Structural changes in Higher Education in Hungary' BSc level Health promotion

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• Structural changes in Higher Education in
  Hungary. BSc level Health promotion

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UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED Faculty Juhász Gyula Teacher
Training College
Department of Applied Health Sciences Head of
Department Prof. Dr. Benko Zsuzsanna
Address 6725 Szeged, Boldogasszony
sgt. 6. Tel. / Fax [phone] E-mail
benko_at_jgytf.u-szeged.hu Website
http//www.jgytf.u-szeged.hu/alkegeszseg/index.htm
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Diploma

• Level
• Basic level (baccalaureus, bachelor
  abbreviation BSc)
• Profession
• Recreation organisator and Health promoter (with
  professional specialisation in brackets)
• Possible specialisations
• Health promotion
• Recreation organisation
• Minority health coordinator

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• Educational domain Sports sciences
• Educational branch Body culture
• Duration of education 6 semesters (3 years)
• Number of credits to be obtained 180

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• Minimal credit points of the joint educational
  period within the educational branch 30 credit
  points
• Minimal credit points to be allocated to the
  specialisation 50 credit points
• Minimal credit points to be allocated to the
  elective subjects 10 credit points
• Thesis 10 credit points
• Minimal credit points to be allocated to
  practice 100 credit points

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Educational aim and professional competencies to
be obtained

• Aims
• To provide students with grounded theory and
  practice through which they
• will be able to fulfil mediating and promoting
  roles in health promotion and recreation
• will contribute to the establishment of healthy
  life-style, to health promotion, to the
  development, condition founding and correction of
  recreation- and mental health culture in families
  and in social health, social, educational
  institutes, civil services.

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• Graduates will be able to
• Work and carry out health promoting projects
• Perform health promoting and recreation basic
  activities
• Participate in the exploration of social problems
  endangering health and of health promotion-mental
  health promotion tasks appearing in disadvantaged
  social groups.
• Acquire enough theoretical knowledge to continue
  their education in the second cycle.

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The Recreation organiser and Health promoter will
know

• the basic physical and mental operation of the
  healthy human body and the health damaging
  factors resulting from improper life-style
• the possibilities and methods of promoting health
  and the life-style
• the methods and techniques of recreation
• the methods of organisational development and
  project management
• the basic rules of safety accident prevention
  and first aid.

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The Recreation organiser and Health promoter is
able to/is fit for

• develop the conditions of health promotion,
  recreation- and mental health promotion culture
  in the health care, social and educational
  institutes, and civil organisations
• work out health promoting, recreation projects
• carry out health promoting, recreation and
  life-style programmes in practice

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The Recreation organiser and Health promoter is
able to/is fit for

• give first aid, work out accident prevention
  programmes
• take part in the creation of applications
  essential for health promotion
• apply the methods of education, psychology,
  sociology and body culture in his/her own special
  field
• apply modern informatical systems and devices.

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Graduates will possess

• the modern approach to healthy life-style and
  quality of life, and recreation
• Communication- and social skills and knowledge in
  education essential for influencing healthy human
  behaviour
• Knowledge in ethics, law and economy belonging to
  their special field
• Basic knowledge in communication and mass media.

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Founding knowledge

• Knowledge-domains decisive in terms of the
  profession

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Founding knowledge (30-40 credit points)

• Medical sciences (anatomy, physiology, accident
  prevention, first aid),
• Social sciences (philosophy, ethics, aesthetics,
  sociology, psychology, education, introduction to
  the law, introduction to economy),
• General knowledge (informatics, communication,
  technology of teaching, European Union studies,
  research methodology)

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Professional core material (60-80 credits)

• Medical sciences (human biology, public health
  studies, nutrition, prevention),
• Social sciences (specialised education, health
  promotion, specialised sociology, specialised
  psychology, theory and methodology of recreation,
  organisational development, statistics, mental
  health promotion, nature and environmental
  culture, introduction to tourism),

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Professional core material (60-80 credits)

• Skills and ability development (communication
  skills development, social skills development,
  motoric skills, relaxation techniques, physical
  exercise programmes, mental recreation, theory of
  recreational training)
• Professional practice

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Differentiated professional knowledge (50-60
credits) Health Promotion specialisation

• Medical sciences
• Prevention of chronic diseases
• Natural medicine
• Addictology
• Rehabilitation
• Family planning, sexual culture

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Differentiated professional knowledge (50-60
credits) Health Promotion specialisation

• Social sciences
• organisational development
• project management
• social politics
• health law
• specialised sociology
• health promotion marketing
• social psychology
• theory of counselling
• theory and practice of specialised communication
• minority studies
• community mental health promotion

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Differentiated professional knowledge (50-60
credits) Health Promotion specialisation

• Professional field practice
• planning, fulfilment and evaluation of a complex
  health promoting project
• creation of a PR plan.

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Differentiated professional knowledge (50-60
credits) Health Promotion specialisation

• Medical sciences (prevention of chronic diseases,
  natural medicine, addictology, rehabilitation,
  family planning, sexual culture)
• Social sciences (organisational development,
  project management, social politics, health law,
  specialised sociology, health promotion
  marketing, social psychology, theory of
  counselling, theory and practice of specialised
  communication, minority studies, community mental
  health promotion
• Professional field practice (planning, fulfilment
  and evaluation of a complex health promoting
  project, creation of a PR plan).

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Differentiated professional knowledge (50-60
credits) Recreation organisation
specialisation

• Medical sciences (massage, rehabilitation,
  loading-physiology)
• Professional knowledge (animation, recreation for
  the disadvantaged and the disabled, non
  sport-bound physical education programmes, theory
  and methodology of recreation, sport-management,
  sport-marketing, camping, sport-tourism,
  examinations of condition, conducting activities,
  games, recreation training, organisation of
  programmes, dances, shaping the body, recreation
  in water, music and movement, aerobics,
  gymnastics, musical gymnastics, rolling sports,
  skate, martial arts, combat sports, sport games,
  tennis, swimming)
• Recreation-, winter- and water camps

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Professional field practice (12-18 credits)

• Practice at health care-, social-, educational-
  and civil organisations,
• Practice in planning, organising and conducting
  programmes and activities.

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Language requirements

• One state language exam (middle level) or a
  language exam that is of equal value.