About Departments

Department of Olympic and Professional Sports

Department of Olympic and Professional Sports is graduating department of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport for the field of study “Sport”, which was created on the 1^st September, 2014.

The main activity of the department is organization and implementation of the educational process of training coaches for chosen sport and Physical Education Teachers.

During the studying process of disciplines, the students of the department acquire such abilities and skills:

– to use effectively general and specific methodological principles of the process of physical education and sports training;

– to organize classes in various sports, groups of general physical training;

– to master various forms of physical education and sports training;

– to determine the level of development and physical qualities of the individual and assess it in accordance with the training program and age-specific rate;

– to form a perfect posture and body structure by means of physical education and sports training;

– to use standard and nonstandard equipment, sport tools, technical gears of training during the classes;

– to master spotting skills and apply them during exercising;

– to predict the desired results of training process on the basis of consideration of adaptation patterns to training influence;

– to make planning documents (schedule of the educational process for one academic year, work plan, class outlines) using the curriculum and the program of physical education, including material and technical base of the institution;

– to prepare documentation for planning of the studying process (long-term plan, annual schedule, various types of mesocycles and microcycles, plans of training classes) using regulatory documents;

– to plan strategy and tactics of the competitive activities, taking into account physical condition of the athlete, the membership of the opponents, the peculiarity of the judiciary, the means by which the competitions are held;

– to select and to use informative and reliable tests for the determination of the individuals’ physical fitness according to their age and qualifications and specificity of the kind of sport.

Department of Combat and Strength Sports

The Department was founded on September 1, 2015, as a part of Faculty of Physical Education and Sport.

It provides students with modern knowledge of the teaching technology of the chosen kind of sport, gives them the methodology and main principles of organization of the training process and arrangement of the various competitions.

Students have an opportunity to get deep knowledge, to learn different comprehensive and professional oriented subjects, and to become highly qualified PE teachers and coaches.