The College of Physical Education and Sport PALESTRA, L.t.d. is a private, recently accredited, non-university college that enriches the offer of educational opportunities to achieve a bachelor's degree with a focus on the area of physical education, sport and leisure time management. It follows up the tradition and experience gained in the period of the nine-year existence of College with similar specialization. The curriculum is comparable with the university education systems abroad. It is implemented in a credit form, which is compatible with the European credit transfer system. It covers the following fields of Study: Sport and fitness specialist, Sport and leisure time management educationist, which are carried out in the form of three year bachelor study program. The tuition in the first two semesters is unified and integral for both fields.
The aim and focus of specialization modules enable students, based on their interests, to specialize in the two critical fields of study "Sport and fitness specialist" and "Sport and leisure time management educationist." Concerning the future career of the graduates, substantial stress is put on the interaction of the theoretical side of specific subjects with the practice. For this reason, these modules comprise a more extensive volume of practical tuition and practice. The subjects are split into three basic categories: compulsory, obligatory selectable, and elective subjects, out of which the student is entitled to select based on the interest and professional specialization. The results of subjects are classified by credit, classified credit, exam, consolidated exam. The study load is evaluated by a particular number of credits. The current form of evaluation, including credits, is available in the curriculum and thematic plan of the subjects.
The graduates become specialists in a varied range of leisure time activities, organizers and managers of physical education and sport. The sport and fitness specialists can make a career in sports and training clubs, sports associations, centers of regeneration, fitness centers, in the travel trade, as well as specialist advisors in the field of health prevention, hygiene and injury prevention in a wide range of institutions focusing on sport activity. The graduates of the field Sport and leisure time management educationist become specialists in children clubs, clubs for young tourists and technicians, in after school centers, school clubs, cultural and educational institutions for adults, in summer children camps and recreational facilities for adults, in nursery schools, charity organizations, social welfare facilities, humanitarian centers and refugee camps, social organizations and in the travel trade and spa facilities, as well as consultants involved in free time, culture and physical education on the level of public municipal and state sector.
Conditions of admittance to the College are the following:
- The graduation exam.
- Oral interview about the selected field.
- In the process of the entrance examination, practical experience in sport and pedagogy will be considered.
- The applicants are requested to present a medical document recording their health condition and affirm that they are not and have not been prosecuted for any immoral offense.
The study program is concluded by the state bachelor exam. Students are enabled to enroll for this exam, having achieved at least 190 credits. Fifteen credits for the defense of Bachelor's work are included in the total amount. The specific conditions of Study are available in "Study and exam codex. "
A brand new study program responds to the rapid development in the wellness industry in the country as in the world and thus increasing labor market demands for skilled professionals in this area. The aim of the Master's program "Wellness Specialist "is to prepare professionals to manage the fundamental specialized issues of rapidly developing a field that is the care of people, especially about personal well-being, as an essential component of health, fitness, and lifestyle. At the same time, students acquire necessary professional skills that will enable them to succeed in newly emerged facilities that provide not only traditional physical activity but also a variety of new forms of care of the body, mind, and a healthy lifestyle.
Students will build their knowledge on the basics of pedagogical, biomedical, and management – economics acquired in the Bachelor's program. The curriculum is made of modules of compulsory, compulsory elective and optional subjects. Determining the target competencies of graduates, we respect the recommendations of national descriptors of the National Qualifications Framework for tertiary education, including professional knowledge and skills, general capability such as judgment forming, communication abilities, and follow up learning.
Graduates will acquire the qualification for the profession "Wellness Specialist, "due to intensity and study program focus. They will be adequately prepared for the concept -comprehensive care for different clients and the management job in wellness centers.
Graduates with a master's degree qualification "Wellness Specialist "will find employment in wellness centers, wellness centers within hotels, Balneotherapy, and spa facilities. More job opportunities will find in institutions with a wellness service focus as in tourism (travel agencies, professional associations, etc.).
