Course Outline for the MSc degree

The program offers 10 modules which are presented in Table 1. In addition, the program offers the seminars described in Table 2. Seminars 1 and 2 are introductory and are offered before the start of the modules. Finally, a dissertation and the practicum (applied practice) should be completed (Table 3).

2014-2015

Table 1

	Modules		ECTS
	1st Semester
1	Research Method and Statistic	C	6
2	Psychological Foundations of Sport and Physical Activity	C	10
3	Psychological skills in physical activity and sports	C	6
4	Psychology in physical education and youth sports	C	6
	2nd Semester
5	Psychology of Adapted Physical Activity	O	8
6	Counseling Principles and Special Issues in Sport	O	8
7	Promoting Health, Exercise and Recreation programs	O	8
8	Motor Learning, Physical Activity, and Health	O	8
	3rd Semester
9	Physical activity and health education I	O	4
10	Physical activity and health education II	O	4
11	Psychology of physical activity in the elderly I	O	4
12	Psychology of physical activity in the elderly II	Ε	4
13	Analysis of quantitative data	O/C	4
14	Analysis of qualitative data	O/C	4

Table 2

	Seminars		ECTS
	1st Semester
1	Training academic skills	C	2
	2nd Semester
1	Developing research proposal	C	3
2	Psychological Skills Training	C	3
	3rd Semester
1	ICT applications for sport and exercise	C	3

Table 3

ECTS

Practicum (Semester 3)

Master’s thesis (Semester 4)

C = Compulsory, O = Optional, O/C = students must select either one of the two modules, or both

Modules 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Research methods and statistics, Psychological foundation of sport and physical activity, and Psychological skills training, and Psychology in physical education and youth sport) are compulsory, while the rest are optional. For modules taken attendance is required.
Students are eligible to choose two modules from other postgraduate programs in replacement of two modules of the program, provided that the modules chosen are related to the sport and exercise sciences domain or to research methods and statistics. Students should apply to the Coordinative Committee for Post-graduate studies (at least one month in advance of the starting day of the modules chosen), provide the outline of the modules and get the approval of the Assembly. If the modules chosen have different ECTS, then the transfer of the ECTS is regulated by the Coordinative Committee in cooperation with the corresponding teaching staff.
Students not holding a degree in a sport or exercise related domain are required to attend modules from the undergraduate program of study following the recommendations of the Coordinative Committee for Post-graduate studies.
The duration of each semester is 12 weeks. Each lecture lasts 3 teaching hours. Students are evaluated for each module based on their performance in the module assignments (essays, presentations, exams) according to the guidelines provided for each module.
Attendance for all modules taken is compulsory. Students missing more that 1/4 of the total hours taught are required to re-attend the module.
The maximum number or modules students are allowed to attend within a semester is four.
Modules run in small classes and emphasis is placed on autonomous and cooperative learning.
In addition to the department’s staff, professors and experts from domestic and foreign Universities will be often invited to teach, in particular professors from the European University Network that runs the European Master of Sport and Exercise Psychology.