Sports Technology (BA)
The Bachelor of Art in Sport Technology will prepare the student in the evaluation of traumas dealing with soft and hard tissue, medical emergencies and accidents, as well as in possible chronic-degenerative diseases. Such protocol takes place in athletic populations and in individuals that practice exercises for the maintenance of health. Also, accident prevention and dealing with the rehabilitation of the injured person are studied. The physiological, mental, social and dietetic aspects of the people who participate in competitive or recreational sport activities are described. The Program emphasizes the design and structuring of methods of physical-sport training in a scientific manner for special populations.
The Guayama, Metropolitan and San Germán campuses are authorized to offer this Program.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
The program of the Bachelor of Arts in Sports Technology is designed to develop the professional competencies that will enable students to:
Knowledge
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The biopsychosocial factors that affect the field of sport technology, in sport scenarios of a competitive and recreational nature, methodologies of sport training or in programs of exercises and physical activities.
- The knowledge, concepts and foundations for the prevention, the evaluation and the managing of injuries that happen in sports, physical-sport training and in recreational programs.
- The nutritional aspects and their effects in sport performance, individual health and the collective well-being.
Skills
- Evaluate the injured person, the potential participant of a program of physical exercise-activity and the competitive-recreational sport activities, as well as the assessment and the alignment of the muscular-skeletal kinetic chain.
- Apply the different types of therapeutic bandages and the protectors.
- Apply the techniques of therapeutic massage, according to the stage of competition of the athlete.
- Apply the basic procedures for the acute and chronic biopsychosocial treatment of typical injuries in athletes and medical emergencies for diverse populations.
- Design programs of physical and psycho-social rehabilitation, systems of physical-sport and recreational training, and of physical activity, based on the specific profile of the athlete, the apparently healthful populations, the individuals with a variety of chronic-degenerative diseases, obesity and in the pediatric, geriatric and feminine population.
Attitudes
- Foment the modelling of attitudes that promote health, the integral well-being and the quality of life.
- Model a professional practice with ethics based on principles of respect and esteem for the sport technology discipline.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sports Technology
| General Education Requirements |
48 credits |
| Major Requirements |
66 credits |
| Elective Courses |
6 credits |
| Total |
120 credits |
General Education Requirements - 48 credits
Forty-eight (48) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees.”
Major Requirements - 66 credits
| HPER 2210 | Fundamentals of Physical Education and Sport Technology | 3 |
| HPER 2270 | Kinesiology and Functional Anatomy | 3 |
| HPER 2330 | First Aid and Personal Safety for Children, Youth and Adults | 3 |
| HPER 3010 | Sports Psychology | 3 |
| HPER 3050 | Introduction to the Prevention and Management of Injuries | 3 |
| HPER 3051 | Therapeutic Massages | 3 |
| HPER 3330 | Fundamental Skills and Training in Team Sports IV | 3 |
| HPER 3360 | Fundamental Skills and Training in Individual Sports V | 3 |
| HPER 3380 | Evaluation of Injuries and Design of a Program of Physical Rehabilitation in Individual and Team Sports | 3 |
| HPER 3430 | Personal and Community Health and Safety | 3 |
| HPER 3480 | Nutrition in Sports, Exercise and Physical Activity | 3 |
| HPER 3495 | Principles of Therapeutic Recreation | 3 |
| HPER 3800 | Trends and Issues in Athletic Training | 3 |
| HPER 4020 | Administration of Physical Education, Wellness, Health and Sport Programs | 3 |
| HPER 4170 | Physiology of Human Movement | 3 |
| HPER 4180 | Measurement, Evaluation and Investigation of The Development of Physical Fitness and Its Components | 3 |
| HPER 4200 | Techniques and Skills for the Personal Trainer | 3 |
| HPER 4305 | Sport Training Methodology | 3 |
| HPER 4308 | Design of Exercise Programs | 3 |
| HPER 4310 | Functional Training Methodology | 3 |
| HPER 4441 | Practicum in Athletic Training I | 3 |
| HPER 4442 | Practicum in Athletic Training II | 3 |