University Of Salento

Bachelor's Degree in MOTOR AND SPORT SCIENCES

Degree course in italian: SCIENZE MOTORIE E DELLO SPORT
Degree course: MOTOR AND SPORT SCIENCES
Title: Bachelor's Degree
MIUR Class: Scienze delle attività motorie e sportive - L-22 R (DM270)
Length: 3 years
Credits: 180
Department: BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Website: https://www.unisalento.it/didattica/cosa-studiare/percorsi/-/dettaglio/corso/LB57R/scienze-motorie-e-dello-sport
Language: ITALIAN
Location: Lecce-
Academic year: 2025/2026
Type of access/Available places: Limited access course
Career opportunities: 3.4.2.4.0 - Istruttori di discipline sportive non agonistiche
3.4.2.5.1 - Organizzatori di eventi e di strutture sportive
3.4.2.6.1 - Allenatori e tecnici sportivi

Course description
Course modules

Course description

The Degree Course in Motor and Sports Sciences (cl. L-22 R) is aimed at those who wish to deepen their skills in the field of physical activity and sport in general. It offers an educational offer aimed at preparing professional operators capable of planning, conducting and evaluating physical activities in different formal and non-formal training contexts and athletic preparation plans at a competitive level. Particular attention is paid above all to those disciplines that allow the maintenance of psycho-physical well-being and the prevention of disorders deriving from sedentary lifestyles.
To this end, the course provides the acquisition of anatomical, biochemical, biomechanical and physiological knowledge essential for understanding the biological bases of movement and adaptations to physical exercise.
Furthermore, the training path includes learning the teaching methodologies regarding motor and sports activities and the methodologies suitable for measuring and evaluating the effects of physical exercise with particular reference to the biomechanical aspects of movement, aimed at implementing programs for the recovery of gait defects and postural defects and the use of techniques and tools for the correct performance of motor and sports activities.
The course provides the pedagogical bases for conducting motor and sports activity programs at an individual and group level in order to interact with subjects of all ages, aimed at maintaining and strengthening the psychophysical well-being of the person. The teaching tools used to achieve these objectives will be lectures, seminars and technical-practical activities, with periodic and final learning assessments.
The achievement of these objectives will be possible through basic, characterizing, similar and integrative activities which, starting from the second year of the course, will be integrated with internship activities, which will qualify the student's preparation through paths identified by the degree course in the field of individual and team technical-sports disciplines, educational teaching
and the sector of preventive-adapted motor activities.
The student will also be able to follow external activities at affiliated bodies (Sports Associations and Societies affiliated with sports federations, First and Second Level Schools, State Bodies, etc.) with the guidance of tutors identified by the respective structures who will certify the regularity of the activities.
The graduate in 'Motor Sciences and Sports' will have the skills to carry out professional activities related to motor and sports activities both in public and private structures and in sports and recreational-social organizations, with particular reference to the conduction, management and evaluation of physical activities aimed at the prevention and maintenance of psycho-physical well-being through the promotion of active lifestyles. He/she will also be able to manage individual and group activities related to fitness.

To be admitted to the degree course in “Motor Science and Sports” (cl. L-22) students must have a high school diploma valid for enrollment in university degree courses according to the current legislation on the subject and the University Teaching Regulations of the University of Salento.
Those enrolled in the degree course in “Motor Science and Sports” (cl. L-22) are required to demonstrate possession of basic skills and abilities relating to the correct use of the Italian language in written form, basic knowledge of scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology) and motor-sports, at a level corresponding to the programs of secondary schools, logical skills. These skills and knowledge will be verified through a mandatory entrance test (except for cases of exemption expressly provided for in the teaching regulations); in the event of a negative outcome, additional learning obligations (OFA) will be assigned.

The methods of verifying the knowledge required for access as well as the methods of recovering the OFA will be defined in the course of study's teaching regulations.

Non-EU foreign students may be admitted according to the provisions in force.
The number of places reserved for non-EU students will be specified in the annual admission announcement.

Profile

Professional in the field of motor and sports activities.

Functions

The degree course in "Motor Science and Sports" (cl. L-22) trains professionals in motor and sports activities capable of operating in the fields (Basic Kinesiologist) of motor and sports activities aimed at promoting health and aimed at developmental age, adults and the elderly, special populations (disabled, subjects with non-communicable diseases and pharmacologically controlled) and prevention and maintenance of health, with particular reference to the following contexts:
- didactic-educational field, as an operator of motor activities in nursery, primary and secondary schools;
- motor activities (physical education) for developmental age in the school context within school and inter-institutional projects (primary and secondary school);
- motor activities and recreational activities in different contexts: social services, socio-educational centres, in re-education and penal institutions, in socio-relational recovery communities, in hospitals, in socio-cultural inclusion centres; motor and sports activities for free time;
- field of re-educational, preventive and compensatory and adapted motor activities, in the school and sports context;
- technical-sports, as a coach of sports disciplines according to different levels of technical qualification;
- activities in the tourist-sports, hiking, recreational-sports fields, in summer and winter sports centers;
- operator for motor activities in retirement homes, spas, wellness centers and in different work environments;
- organization and management of sports centers, as manager and/or manager of sports facilities;
- security and surveillance, as a technician for the accreditation and safety of sports facilities and as a safety manager in sports competitions.
In summary, the functions that the candidate will have to perform are the following:
- Planning of motor and sports activity interventions, with particular attention to individual needs; - Management and control of the performance of individual and group motor activity interventions aimed at the educational process, maintenance and recovery of physical efficiency and well-being; - Management and control of the implementation of individual and group sports training programs aimed at developing motor and sports performance; - Promotion of initiation to sports in developmental age; Management and control of educational-didactic interventions aimed at initiating children and pre-adolescents to sports; - Promotion of physically active lifestyles at different ages through the drafting of educational-didactic projects and interventions; - Collaboration in the management and organization of the activities of sports associations, recreational facilities and free time.

Skills

The graduate in Motor Sciences and Sports has teaching and methodological skills relating to motor and sports activities. These skills are integrated with knowledge in the psychological, pedagogical, biological and medical-sports areas, without neglecting the legal-sports, IT and linguistic aspects.
The graduate in Motor Sciences and Sports is a figure with inter-multidisciplinary skills consistent with the demands of the world of work; At the end of the training course, the student will have the following skills: - knowledge of the fundamentals of the pedagogical process through motor and sports activities at different ages and educational needs; - knowledge relating to developmental psychology, with reference to the motivations and determinants of motor and sports activities at different ages; - basic psycho-pedagogical skills to interact effectively according to differences in age, gender, social condition, disability, both at an individual and group level; - knowledge of the biological bases of human movement and adaptation to exercise according to different levels of duration, intensity, density, executive difficulty, according to gender differences and different environmental conditions; - knowledge of the anatomical-functional fundamentals, applied to the performance of motor and sports activities; - knowledge of the basics of exercise physiology, functional modifications and effects induced by different types of motor load; - knowledge of the biomechanics of movements, in relation to individual differences and types of tasks and motor and sports activities; - knowledge of the characteristics of motor tasks with preventive, compensatory and adapted purposes and ability to communicate with different subjects, according to gender, age and different training needs; - knowledge of the methods and tools for measuring and evaluating motor skills; - knowledge of the types of tasks and motor activities for the development of motor skills, with particular attention to the effects on systems and apparatuses at different ages and to health promotion; - methodological skills relating to the design and management of educational paths and interventions of individual and group motor and sports activities; - basic legal skills related to the management of different organizational methods of physical and sports activities in different contexts, public and private, volunteering, etc.

Sbocco

The degree course prepares students to carry out professional activities as a professional in physical and sports activities, in public and private structures, in sports organizations and in recreational and social associations, with particular reference to the planning, management and evaluation of individual and group physical activities of a compensatory, adaptive, educational, recreational and sports nature aimed at maintaining psycho-physical well-being through the promotion of active lifestyles throughout the individual life cycle and the management, management and evaluation of individual and group fitness activities.
In particular:
Primary and secondary schools through specific extracurricular or curricular inter-institutional and multi-component projects; Sports associations and clubs, according to different levels of technical-sports qualification; Sports promotion bodies; Structures that deal with health promotion through physical activities and sports; Associations in which promotional and amateur physical activities are carried out; Health gyms and fitness centers; Tourist and hotel structures; Companies that include the production and distribution of tools relating to physical and sports practice; Swimming pools, in which swimming activities for health promotion and swimming activities for competitive purposes are carried out.

The final exam for the degree in “Motor and Sports Sciences” (cl. L-22) consists of the presentation of a written paper, concerning a scientific topic within the subjects included in the educational path, prepared by the student under the guidance of a supervisor. This paper may also consist of a report on the technical-practical activities, coordinated by tutors and teachers of the course, conducted in gyms and educational laboratories, affiliated with the University.
The final exam must demonstrate the cultural maturity and the ability of the graduate to personally and autonomously elaborate the topic, his ability to effectively communicate the topic addressed and the mastery / professional knowledge of the topic itself.
The criteria for determining the degree grade will be identified by the Teaching Council and specified in the Regulations for the Final Exam of the Degree Course.