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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module SPRT2171: SPORT AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY II

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)

SPRT2171: SPORT AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY II

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • Sport and Performance 2, Coaching in Sport, Sport and Education, Research Methods.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • to enable students to acquire an applied knowledge and understanding of the role of sports physiology in enhancing performance.

Content

  • Nutrition section: Nutritional strategies.
  • nutrition and performance.
  • energy systems and fuel utilisation.
  • micronutrients and ergogenic aids.
  • Fitness section: Aerboic exercise intensity domains and thresholds.
  • measurement of aerbobic parameters.
  • power and strength physiology.
  • flexibility physiology.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • Students should be able to: Apply human physiology to the issues of sport and exercise nutrition.
  • Discuss physiological components of fitness applicable to various sports and activities.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Undertake applied physiological experiments and interpret associated results.
Key Skills:

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

    • Teaching includes lectures that deliver background material and frameworks for student learning.
    • Laboratory work provides an opportunity to relate theory to an applied setting.
    • Laboratory reports provide a further opportunity to apply physiology to a sport and exercise setting, and allow students to demonstrate their ability to interpret data.
    • Examinations provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to apply human physiology to the issue of sport and exercise nutrition, and discuss physiological components of fitness.
    • Tutorials and Seminars provide additional support to the acquisition of knowledge and development of understanding.

    Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

    Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
    Lectures 24 2 or 3/week 1 hour 24
    Tutorials 2 1 per term 1 hour 2
    Seminars 2 1 per term 1 hour 2
    Practicals 8 2 per term 3 hours 8
    Preparation and Reading 164
    Total 200

    Summative Assessment

    Component: Examination Component Weighting: 50%
    Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
    two-hour examination 100%
    Component: Practical Report Component Weighting: 50%
    Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
    3000 word practical report 100%

    Formative Assessment:

    Assignment: 1000 words.

    ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University