Motricity education and adapted physical activity aims to prepare educators for kindergartens and special needs schools and coaches for Paralympic sports. Theoretical and practical courses will help our students get the needed knowledge in everything related to children’s physical education and special needs population. The degree introduces them to research in sports sciences in the diverse fields that affect motricity education and adapted physical activities.

The program allows students to teach physical education for children in kindergarten and elementary schools. Theoretical and practical courses will allow them to work and train people with special needs such as elderly, pregnant women, people with physical or mental disabilities, etc.

Students wishing to enroll in this program must hold a Lebanese baccalaureate degree or any equivalent diploma. Admission requirements are:

• Physical capacity test.
• Language placement test.

Depending on the types of courses given and based on evaluative components the system for assessing student’s achievement of course learning outcomes, is set as follows:

• The knowledge acquired by the student in theoretical courses is evaluated in a written evaluation, a project, continuous evaluation, and a final exam.
  Theoretical courses grade division:
  • 40% final exam
  • 20% test 1
  • 20% test 2
  • 10% project
  • 10% continuous evaluation
• The knowledge acquired by the student in practical courses is evaluated based on the student’s capacity, pedagogical aspect, and continuous evaluation.

Practical courses grade division:

• 70% Capacities
• 20% Pedagogical aspect
• 10% continuous evaluation

The passing grade is set on 12/20 . The grade for practical subjects is distributed among the theory of practice score, the practical evaluation score, and the project’s score. Concerning the theoretical subjects, the grade is distributed between the written evaluation score and that of the project.

Graduation requires 100 hours of internship in a school, special needs school, special needs center, or retirement home. Students must defend an internship report at the end of the program.

After obtaining the Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education and Sport – Motricity education and adapted physical activities, the diploma holders will be able to:

• transmit ethical values and social values through practicing different jobs in the field of sports;
• work in a group as well as work individually in several projects whether at school or in sports’ institutions;
• communicate easily in the French or English language (based on the program chosen) both orally and in the written form;
• use digital referencing tools and security rules to acquire, process, produce, and spread information as well as better organize, plan, and evaluate their tasks;
• master the fundamental techniques and tactics in different proposed types of sports; and
• manage a class, a team, or any sports-related group.

Among others, students completing a BA in Physical Education and Sport – Motricity Education and Adapted Physical Activities, can teach physical education in kindergartens and elementary schools, become a sport monitors for extracurricular activities, and train in adapted physical activities centers.

Specific Learning Outcomes to the common courses

• Identify and understand the functioning of the human body as well as the different motor and psychological development stages of the human being.
• Spot a chronological progression and historical problems in different physical and sports activities

Specific Learning Outcomes to the motricity education and adapted physical activities

• Master the basics of psychomotricity and apply them in the field of education.
• Identify and apply the different teaching and training methodologies on a variety of subjects and on different types of disabilities.

The Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education and Sport – Motricity Education and Adapted Physical Activities prepares the student for various positions such as:

• Physical education teachers for kindergarten and elementary schools.
• Adapted sport monitors for extracurricular activities.
• Trainers in adapted physical activities centers.