Thursday, September 13, 2012

MASTER: Sport for Social Coexistenc​e and Conflict Resolution (Spain)

Master in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution

The UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair is offering an online Master in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution from November 2012.

Fair play, discipline, teamwork, respect, leadership, cooperation, responsibility, etc. are values seen in the world of sport and in human relations.

UNESCO, the Futbol Club Barcelona Foundation and the Open University of Catalonia UOC have joined forces to create a new Chair in Sport as a tool for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution, an important initiative in both academia and sports, with the aim to promote social harmony and peaceful conflict resolution through sport.
The Chair will offer a Master in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution from 6th November 2012, which will be taught In English and in Spanish through the UOC's online university.
The Master meets the educational needs of new profiles in the management of socio-educational work based on sport, taking UN Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as its background.
The Chair provides procedures, attitudes and skills so that students can analyse and apply the possibilities for using sport as a tool for educational intervention and transmission of values in contexts with low levels of social coexistence and high levels of conflict.
The Course will be taught by internationally renowned staff.

Course structure
The UOC is an internationally recognised online university with a dynamic and flexible model.
The Masters is taught online, reaching any student with an interest in the field of sport for development and peace and facilitating the studies at any time of the day and from any place in the world.
The Masters degree comprises of two Postgraduates and an individual project or dissertation.
This course offers the opportunity to become a trainer for peace and social cohesion, focusing on areas as education, gender, youth, disability, social coexistence, conflict resolution, Olympic values, Human Rights and media, among others.

Entry Requirements
There are no admission requirements for access to the program. If you already have an officially recognised university qualification, you will obtain a Master's diploma.
If you do not have an officially recognised university qualification, you will obtain a Certificate.

Please visit us under:
http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/campus_pau/formacio/fcb/index.html

Contact person:
Claudia Solanes
Coordinator Master in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution
UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair
Campus for Peace
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya UOC
csolanesr@uoc.edu
Tel. +41 762955664

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