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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module SPRS3211: SPORT & EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY III

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

SPRS3211: SPORT & EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY III

Type Level Credits Availability Module Cap Location
Tied 3 20 Available in 2005/2006 None. Queen's Campus Stockton

Tied To

Pre-requisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • Health Promotion, Dissertation, Sociology of Sport, Applied Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Excluded Combinations

  • None.

Aims

  • On completion of this module, students should have developed an understanding of the acute and long-term physiological responses associated with excessive exercise stresses, the physiological responses associated with a variety of factors that mediate the acute and long-term responses to exercise.

Content

  • Stress and exhaustion.
  • physiological responses to stress.
  • high intensity fatigue.
  • low intensity fatigue.
  • muscle damage.
  • overtraining.
  • environmental stress.
  • heat.
  • cold.
  • altitude.
  • micro-gravity.
  • hyperbaric environments.
  • drugs.
  • stimulants.
  • steroids.
  • blood boosting.
  • diuretics.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
  • Students should be able to evaluate factors associated with fatigue in relation to both high and low intensity exercise performance
  • discuss the factors associated with muscle damage, discuss the factors associated with over-training
  • discuss the effects of drugs on the immediate and long-term response to exercise,
Subject-specific Skills
  • design strategies for preventing and monitoring the signs and symptoms of excessive exercise and factors that mediate the acute and chronic response to exercise.
  • evaluate the effect of selected environmental factors on the physiological systems of the human body with specific reference to the acute and long-term response to exercise,
Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Lectures 1 most weeks, primarily term 1 2 18
Seminars 0
Practicals 6 mostly term 2 2 12
Preparation and Reading 170
Total 200

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Examination 60% two-hour examination 100%
Lab Report 40% 3500 word lab report 100%

Formative Assessment

Written work and individual and group presentations made during the seminar sessions.


Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.