The accreditation of this program is until 2026 .
The education is performed by Faculty of Pedagogy.
The Master's program "Physical Education" trains specialists
with educational and qualification parameters, enabling them to
achieve full realization in different departments and levels of the
educational system in Bulgaria
Preparation of students in the Master's program "Physical
Education " ensures mastery of basic concepts, attitudes and
knowledge and practical skills as well:
- General scientific and teacher training;
- General training in medical and biological sciences;
- Special theoretical and methodological training;
- Methodical and practical training;
- Special methods and practical training
Professional competence - in their career
realization the students graduating with a Master's degree are able
to :
- plan, organize, analyze and manage the educational, training
and competition activities of students from all levels of secondary
school and the other (extracurricular) forms of activities with
physical exercises and sports, sports sections, school
competitions, travel hiking and more;
- demonstrate elements of the technique of sports, which offered
in the basic and additional core curricula in the various
educational levels; taking into account the specific conditions of
the school where they work in accordance with the tradition of
physical education and sports in the region;
- select proper means and methods of education and training
volume and intensity of load them comply with the age and gender
characteristics of students;
- process and analyze the results of monitoring indicators of the
level of physical fitness and inform parents and teaching staff of
the positive changes and the negative trends;
- implement preventive practical action to curb sports injuries
and to provide adequate first aid in case of accidents;
- implement multi-faceted approach in their work and
teamwork.
Sports training - develop skills in the
following sports - athletics, gymnastics, sports games, tennis,
table tennis, fitness and bodybuilding, etc. included in the
curricula of school. Specialized training / course / sports -
skiing, water sports, orienteering, hiking and camping which are
offered as extracurricular physical activities.
The education in this specialty lasts for 2 years (4 semesters)
. The curriculum has a total workload of 1140 classes and provides
a total of 120 ECTS credits, divided equally for each of the four
semesters in accordance with state requirements (Art. 44a of the
Act amending the Higher Education Act - SG . 48 / 04.06 . 2004 and
Decree № 21 of 30.09.2004 implementing the system of accumulation
and transfer of credits in high schools - SG . 89 / 12.10.2004
)