Physical Education
The UFSC Physical Education program aims to qualify professionals for a humanist and ethically responsible practice, with the goal of promoting health and quality of life for all people.
Graduates are equipped to work in various settings, including gyms, community associations, companies, and as personal trainers. The program also offers an option for a teaching degree (licenciatura), qualifying graduates to teach in basic education schools (early childhood, primary and secondary education) and in professional education settings.
The program curriculum is based on four major areas: natural and biological sciences; humanities; theoretical and practical knowledge of the culture of movement; and pedagogical education. In the last two years, students take supervised internships gaining hands-on experience in the professional practice of physical education teaching.
UFSC School of Sports offers outreach projects in more than thirty types of sports, such as tennis, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, dance, capoeira and judo. There are also a number of scholarship opportunities for students in research, teaching, student tutoring, children’s activities and in the Tutorial Education Program (PET).
Among the facilities of the School of Sports are an indoor thermal pool, tennis courts, a soccer field, a running track, three gymnasiums, multipurpose courts, and dance, gymnastics, fitness and dojo rooms. Students also have access to laboratories in Physical Effort, Physiology, Anatomy, Foreign Languages, Computer, Pedagogical Studies, Biomechanics and Media.
Learn more about the Physical Education program by watching this video (in Portuguese):
| Program Length: 8 semesters (4 years) |
| Website: portalcds.ufsc.br |
| Classes held during the day. |
