BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• Sports (1014)

Main focus

This degree programme has the following objectives:
1. To provide students with knowledge of the basic theoretical and practical aspects of Sport and Exercise Sciences through new methodological tools, based on teacher-student interaction, the use of ICT, and the diversification of the teaching-learning process.
2. To provide basic scientific training applied to physical activity and sports in their different manifestations.
3. To provide training in the fundamental aspects, structures and functions of the manifestations of human movement and the basics of sports.
4. To give students knowledge and understanding of the effects of physical exercise on the structure and function of the human body, envisaged from a psychological, social, physiological, and mechanical perspective.
5. To qualify graduates for access to postgraduate studies with a reasonable assurance of success.
6. To provide training in communication and information technologies in Sport and Exercise Sciences.
7. To foster a respect for excellence and quality, as well as the ethical principles necessary for professional practice.

Competences

1. Educational interventions.
2. Intervention for prevention, adaptation, and improvement through physical fitness and exercise.
3. Promotion of healthy personal habits through physical activity and sport.
4. Intervention by means of the manifestations of human movement (basic motor skills, systematic fitness exercise, sports skills, games, expressive body activities, dance, and Nature activities).
5. Planning, evaluation, and management-organisation of resources as well as physical activity and sports.
6. Use of methodology and scientific evidence in practice.
7. Application of appropriate attitudes and behaviour in their work, ethics and professional practice in the context of interventions.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte por la Universidad de Granada

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (60 ECTS)
Obligatory (126 ECTS)
Optional (48 ECTS)
Practicum (12 ECTS)
Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations