Program Overview

University Extension Course on Skill Games

Introduction

The University Extension Course on Skill Games is designed to promote the development and acquisition of soft skills through dynamic gameplay. The course focuses on skills such as active listening, acceptance, adaptation to change, empathy, leadership, teamwork, effective communication, emotional management, creativity, and assertiveness.

Objectives

The main objectives of the course are to:

• Develop soft skills through dynamic plays
• Become aware of our bodies and their expressive possibilities
• Foster creativity and imagination
• Promote spontaneity
• Encourage learning through play
• Influence the benefits of positive thinking and refine judgment

Competences

The course aims to develop both general and specific competences, including:

General Competencies

• Develop social skills (leadership, teamwork)
• Develop creativity and spontaneity

Specific Competencies

• Know our body and its expressive possibilities
• Develop listening and acceptance
• Express emotions and feelings through the body
• Overcome the fear of performing in public
• Represent body actions
• Create characters from different stimuli
• Draw spaces with our body
• Encourage detachment from preconceived ideas

Programme

The course programme includes:

• Approach to the bases of improvisation from the game
• Active listening and acceptance of proposals
• Expression of emotions and feelings
• Generation of characters, actions, spaces, and objects with the body
• The PROL (Character Relationship Objective Place) as a theory to lay the foundations for an improvised scene
• Collective creation of improvised stories

Recipients

The course is open to anyone interested in knowing themselves better and improving their social skills. No university degree is required. In the event that the number of applications exceeds the number of places offered, a selection will be made based on the order of pre-registration. The number of places available is 16.

Academic Management and Faculty

The course is led by:

• Jose Manuel Delfa de la Morena, Body Expression Teacher and Functional Coordinator of the Physical and Sports Education area of the Faculty of Health Sciences
• Aranzazu Martínez Moya, Graduate in Dramatic Arts and Professor of Body Improvisation

Duration and Development

The course details are as follows:

• Modality: In-person
• Number of credits: 2
• Contact hours: 20
• Start date: May 26, 2026
• End date: May 2026
• Place of delivery: Alcorcón
• Opening hours: 9:00 to 14:00 hours

Reservation of Place and Enrollment

• Pre-registration period: June 6, 2025, to May 20, 2026
• Enrollment deadline: May 20 to 25, 2026
• Title price: 90 The start of the course is subject to the minimum number (8) of enrolled students.

Documentation to Attach, Forms, and Place of Delivery

Applicants must submit the following documentation:

• National Identity Document or equivalent / Passport or Residence Card
• Curriculum vitae
• Responsible declaration of veracity of the data provided in digital format
• Any other document required by the Academic Department of Continuing Education for acceptance To access the University Extension Courses, no previous university degree is required.