Sport and Leisure

Desporto e Lazer (Sports and Leisure)

The Sport and Leisure course aims to provide skills in the area of sport and leisure through the combination of a sound theoretical and scientific component in the area of sports sciences with specific practical experience in physical education and recreation.

Goals

The Sport and Leisure course aims to training of able professionals with a array of skills enabling them to respond to new social demands, which include the association of sporting activities with leisure, the recognition of sporting activities as a means of staying healthy and the demand for recreational sporting activities as a means of achieving quality of life through communal living and well-being.

Careers and Professional Opportunities

Physical education and sports professional;
Sports trainer;
Sports-based social recreation worker;
Manager or director of sport;
Personal trainer;
Physical exercise and fitness professional.

See below the study plan. FGT is a set of unit courses common to all ESEC degrees, aiming to promote transversal competencies basic to any profession. To see the unit courses click HERE. Not all Optional Unit Courses are available. International Office provides the unit courses available in the begining of each academic year.

Curriculum
Year	Semester	Code	Disciplina	Unit Course / Subject	ECTS	Contact Hours	Hours/ week
1	S1	150003	Introdução ao Desporto e Lazer	Introduction to Sports and Leisure	3	30	2
1	S1	150007	Desenvolvimento Motor	Motor Development	3	45	3
1	S1	150006	Anatomofisiologia	Anatomophysiology	6	60	4
1	S1	150005	Desportos Individuais	Individual Sports	6	60	4
1	S1	110021	Sociologia do Lazer	Sociology of Leisure	6	60	4
1	S1		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
1	S2	150011	Fisiologia do Exercício	Physical Activity Fisiology	3	30	2
1	S2	150010	Biomecânica	Biomechanics	3	45	3
1	S2	210003	Actividade Física e Saúde	Physical Activity and Health	6	60	4
1	S2	150009	Desportos e Actividades de Ginásio	Sports and Gym Activities	6	60	4
1	S2	150008	Gestão das Organizações Desportivas	Management of Sports Organizations	6	60	4
1	S2		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
2	S1	150012	Animação e Recreação Desportiva	Leisure and sports activities	3	30	2
2	S1	150013	Controlo Motor	Motor Control	3	45	3
2	S1	150026	Desportos e Actividades Adaptadas	Sports and Special Activities	6	60	4
2	S1	150015	Desportos e Actividades Aquáticas	Aquatic Sports	6	60	4
2	S1	150014	Desportos e Actividades de Lazer	Sports and Leisure Activities	6	60	4
2	S1	100002	Psicologia Social	Social Psychology	6	60	4
2	S1		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
2	S2	100046	Psicologia do Desporto	Sport Psychology	3	30	2
2	S2	150017	Metodologia do Treino Desportivo	Methodology for Sport Activity	3	45	3
2	S2	150028	Avaliação e Prescrição do Exercício Físico	Physical Activity Assessment and Prescription	6	60	4
2	S2	150018	Danças e Jogos Populares	Dances and Folk Games	6	60	4
2	S2	150016	Desportos Colectivos	Team Sports	6	60	4
2	S2	100044	Educação e Intervenção Socioeducativa	Education and Social Intervention	6	60	4
2	S2	150027	Exercício Físico para Populações Especiais	Physical Activity for Special Populations	6	60	4
2	S2	100043	Pedagogia do Lazer	Leisure Pedagogy	6	60	4
2	S2		Opção Livre^**	Oprional Unit Course^**
3	S1	150023	Condição Física	Physical Form	3	30	2
3	S1	150029	Projecto de Condição Física	Project: Physical Form	6	60	2
3	S1	150024	Projecto e Animação Sociodesportiva	Project: Sport Activities	6	60	2
3	S1	150022	Seminário	Seminar	3	45	3
3	S1	150020	Dança	Dance	6	60	4
3	S1	150021	Desportos e Actividades da Natureza	Sports and Outdoor Activities	6	60	4
3	S1	150019	Pedagogia do Desporto	Sports Pedagogy	6	60	4
3	S2	150025	Estágio	Internship (Sports & Leisure)	30	840	--

^**Optional Unit Courses

6 ECTS, 60 contact hours:

Empreendedorismo (Entreperneurship); Expressão Dramática (Dramatic Expression); Musicoterapia (Music Therapy); Organização e Animação de Campos de Férias (Organization and Animation of Summer Camps); Gerontomotricidade (Gerontomotricity); História do Desporto (History of Sports); Dançoterapia (Dance Therapy); Socorrismo (First Aid); Atelier de Leitura Criativa (Workshop: Creative Reading); Investigação Operacional (Operational Research); Marketing do Desporto (Sports Marketing); Comportamento Organizacional (Organizational Behaviour).