Sport Science

Course Overview

The Bachelor's program in Sports Science focuses on the study of sports in all its facets and perspectives. It teaches the technical fundamentals and competencies in the areas of movement and training science, biomechanics, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry, sports medicine, sports psychology, sports pedagogy and didactics, sports communication, and sports management. In addition, the Sports Science program offers the opportunity to prepare specifically for a later professional career through internships and electives. For a comprehensive description of the program, please refer to the degree program documentation: Degree program documentation for the Bachelor’s program in Sport Science (PDF, German) As a graduate, you will have a holistic understanding of the human body in the context of physical activity and sport. In doing so, you can draw on a solid knowledge of movement, neuroscience, training science, sports medicine and biomechanical principles. You will have an overview of the external influences on the physical structures and the psyche of people and will be able to classify interrelationships between the various sub-disciplines of sports science and the effects of their synergetic interaction as well as the functionality of physical activity, sport and interacting contextual factors. You have acquired knowledge in the disciplines of sport psychology, sport pedagogy and didactics, sport sociology, media and communication in sport as well as sport management and entrepreneurship. You are able to act diagnostically, preventively and interventively in areas of physical activity and sport. Your methodological and analytical competences allow you to generate scientific explanations and to evaluate them in an interdisciplinary way. Thus, you will be able to evaluate movement quality, analyze movement sequences and design interventions to optimize movement sequences as well as develop training plans based on movement, neuroscience, training science and sports medicine components and thereby teach techniques in selected sports. With regard to action competencies, you will be able to take into account sports psychological influences as well as models of motor learning and motor development in diagnostics, training and consulting and use these for any changes in a motivating and target group-appropriate manner. As a creative, socially competent and responsible person with leadership qualities, you work solution-oriented in teams. You are able to implement social and entrepreneurial commitment. Upon successfully completing the Bachelor's program in Sport Science, professional opportunities arise in various sectors. These include sports clubs and associations, health care, sport management and sport communication, as well as commercial companies active in the sports sector. The Bachelor’s degree qualifies students for further academic education and suitable Master’s degree programs.