UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Bachelor in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
Murcia, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,450 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The Bachelor Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Science is an Official Accredited Program by ANECA, the National Agency of Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation.
UCAM counts with young and highly qualified academic staff. Each international student is guided by its personal tutor and, in addition for athletes, a sports tutor can be assigned in order to harmonize the academic and sport life.
Our experience in the field of sports and the international approach of our programs help the students to fully develop a wide rage of career opportunities and research projects.
The University owns new campus facilities and modern infrastructure, UCAM Sports Center being the largest gym and fitness studio in Murcia.
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.
- 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.
- Physical training.
- Design and implementation of regimes (physical exercise, diets, etc.) to promote, maintain and improve physical health.
1st year
- History of Sport
- Human Anatomy and Kinesiology of the Locomotor System
- Dance and Corporal Expression
- Motor Skills and Motor Games
- Swimming
- Leisure and Recreation
- Ethics and Bioethics
- Pedagogical Foundations of Physical-Sporting Activities
- Basketball
- Combat and Adversarial Sports
- Racquet Sports
- Physical Activity in Nature
2nd year
- Psychology of Physical-Sporting Activities
- Physiology of Sport
- Biomechanics of Sport
- Football
- Athletics
- Epistemology and Methodology of Research in Sport Sciences
- Sociology of Sport
- Learning, Development and Motor Control
- Handball and Volleyball
- Water Sports
3rd year
- Teaching-learning Processes in Physical Activity and Sport
- Sports Training Methodology
- Health Education
- Organisation and Management of Sport Systems
- Adapted and Inclusive Sports
- Design, Intervention and Evaluation of Physical Activity and Sport
- Sports Training Planning
- Physical Exercise Prescription
- Physical Conditioning
- Sports Equipment and Facilities
4th year
- External Practices
- Final Degree Project
- Theology
- Social Doctrine of the Church
Optional
- New Technologies and Innovation in Physical Education (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Diversity in Physical Education (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- School Sport (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Assessment and Control of Physical-Sports Performance (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- New Trends in Fitness (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Sports Technification (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Physical Exercise for Health and Quality of Life in Special Populations (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Injury Prevention in Physical-Sports Activities (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Nutrition and Kinanthropometry (OP 4.5 ECTS)
- Entrepreneurship and Sustainability in Sport (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Sports Economics and Marketing (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
- Human Team Management (OP, 4.5 ECTS)
Professional Practice
- Professional Career I: Physical Education Teacher (OP, 6 ECTS)
- Professional Career II: Physical Fitness Trainer (OP, 6 ECTS)
- Professional Career III: Physical-Sports Rehabilitation (OP, 6 ECTS)
- Professional Career IV: Sports Manager (OP, 6 ECTS)
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.
- Programs 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.