Applied Neurosciences in Sports & Exercise

The English-language master’s program Applied Neurosciences in Sports & Exercise pursues a neuroscientific specification of sports and physical activity in the thematic areas of therapy of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases as well as training and performance development. Graduates have access to an international research-oriented career at universities and non-university research institutions. The application-oriented teaching and project research also open up occupational fields in the health sector as well as in performance and mass sports. The required competencies to be successful in the fields described, applying both application-oriented and theory-led research, are taught on the basis of a modular structured study concept. This is divided into three consecutive study periods in two academic years. The first semester corresponds to the basic phase. Substantial content-related fundamentals within the two main areas as well as methodical competences (neuroscientific methodological competence, general research competence) are laid here. The second and third semesters include the project phase. Content – related deepening takes place, both scientifically – theoretically as well as application – oriented in practice – related fields of action. It focuses on a targeted and situation-appropriate implementation of sports and exercise in training and therapy. Much of the workload is also distributed via project work (literature-based, experimentally and / or conceptually). In the third semester, compulsory elective modules expand competencies in the field of nutritional science, health communication and / or in the form of the Studium Generale. The fourth semester includes the final phase and is reserved for writing the master’s thesis. This will also be presented and defended at a colloquium. In addition to the teaching of the activity-related core competencies, the education of students is based on the development of personal key competences such as methods, communication and presentation as well as social and personal skills. Both concepts serve to enable the students to be adequately qualified in the targeted, research- and application-oriented occupational fields of work.