Master of Science in Sport Management, Sport Rehabilitation and Sport Organization for the Disabled

This Master of Science has been designed by the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO in order to provide the necessary knowledge and expertise to managers and directors of the sport science.

The program emphasizes all areas of sports science, such as administration, marketing, rehabilitation & sport organization for the disabled.

The management of these important scientific areas of sport science are organized in accordance with local and international standards to compare the current knowledge between different countries.

The sports science in the modern global environment plays an important role in preventing and rehabilitating the diseases and illnesses. Also, significant is its role in the organization of sport for the disabled persons.

Participation in sport, both for recreation and competition, stresses the need for good governance and therefore is required for the development of a vision in the management of sports science to continue to fulfil all the objectives pursued during the 21st century and in the past.

This particular Masters degree program is designed to help individuals achieve the objectives mentioned above. Research and teaching are two strong elements that will help graduates in management, depending on their specific field of interest.

The graduate program focuses on providing an interdisciplinary, analytical, and practical approach to the management of sport in the planning and policy faced by sport organizations and sport-related services.

The program is suitable for graduates of business administration & economic departments, physical education teachers, coaches, physiotherapists, and sports officials or directors, who are working or are responsible in different places in sport settings.
 

Aims & Objectives

Aims:

This postgraduate program is designed for professionals in the sports science and graduated by departments of business administration and finance, with relevant experience in administration of sports organizations who wish to become high level managers in the sport sector.

The program was established by targeting the management of sport organizations and by placing emphasis on people with disabilities, their rehabilitation and organization of recreational sport and sports services provided by federations, private clubs, football limited companies, public and private rehabilitation centers and indoor facilities.

The post graduate program is expected to develop the students' ability to organize, to judge and handle matters of sports science, such as participation in sports for people with disabilities, the organization of rehabilitation centers and sports in general as a means of preventing illness and disease.

It is still expected that students will gain important knowledge from the courses offered in the classroom, which together with the research that will be carried out in practice, will gain experience that will help them become high-level managers in all areas of sports science.

Objectives:

To help graduates understand the international organizational structure of sports science in the areas of prevention & rehabilitation, both in competitive athletes and people with disabilities, focusing on the system of sport in Greece.

To prepare managers with excellent education and to enable them to promote the development of Greek sports, the organization of prevention of diseases through recreational exercise, and rehabilitation of all categories of athletes including the athletes with disabilities through the expertise and experience provided by this program.

To help promote the knowledge and the development of research in management of sports organizations, rehabilitation and organization of sport for disabled people.

To help meet the educational needs at postgraduate level, business executives, both sporting and business organizations in the private and public sectors, and professional managers in the organization of rehabilitation centers for all categories of athletes including the disabled persons.

To help promote the Organization-Management Associations, Societies & the Greek Para-Olympic Committee for the disabled persons to improve organization and efficiency of Greek sport, both healthy and persons with disabilities.

At the end of this program students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the organization of sport science in all of its aspects, which include the participation in recreational activities of the healthy subjects, the athletes, the disabled persons, the prevention, the rehabilitation, and the capability of planning and regulating in sport development.

• Identify and analyze the major issues in the organization & management, planning and regulating the sport science organizations in the rehabilitation centers and the participation of disabled athletes in developing countries. 

• Identify and explain the content, opportunities and challenges involved in formulating and implementing regulations in the sector of sports science similar to other countries.

• Apply management competencies in selected areas of sport management, including the rehabilitation of disabled persons with planning and regulating in specific circumstances.

• Evaluate the economic activities, whose main purpose is to promote, restore, and maintain health through sport participation.

• Describe and use data from the statistical methodology and financial planning for sport facilities and rehabilitation centers.

• Develop and use a methodical approach to the organization-management and construction of sports facilities and rehabilitation centers in specific circumstances.

• Describe the organization-management, structure, methods of planning and management of human resources and systems to review and evaluate the services provided by sports organizations and rehabilitation centers by the use of regulations and concepts.

• Become familiar with the basic scientific disciplines of sports science for preventing, maintaining, improving, and restoring health.

• Study and evaluate their publishing work and the implementation in the practice of the sport organization using the concepts of management and leadership.

• Understand the roles of management and leadership in sports science.

• Analyze and develop regulations offered by sports services at local and national levels.

• Understand the professional ethics and the principles of good governance.

• Work as a team and communicate effectively, setting priorities and conducting their assignments in a positive way.

• Develop the team through those competencies-skills that will enable them to learn independently and to continue to improve professionally.

• Describe and make critical analysis of contemporary issues in sports Science, highlighting their importance in the prevention, maintaining and improving the health of athletes, those participating in recreational activities, which include athletes, disabled athletes, and disabled persons.

• Analyze various aspects of human resource management in the various fields of sport and develop a strategy for further development of sport science.

• Construct a model of human resource development in sport, which includes planning, training and management operations in the field of sports science.

• Design and equip a rehabilitation center.

• Design and choose appropriate physical modalities for the sport injuries rehabilitation.

• Design and establish a club for sport organization for the disabled.

• Conduct primary and secondary research in sport organizations and rehabilitation centers, in order to understand and to convey the theory into the practice with data analysis.

• Evaluate the managers training in sport and organize a strategy for staff education in a sport organization or rehabilitation center in particular circumstances.

• Find a quality management policy for sport organizations, health clubs and rehabilitation centers.

• Understand the theories and practices of the operation of public and private clubs and the role of leadership in its administration.

• Understand the theories and practices of the operation of public and private clubs that effectively support, efficient and fair policies in the development of sport in Greece.

• Enable students to manage the volunteers for a special event.

Study Plan and Faculty

The Master has 6 core Modules and 2 concentration Modules depending on the pathway / track that students follow (there are 4 pathways to select one). In total students attend 8 courses and draft a dissertation thesis that correspond in total to 60 ECTS as follows:

 Core subjects

Dissertation (12 ECTS)
In order to get the master’s title, that will be issued by the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, the student has to prepare a final thesis on a topic agreed with the Master’s course Scientific Committee.

Didactics

Didactic activity takes place through the Internet, in the “Master” section of the portal: www.uninettunouniversity.net, the first portal in the world where teaching is delivered in four languages: Arabic, French, English and Italian. The adopted psycho-pedagogic model implements the shift:

• from the central role of the teacher to that of the student;
• from the transmission of knowledge to the building of knowledge;
• from passive and competitive learning to active and collaborative learning.

The students play an active role in their learning progress and can study whenever and wherever they wish to. In the course of their learning, the students are guided by an online tutoring system which is able to facilitate their learning and web-based communication process and to supply them with the tools to carry out their study of their particular subject successfully. The online tutoring is organised into classes of students, with an advanced agenda system that is able to recognize each individual and to obtain the tracking of didactic activities and the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the learning process of each single student.

How to study

The didactic activity on the Internet unfold within the WEB macro-area known as the Didactic Cyberspace. In the Didactic Cyberspace the learning and developmental process is implemented and the access are differentiated through login and passwords on the basis of the three different roles of those who participate in the learning process: Professors, Tutors and Students. The three categories of those who utilize the service can access information linked to each teaching subject.
In particular, the Professor and Tutor can modify or substitute didactic materials and add new ones for the duration of the teaching period, while the student has his or her own area where data, information and personal notes can be inserted. The student can access:

• the Page of the Appointed Teaching Professor
• the Tutor Page.

Within these pages the Learning Environments are inserted and it is possible to access:

• Didactic Materials

They constitute the course contents: digitized video-lessons with bookmarks allow the hypertextual and multimedia link to books, selected bibliographical references, texts of the exercises, lists of selected websites. The system of dynamic bookmarks gives the Internet-based video-lessons a hyper-textual character allowing different levels of navigation: from one lesson to the other one, between the subjects of a single lesson, between the materials referring to the same subject.

• Distance Tutoring

The students enrolled in the Master’s course will be able to be followed during every step of their study path by the Telematic Professor-Tutor, who represents a guide as well as a constant presence during your Learning Process. The long distance Tutoring activities can be carried out in two ways:

• in a synchronic manner, by using the chat rooms, the videochat rooms, video and audio-conference systems activated in the Didactic Cyberspace, but also the three-dimensional classroom created on the UTIU Island of knowledge on Second Life.
• in a diachronic manner, through tools such as e mail and discussion forums on the Internet. The discussion forums, related to the topics of a given teaching subject, allow you to extend the dialogue and activate a collaborative learning and to organize your thoughts regarding the discussion topic and study activity that you are engaged in.

• The virtual classroom in UNINETTUNO Island of Knowledge on Second Life

In UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University) Island of Knowledge we realised a 3D Auditorium devoted to the Master’s course. This is where the students’ avatar and professors/tutors’ avatars interact in the three-dimensional world of UNINETTUNO by them voice. Practice works, assessment tests and videoconferences with the protagonists of the European Union attending through their avatars are carried out, as well as direct practice activities guided by the professors/tutors’ avatars. In the virtual classroom of Second Life on the UNINETTUNO Island of Knowledge the students and the professors/tutors teach and learn in a collaborative and cooperative way, they build and share knowledge with people belonging to different political, cultural and religious realities, they dialogue, cultural differences are compared, socialization processes are activated as well as the creation of new knowledge.

End-users and Requirements

The Master of Science in Sport Management, Sport Rehabilitation and Sport Organization for the Disabled is meant for all students holding a First Degree diploma. The postgraduate title that the University awards upon successful completion of the Program is Master Level II.

How to enroll

You can enroll directly on the Internet site via the: Administrative Secretariat filling in the specific online for and paying the relative fees by credit card or bank transfer.
The online administrative secretariat deals with all administration activities and the student’s career. The Secretariat will confirm the completed enrolment with an e-mail including matriculation number, User ID and Password.

Enrolment fee

The enrolment fee for the Master is € 5000,00.