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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Kristiana Jansone
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Biology; Business Management; Civil and Military Defense; Clinical Pharmacy; Communication Science; Dentistry; Health Management; Information and Communication Science; Juridical Science; Law; Life Science; Management Science; Marketing and Advertising
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Health sciences; Theory and History of Sports

Objective

Draw attention to health problems affecting today’s professionals as a result of seated work and physical and psychoemotional overload. Explain the need for physical activity in health prevention. Inform about the physical activity recommendations of the World Health Organisation and the Centre for disease Prevention and control. Teach how physical activity is planned within the week and month according to opportunities, needs and state of health and physical fitness. Learn how to use video classes; provide insights into using AI to get physical activity recommendations. Make recommendations for starting physical activities and continuing them in the long term. Introduce types of different exercise health (fitness) classes and their most significant effects on the human body.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites are not required.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Knows the factors that reduce and promote capacity to work.

Skills

1.Student shall establish an individually appropriate plan of physical activity in the short term, in accordance with the recommendations of different institutions, different types of physical activity and individual needs and objectives of the student.

Competence

1.Differentiate between different types of fitness classes and evaluate them according to their needs and objectives. Assess the reliability of recommendations available on social networks, understand the feasibility of AI applications and applications