Abstract
This research's goal is to paint a picture of the post graduation studies, stricto sensu, of brazilian physical education; analyzing conditions and possibilities of expansion of it's sociocultural and pedagogical subareas; analyzing "area 21" "Qualis Periodicos" condition, concerning the period between 2013-2016. This study has an exploratory approach and followed the methodological and epistemological method of qualitative research, using mainly documental data. Concludes, that the epistemological logic and the evaluations enforced in "area 21" during the periods evaluated, expecially those that enforced a biological predominant "Qualis Periódico" have been obstructing the conditions and possibilities of expansion of the sociocultural and pedagogical subareas.
KEYWORDS
Pos graduação strictu sensu; Qualis Periodico; Social and human sciences; Biological and health sciencies
