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Biomechanics - Motor Skill - Human Motion Analysis (MSc)
Taught in German.
General Information on Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes
Degree
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| Master of Science (MSc) |
Duration of studies
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| 4 semesters - 120 credit points (cp) |
Accreditation
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| by AQAS |
Entrance requirements
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| The entry prerequisite for the Master’s degree course is a qualification in a health-related course of study (minimum grade of ‘good’ or better), which either has a scientific-oriented focus on sports science, for example, "Physical Activity and Health (BSc)" of JLU Giessen or a technical focus as in the BA programme "Biomedical Technology" of the University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen (placing possible ino the second subject semester). If the applicant already has a university degree in a subject other than one of those named above and if it is to be expected that the resulting deficit (max. 30 ECTS points) can be met within a semester, the candidate will be accepted into the course, with the proviso that this lack of knowledge will be dealt with by the beginning of the measurement-technology project. The board of examiners decides which modules must be taken for this purpose. The decision about the admission to the Master`s course is made by the board of examiners. |
Application and admission
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| The intake capacity of this degree programme is limited internally by the university. The general application deadlines of JLU Gießen end on July 15th for the winter semester and on January 15th for the summer semester. Important information on the application procedure Special regulations apply to foreign applicants or those who gained their university-entrance qualifications abroad. More on this... |
Commencement of studies
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| Possible in the winter and in the summer semester. |
Content
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| The MA course Biomechanics - Motor Skill - Human Motion Analysis gives students the necessary methodological skills to be able to deal, at a high level, with all questions involving the measurement and analysis of human movement and to go more deeply into wider biomechanical problems. Measurement tasks of this kind arise in the areas of health, clinics and sport, in diagnosis as well as in implementation and in evaluation of movement programmes. Similar analyses also arise in the area of ergonomics, industry and media. Concrete examples of this are the quantification of deficiency in movement in the case of neurological disorders (e.g. in cases of Parkinson’s disease or after a stroke), the analysis of human movement to reduce the danger of patients falling in old age and the evaluation of change in gait during orthopedic rehabilitation, the optimalisation of sequences of movement in high-performance sport and the shaping of movements for the planning of production in industry. In these areas the analysis of human movement has central importance. In keeping with this, distinct disciplines in sport, in orthopedics, in work science and biology deal with this topic scientifically. The main prerequisite for an empirical approach is always the possibility of describing human movement as a kinematic sequence and/or to measure the strength it requires or to shape and calculate it and to measure other physiological correlates which give insights about the processes guiding the controlling of movement. This requires both skills of physical perception of movement and describing it (biomechanics in connection with mathematical and statistical processes) and also the area of motoric-oriented science of movement, which is concerned with matters of motoric control and motoric learning. |
Composition of degree programme
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| The regular duration of studies is 4 semesters and can - with appropriate pre-knowledge - be shortened to 3 semesters (e.g. this applies in the case of graduates of the Bachelor course "Biomedical Technology", conducted by the THM. The programme follows four areas: Data Processing and Statistics comprises the following modules: The content of this area very use-oriented aims at the acquisition of competencies in the computerised data analysis.
Specific theoretical basics contain: The students acquire a basic, deep knowledge about the organisation of the processes of movement, particularly in the area of motoric control, learning and development. They learn about the various aspects of the motoric seen from the behavioural scientific, biomechanical, physiological and neuroscientific point of view and how they fit together.
In the area of measuring processes the students acquire skills in collecting data on the characteristics of movement including different methodical focal points. Individual core themes can be dealt with in more detail in a project, which serves as preparation for the Master`s thesis.
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Further information
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Subject advisor
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| Institut für Sportwissenschaft der JLU Kugelberg 62, D-35394 Gießen
Faculty of Hospital and Medical Technology, Environmental and Biotechnology of the University of Applied Sciences (THM)
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