Structure of the courses

The teaching will as a rule be offered through Intensive Courses, providing:

a) Theoretical work – involving, for each specific course:

Introduction, program outline, and information on study materials;
Teaching corresponding to main aspects of the program;
Organisation of working plan and tutoring for program completion through individual study;
Outline of distance learning procedures, assessments and exams.

b) Field work – involving laboratory and clinical work, such as measurements, assessments, exercise prescriptions, and other activities, both in the context of the first-year Teaching Modules and of the second-year Internship.

In particular the courses and the distribution of the relative credits will be organized as follows:

Intensive Modules			ECTS		Location	Timetable	Responsible professor
1^st Year
Biomedical issues in Health and Exercise			15	ROME		1^st year, 1^st semes.	D. Caporossi
Changing behaviour towards a lifelong active lifestyle: from childhood to adulthood			15	ROME		1^st year, 1^st semes.	A. Zelli
Movement Therapy and Physical Activity for Elderly and Special Population			15	ROME		1^st year, 2^nd semes.	P. Caserotti
Research Methodology			15	ROME VIENNA OSLO ODENSE COLOGNE		1^st year, 2^nd semes.	S. Loland A. Baca P. Caserotti Y. Ommundsen K. Froberg
2^nd Year
Specialised Teaching & Internship on Physical Activity in Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation (2 choices among the teaching offerings of: Cologne, Odense, Oslo, Rome, Vienna)		30			Psycho-pedagogic aspects of preventive physical activity (OSLO)	2^nd year, 1^st semes.	Siv Gjesdal
					Physical activity and disease prevention in children (ODENSE)		A. Kaer Gejl
					Physical activity and disease prevention in adults (VIENNA)		A. Baca
					Physical activity and disease prevention in the elderly (ODENSE)		P. Caserotti
					Movement therapy for special populations (COLOGNE)		C. Wilke
					Movement therapy in orthopaedic rehabilitation (ROME)		A. Macaluso
Final exam	Language and Communication skills finalised to the thesis presentation	0				2^nd year, 2^nd semes.
	Thesis	30
Total ECTS		120

Tutoring
Upon student’s request, one or more tutors among the Faculty staff will be identified by the Study Course Board. Tutor/s, in agreement with Orientation and Tutoring Service and with other involved structure of the university, will be responsible for monitoring, assisting and directing all activities until completion of the program, including the selection of internships and thesis supervisor.

Structure of the courses

Staff area