Course content and focus areas
Content and Focus Areas:
The degree program emphasizes advanced education in the social and educational sciences of sports, delivered through both theoretical and practice-oriented approaches. This focus makes it a unique degree program within German-speaking sports science. The program profile includes four core areas.
Research Orientation:
The degree program follows a research-oriented approach, providing in-depth knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods in empirical social research. These skills are directly applied in a research project and the master’s thesis.
Career Orientation:
The program offers the option of career-specific specialization in the fields of sports pedagogy, sports sociology, or sports psychology. As part of a professional internship lasting at least 300 hours, students gain experience in potential work environments.
Sports Practice:
The range of courses in the area of social sciences and methodological specialization is complemented by a selection of sports motor skills courses that can be tailored to individual interests.
Key Skills:
Additionally, the program includes the development of soft skills and elective courses within the optional module, preparing students for leadership roles in academia, organized sports, or the education sector.
Program Structure:
The degree program comprises 120 credit points and is divided into 10 modules.
Qualification Profile:
The program leads to the internationally recognized “Master of Arts” degree. The degree certificate includes a “Diploma Supplement” that specifies the content and qualifications acquired.
With the Master’s in Social Sciences of Sports, you will gain both broad and in-depth knowledge of sports as a significant cultural phenomenon. You will develop excellent skills in empirical social research methods and in theories of sports pedagogy, sports sociology, or sports psychology. You will be able to critically and constructively reflect on sports practice. Additionally, you will be highly qualified to work in organizations, both within and beyond the sports sector, in advisory and mediating roles.
Career Opportunities:
Graduating from this degree program opens up diverse career paths. These include positions in sports clubs and associations, sports administration and journalism, roles as commercial or freelance sports providers and consultants, as experts in movement programs at all-day schools, and, not least, as staff members at universities and other research institutions.