University education for physical education teachers, sports and preventive and adapted physical activities kinesiologists and sports manager

Purpose: The study aims to measure and verify the relationship between the distribution of European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in the three essential fields (biomedical, physical activity-sports and psycho-pedagogical) related to the master's degrees in sport science and techniques (LM-68) and science of preventive and adapted physical activities (LM-67) and in the three essential fields (physical activity-sports, economic-legal and psycho-sociological) of the master's degrees in sport management (LM-47). Method: The method is document-based. Using Universitaly portal, data on ECTS numerosity in the three essential fields for each degree course were collected. Multiple linear regression was used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on the value of other two independent variables. Results: The predominant field for LM-67 is biomedical, in LM68 physical activity-sports and in LM-47 economic-legal, all with high degrees of variation. Regarding the distribution of ECTS in the three essential fields in LM-68 and LM-47, the result is not statistically significant (P >.05). No one area can predict the other two, therefore, there is no relationship underlying the degree course designs. In LM-67, the ECTS of the biomedical field predict significantly those in the physical activitysports and psycho-pedagogical ones (P < .05). Conclusion: The results show that only in LM-67 there is a relationship between ECTS distribution in the three essential field, in which the ECTS in biomedical field predict how ECTS in the other two fields are distributed, showing a certain degree of agreement among universities on how to distribute them. Keywords: core curricula, master’s degree, kinesiologist, sports reform