Specialization in Physical Education: Sport Training and Performance
The Master of Arts in Physical Education enables the student to study the complexities of movement of the human body in its diverse manifestations. Graduates will be able to design, to implement and evaluate programs that promote active and healthy life styles in the context of formal as well as in informal education. The courses of this Program promote research and the integration of technology related to the field. Two specializations are offered: Teaching Physical Education and Sports Training and Performance. The specialization in Teaching Physical Education is oriented towards excellence in the preparation of effective professionals at the graduate level that have a formation in research, the design and implementation of the teaching and learning process in physical education. The specialization in Sports Training and Performance is directed to the development of physical training and sports programs in schools, sports and recreation.
In addition to meeting the master studies admission requirements established by Inter American University, candidates desiring to enter this Program must comply with the following requirements: A Bachelor in Physical Education, health or related areas and a course in statistics for both specializations: Teaching of Physical Education and Sport Training and Performance.
The San Germán Campus is authorized to offer the Master of Arts in Physical Education with both specializations.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
The specialization in Sport Training and Performance is designed to develop the competencies that will allow the student to:
Knowledge
- Know the concepts, terms and epistemological principles related to the function and movement of the human body.
- Identify the trends of the discipline and their application in the planning and development of sport training programs.
- Know the main current declarations of the American Sport Medicine School and apply them to the design and implementation of sport training programs.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the laws, models and theories applicable to the development of the physical activity and physical exercise in different athletic populations.
- Identify appropriate methods of evaluation and assessment to evidence athletic performance.
- Recognize indicators of over training and its impact in sport performance.
Skills
- Evaluate of Public Policy documents established by the State and National sport and recreational agencies and propose changes in harmony with the current needs.
- Use different methods of evaluation and assessment to identify needs in the development of the athlete’s physical capacities.
- Apply different models and sport methods of training that respond to the needs of the athlete.
- Apply different models of prevention and techniques for the rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
- Use theoretical knowledge in the revision of sport training programs.
- Use models for the development of physical training programs that respond to the social, psychological and physical needs.
- Put the scientific method into practice for the analysis, understanding and development of functional aspects of the human body in physical exercise.
Attitudes
- Recognize the advance of communication technologies and their impact in the dissemination of scientific and nonscientist information.
- Foment the modeling, clarification and practice of universal values that promote health, the integral well-being and the quality of life.
- Model a practice as a health a professional framed in the principles of respect and esteem for the study of the sport training.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Physical Education _ Sport Training and Performance
| Core Course Requirements in Education |
9 credits |
| Core Course Requirements in Physical Education |
9 credits |
| Subspecialization Requirements |
12 credits |
| Elective Courses |
6 credits |
| Total |
36 credits |
Core Course Requirements in Education - 9 credits
Six credits from the following orientations (Sociological EDUC 5013 or EDUC 5046; Psychological EDUC 5024 or EDUC 5047; Philosophical EDUC 5035):
| EDUC 5013 | Sociological Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 5024 | Psychological Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 5035 | Values and Perspectives in Contemporary Education | 3 |
| EDUC 5046 | The Individual, Society and Education | 3 |
| EDUC 5047 | Psychosocial Foundations of Education | 3 |
Core Course Requirements in Physical Education - 9 credits
Courses for the Specialization in Sports Training and Performance - 12 credits
Thesis Option
Students may substitute a thesis for six (6) elective credits. In such cases, they must take: