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The education is performed by Faculty of Health care and Sport

The bachelor program Sports is specifically designed to meet the students with the needed theoretical and practical knowledge, which will allow them to lead training and competitive activities.

The disciplines in this program will make sure that students will undergo a professional training and will guarantee their realization as coaches, senior coaches and head coaches.

The professional right and qualification of the sports studying, which allow students to lead trainings and competitive activities in Bulgaria are regulated by the Bulgarian educational requirements.

Academic standards for the programme Sports

The professional training in Sports consists of:

General sciences - acquiring knowledge in pedagogics, psychology, health and health care, IT, foreign language, and many more studies

General training in medical and biological sciences - acquiring knowledge in the area of anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry and many more.

Special theoretical training in the medical and biological sciences - acquiring knowledge in the area of functional anatomy, the physiological part of exercises, sports medicine and sports hygiene, physiotherapy and more.

Special theoretical training in sports - includes training in scientific basis of the sports training, theory and methods of the sports training for every type of sport, diagnostics, selection and forecasting in sports, biochemistry and physical exercises, biomechanics and physical exercises, knowledge about methodology of the scientific researches in sports, metrology and statistics, sports psychology, sports sociology, sports management and more.

Practical and methodical training: includes the preparation methods of the sports training - common physical, special, physical, technical, tactical, mental (self-control, will, emotional stability, and more), social (establishing the needs of achievement, self-affirmation in the team and on the track, domination, leadership, the feeling of belonging to the team, team spirit and more), methodical - planning and periodization of the multiannual sports training; forming the main practical skills and the manner of performing the technical components based on the type of sport

Purpose of the programme Sports

The graduates from the programme Sports acquire the professional qualification "Coach", which gives the graduates the opportunity to practice their skills in variety of professions according to the list of the National Classification of Occupations, representing Annex 4 order No RD01-931/27.12.2010 with the changes in NCO-2011 already in force; there are 3422 6002 coaches, 3422 6004 senior coaches, 3422 7011 head coaches