Master degree program “Olympic Sport and Education”

Master degree program “Olympic sport and education” (in Ukrainian)

The master program is based on innovative ideas, concepts, paradigms, concepts, theories and other results of modern research on the design and use of special technologies, analysis of the development of physical culture and sport, including Olympic sport and education, within which further professional and scientific career of the applicant is possible.

The master’s course is aimed at training professionals who are able to identify and effectively solve complex specialized problems and practical problems of innovative and scientific nature in the field of physical culture and sports, in particular in Olympic sports and education.


Features of the master’s program that will help you in your professional growth

As a result of master’s studies you will get:

• deep versatile knowledge necessary for successful work in the field of Olympic sport and education;

• opportunity to get acquainted with the peculiarities of the work of state and non-governmental sports institutions, including the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, the Olympic Academy of Ukraine, the Federations of Olympic Sports, sports schools and clubs, etc .;

• ability to organize and conduct research in the field of Olympic sports and education, as well as to interpret the results.


Disciplines taught in the field of “Olympic sports and the system of Olympic education”

Current issues of physical education and sports (3 ECTS credits)

Higher education pedagogy (3 ECTS credits)

Professionally oriented foreign language (10 ECTS credits)

Master’s practice (10 ECTS credits)

Qualification work (8 ECTS credits)

Olympic Movement in Modern Society (3 ECTS credits)

Modern system of multi-stage selection in Olympic sports (3 ECTS credits)

Motor skills and athletes’physical  preparation (5 ECTS credits)

Management of athletes’ preparation to the Olympic Games (5 ECTS credits)

Modern periodization of sports training (5 ECTS credits)

IOC and Olympic system (4 ECTS credits);

Promising areas of research in Olympic sport (4 ECTS credits)

Historical, organizational and legal aspects of modern Olympic sports (7 ECTS credits)

System of competitions in Olympic Sport (3 ECTS credits)

Olympic education (6 ECTS credits)

Psychological support oin athletic activities (3 ECTS credits)

Cultural heritage of Olympic sport (4 ECTS credits)

Functional systems and their adaptation in the process of sports training (4 ECTS credits)


Disciplines taught in the field of “Theory and methods of athletic preparation in Olympic sport”

Current issues of physical education and sports (3 ECTS credits)

Higher education pedagogy (3 ECTS credits)

Professionally oriented foreign language (10 ECTS credits)

Master’s practice (10 ECTS credits)

Qualification work (8 ECTS credits)

The Olympic Movement in Modern Society (3 ECTS credits)

Modern system of multi-stage selection in Olympic sports (3 ECTS credits)

Motor skills and physical training of athletes (5 ECTS credits)

Management of athletes’ preparation to the Olympic Games (5 ECTS credits)

Modern periodization of sports training (5 ECTS credits)

IOC and Olympic system (4 ECTS credits)

Promising areas of research in Olympic sports (4 ECTS credits)

Functional systems and their adaptation in the process of sports training (4 ECTS credits)

System of competitions in Olympic Sport (3 ECTS credits)

Motor memory and motor space in technical preparation of athletes (3 ECTS credits)

Psychological support of sports activities (3 ECTS credits)

Testing in the system of management in system of athletes’ preparation (4 ECTS credits)

Athlete in different climatic and geographical conditions (3 ECTS credits)

The problem of doping, the use of nutritional supplements and pharmacological agents in modern sports (4 ECTS credits)

Overtraining and injuries at athletes in modern sport (3 ECTS credits)


Disciplines taught in the field of “Sports Psychology”

Current issues of physical education and sport (3 ECTS credits)

Higher education pedagogy (3 ECTS credits)

Professionally oriented foreign language (10 ECTS credits)

Магістерська практика (10 кредитів ЄКТС)

Master’s practice (10 ECTS credits)

Qualification work (8 ECTS credits)

Olympic Movement in Modern Society (3 ECTS credits)

Modern system of multi-stage selection in Olympic sports (3 ECTS credits)

Motor skills and physical training of athletes (5 ECTS credits)

Management of athletes’ preparation to the Olympic Games (5 ECTS credits)

Modern periodization of sports training (5 ECTS credits)

Conflictology in sports (4 ECTS credits)

Psychodiagnostics in sports (3 ECTS credits)

Current issues in development of sports psychology (3 ECTS credits)

Methodology and organization of scientific research (4 ECTS credits)

Differential psychology of sport (3 ECTS credits)

Psychoregulation in sports (3 ECTS credits)

Age and pedagogical psychology in sports (3 ECTS credits)

Acmeology in sports (5 ECTS credits)

Psychological and pedagogical bases of trainer’s skill (3 ECTS credits

Social psychology of sport (3 ECTS credits)