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Dekan of the faculty Sport and Movement Science
Professor Frank Alexander Benjamin Moses Weibel
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Bachelor of Sport and Movement Sciences
Faculty Sport and Movement Science
Institute Comparative Movement Sciences and Analysis
This Bachelor’s program covers a total of 240 ECTS and offers a range of disciplines that are relevant to the field of sports science. The program places priority on subjects that have practical applications in the field. Additionally, the program emphasizes the importance of understanding the interdisciplinary connections between different disciplines and approaching them as a unified whole. This perspective equips students with new and innovative tools that will be useful in their future careers. Since sports and exercise are very complex fields, these tools are invaluable, especially when it comes to integrating them advantageously into everyday life and performing the work more effectively.
Contents and directions of the study program
There are 3 Bachelor’s degree specializations, or rather degrees, with different emphases.
B.A. Sport and Movement Sciences
Here, content focuses on teaching-pedagogical areas. The interdisciplinary part of the individual subject areas plays an essential role in doing justice to the demanding professional field. Students are confronted with relevant, everyday issues and problems because they will encounter these later, for example, in the teaching of martial arts or combat sports.
Starting with persons of different origins up to physical, ethnological, and social problems. The range of tasks is extensive, and suitable professional competencies must be countered. Therefore, various fields and areas are necessary to deal with them competently for qualitative and sustainable work.
These are the subject portions of the different disciplines:
- Teaching-Pedagogy
- Sport Sociology
- Sport Psychology
- Exercise Science
- Anatomy
- Sports Physiology
- Medicine
- Dietetics
- Psychosociology
- Developmental Psychology
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Personality Disorder
- Breathing (Chi Gong, Tai Chi)
- Meditation
- Philosophy/Ethics
- and much more.
B.A. Sport and Movement Sciences (Body Psychotherapy)
The program covers a range of subjects, including therapeutic techniques, psychology, and motor skills. Students receive an introductory course before delving into various disciplines. This approach helps them understand the interdisciplinary nature of the program.
The subject areas are divided as follows:
- Clinical Psychology
- Motor Skills (Anatomy)
- Theory of Motion in Application
- Physiology (Anatomy)
- Physiology of Medicine in Application
- Psychosociology
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Forms of Therapy and Their Tasks
- Social Pedagogy
- Medicine
- Alternative Forms of Movement (paraplegia, or/and with prosthesis)
- Violence Prevention
- Communication (GFK – non-violent communication/flow technique according to Gasser)
- Health Science
- Science Theory/Research/Empiricism
- and much more.
B.A Sport and Movement Sciences (Knowledge and Research)
This Bachelor’s program deals with the scientific-theoretical and empirical part of movement analysis. In addition, there are the Comparative Sport and Movement Sciences.
The classical work of Sport and Movement Sciences takes place in practice. The theory of science applies to the observation, evaluation, and analysis of different sports and movement forms. Comparisons and research on the origins of various forms of movement are also part of everyday life.
Interdisciplinarity is also focused here to grasp “the big picture”.
The subject areas are:
- Motor Skills (Anatomy)
- Theory of Motion in Application
- Physiology (Anatomy)
- Physiology of Medicine in Application
- Psychosociology
- Alternative Forms of Movement (paraplegia, or/and with prosthesis)
- Science Theory/Research/Empiricism
- Source Research
- Stochastics
- Statistics
- Sports History and Culture
- Ethology
- Sociology of Sport/Sociology in General
- Philosophy and Ethics
- Meditation
- Basic Research and Innovation
- and much more.
The career prospects of the various Bachelor’s degrees are immensely diverse and multifaceted. The following occupational fields can be pursued after successful completion:
- Trainer in professional sports
- As an expert witness with a focus on reporting in the rehabilitation center
- As an expert witness for courts or health insurance companies
- As a sports and movement scientist in the field of movement analysis in professional sports
- At the university, as a professor and scientist in the field of research/teaching
- In the field of body psychotherapy
- In paraplegia and working physio motorically with physically handicapped people
- In children and youth sports (sports promotion)
- In mass sports as a trainer and in sports and health promotion
- In all areas of sports and health promotion
- In all areas of sports and movement (referring to the physiological medical clarification)
- In all sports and movement areas of the human body
- and much more.
The Study Program in Brief
Tuition fees amount to CHF 13,300 for the entire Bachelor’s program, including enrollment fees. In addition, there are costs for the teaching materials, which vary depending on the subject, and travel to the oral and written final examination in your area.
Students who have successfully completed their schooling are generally eligible for admission to our distance learning university. Depending on the course of study, additional prerequisites can be defined; this is evident in the detailed study information and during registration. An equivalency procedure can be applied in case of a missing degree. There will be a written exam after each module (semester). In order to enter the next higher module, the initial examination must be successfully passed (propaedeutic).
The Master’s programs are only open to students with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Those with an equivalent degree are asked to send their documents to the Rector’s Office by mail or by post.
The length of study depends on the desired workload and the payment made. We will be happy to create a personal study plan for you.
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Dekan of the faculty Sport and Movement Science
Professor Frank Alexander Benjamin Moses Weibel
