Physical Education and Sport

The objective of the three-year Bachelor study Physical Education and Sports (PES) is to prepare qualified, university-educated professionals for the sports education of the general population of all ages in their leisure sports activities. Students in this field will gain practical and didactic basics in the organization of sports activities, awareness in the lifestyle optimization education, and the rudiments of sports training along with the basics of socio-scientific and medical-biological disciplines.

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• pass on skills in sport and sporting events;
• explain the history, rules, theories, and basics of biomedicine, psychology, and pedagogy applied to school physical education and selected sports;
• apply knowledge of pedagogy and the theory of sports training to specific sports of different age groups;
• acquire basic knowledge about the methodology of teaching the physical education;
• define the structure of movement in the given sport.
• MAN: apply knowledge from management, marketing, economics, and accounting, while running sports organizations and sports facilities, so-called program management.
• MAN: understand the system of sports organization in the Czech Republic, apply knowledge about public administration and finance within the environment of sports.
• RNS: create and implement, within the framework of regeneration, individual exercise and dietary (diet) programs aimed at optimizing the recovery of motor, transport, and metabolic system after sports training,
• RNS: create and implement, within the framework of regeneration, individual exercise and dietary (diet) programs aimed at taking basic measures to prevent chronic non-infectious diseases of the vast population.
• SESF: naturally (without thinking) apply practical skills in model self-defence situations, to combine partial movements, to change the move structure so as to solve the given motion problem;
• SESF: accept the moral outcomes of self-defence and to clearly distinguish between social and personal needs;
• T: apply the knowledge of the theory of sports training to specific sports and specific age and performance levels;
• R: officiate the game of the selected team sport.

Graduates of this study program are capable of working creatively and independently in school clubs, youth homes, as organizational workers in civic associations, fitness centres, private sports clubs, and other specialized facilities conducting sports activities.

Graduates of Sports Management (MAN) specialization: Employment prospects of a graduate on the position of middle management in sports clubs, sports associations, recreational and leisure sports facilities, travel agencies and public administration institutions.

Graduates of Regeneration and Nutrition in Sports (RNS) specialization: Employment prospects of a graduate are in centres dedicated to the regeneration of the organism after a physical load or prevention and health care. These are, in particular, sports clubs and sports associations, health-oriented, regeneration and recreation centres, spa facilities, tourism facilities or individual institutions with a health promotion concept.

Graduates of Special Education of Security Forces (SESF) specialization: The graduates of SESF will be given the opportunity to find employment in security companies, judicial guard, correctional institutions, airports and railways protection, but also in the Police of the Czech Republic, municipal police, and other security forces.

Graduates of Training (T) specialization: The graduates of T will find employment in sports clubs and sports-education institutions focusing on individual or team sports with higher performance goals, but also in leisure centres aiming at physical activities.

Graduates of Referee in Team Sports (R) specialization: The graduates of R will be ready to work in sports organizations and leisure centres offering services especially at the middle management level.

Mandatory parts of all PES curriculum plans are pedagogical practices with the subjects “Preparation for Practice” and “Practice.” The preparation for the practice is in the range of 1/1 with 3 credits. The practice takes 75 hours and is for 3 credits. The innovation of both subjects lies in the fact that all students of the PES study program, with various specializations, will attend these two subjects of pedagogical practice. The essence of “Preparation for Practice” is to familiarize students with various work-related activities of physical education experts and to practice pedagogical activities in the main areas of their possible future employment. “Practice” will directly follow “Preparation for Practice”, where the students will deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge used when organizing leisure physical activities and will practically verify their educational skills and abilities.

Students of the individual specializations will also complete a practice relevant to the given specialization. It will enable students to apply knowledge and skills in a real environment (Sports Management in the subject “Professional Practice”, Regeneration and Nutrition in Sports in the subject of “Practice”, Training in the subjects “Training-methodological Practice” 1 and 2, Special Education of Security Forces in the subject of “Practice”, Referee in Team Sports in subjects “Referee Practice” 1 to 4).

Graduates of Bachelor’s degree program Physical Education and Sport (after fulfilling the conditions of admission) may continue in a follow-up Master’s study in the program of Teacher Training of Physical Education for Primary and Secondary Schools, or further, deepen their knowledge in specialized Master’s programs of FSpS MU.