cycling sessions.
  8. Research in fitness: Contribution of studies focusing on motivation and adherence to physical exercise programs

Sports Training II

  1. The coach: knowing how to train
  2. Analysis and observation
  3. Training planning and timing
  4. The phenomenon of sports abandonment
  5. Development of motor skills
  6. Training didactics
  7. Talent selection and detection
1st Semester 5 49h
  1. History and framework of Sport Psychology and Physical Exercise at an international and national level
  2. The relationship between physical exercise, mental health and perception of quality of life
  3. Emotional processes, motivation and leadership in sports and physical exercise context(s)
  4. Psychological intervention (sports and physical exercise)
2nd Semester 20 406h
  1. Analyze and characterize differentiated associations or professional organizations or contexts, in the scope of the promotion of physical activity, exercise and sports practice;
  2. Elaborate an action plan / intervention directed to different contexts, based on knowledge acquired during the academic education;
  3. Realization of different functions in the entity / institution and different stages of development of their learning / performance;
  4. Collaboration in the development of projects that the institution proposes to carry out, according to its own organic and dynamic;
  5. Contribution to the valuation and improvement of services provided by the host entity;
  6. Presentation of proposals to improve practices or services, motivation or better relationship with the target audience or capture new audiences;
  7. Writing of Internship Report and periodic reports.
2nd Semester 10 96h
  1. Bibliographic search methods
  2. Study design
  3. Defining the research question and hypotheses
  4. Sampling
  5. Data collection
  6. Data quality control
  7. Analysis, processing and interpretation of data
  8. Presentation and discussion of results
  9. Findings and conclusions in scientific papers

Entry Requirements

For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt

Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 6
Publication Date: 16-12-2024

A3ES Accreditation

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Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€


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