Certificate in Neuroscience and Training
F.C. Barcelona Universitas
  • Start Date: Open
  • 16 weeks
  • Study Content: eBooks


This is an advanced certificate course covering neuroscience based on the experience of the world-class FC Barcelona.

Course Fee: See Fees and Eligibility
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and partnership.

The study of human movement from a neuromechanical perspective has not been developed or approached in a systematic way in structured educational programs — neither in the context of physical education nor physiotherapy. Physical education in schools and training systems are not managing to satisfy the demands of motor literacy. This creates the need to study how human movement is related to the nervous system and its different functions.

In this Certificate Course, we provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to develop athletes with greater motor awareness and better decision-making abilities. In order to do this, we cover all the aspects that involve movement, from perceiving stimulus, to processing information, to finally making a decision and executing it. Without a doubt, this structured development of this subject matter will constitute a milestone in our pursuit of such an ambitious goal.

The instructors are Francesc Cos, Head of Strength Training for FC Barcelona's first team football squad and Lic. Mario Di Santo, Professor of Physical Education for health and neurobiology of control and motor learning.

Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Course syllabus

Afferent Organization of Human Movement

MODULE 1: SENSORY SYSTEMS
Unit 1: Sensations and Human Movement
Unit 2: Sensory Modalities

MODULE 2: MOTOR PERCEPTION AND OBSERVATION
Unit 1: Motor Perception
Unit 2: Didactic Proposals for the Training of Sensory-Perceptual Functions

MODULE 3: IDEOMOTOR REPRESENTATION
Unit 1: Motor Imagery
Unit 2: Applications for Sports and Therapy

MODULE 4: INTEGRATIVE READING

Central Processing of Voluntary Movement

MODULE 1: THE LOGIC OF MOTOR FUNCTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING
Unit 1: Thinking about Movement
Unit 2: The Neurobiology of Decisions

MODULE 2: DECISION TRAINING
Unit 1: Education Through Movement
Unit 2: Variables and Decision

MODULE 3: NEUROMOTOR PROGRAMMING
Unit 1: Programming
Unit 2: Engrams

MODULE 4: INTEGRATIVE READING

Efferent Organization of Human Movement

MODULE 1: MOTOR CORTEX AND CORTICAL SPINAL TRACT
Unit 1: Motor Areas
Unit 2: Giant Pyramidal Cells of Betz and the cortical spinal tract

MODULE 2: ROLE OF THE CEREBELLUM AND BASAL GANGLIA
Unit 1: Cerebellum
Unit 2: Basal Ganglia

MODULE 3: FEEDBACK AND MOTOR ADJUSTMENT
Unit 1: Neurocybernetics
Unit 2: Feedback

MODULE 4: INTEGRATIVE MODULE

Difficulty and Environment in Human Motor Function

MODULE 1: MOTOR FAULTS
Unit 1: General Concepts
Unit 2: Faults and Corrections

MODULE 2: SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS FOR CORRECTING FAULTS
Unit 1: Teaching Method 1 and 2
Unit 2: Teaching Method 3

MODULE 3: TRANSFERENCE AND INTERFERENCE
Unit 1: Transference
Unit 2: Interference

MODULE 4: INTEGRATIVE MODULE

 

F.C. Barcelona Universitas

FC Barcelona aims to help change the world through sporting excellence via knowledge and innovation

We are looking to form an ecosystem to foster knowledge and innovation. This ecosystem is based on a model that promotes a culture of excellence and collaboration with prestigious brands, universities, research centres, start-ups, entrepreneurs, students, athletes, investors, and visionaries around the world.

By doing so, we aim to generate new knowledge and create new products and services that will be of benefit to our own athletes, members and fans, and society in general.

 

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Effective Date: September 22, 2016