TEPE409-18YB1 (C) Year B First Half 2018

Exercise for Health and Performance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 5 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 16 February 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

A cross-disciplinary sport science focus of the role exercise and nutrition has in the spectrum from health to enhanced sport performance. Emphasis is placed upon contemporary sport science developments examined through meta-analysis and critiquing of journal articles. Students also have the opportunity to collect data in an area of interest, which may include exercise prescription for making people faster, stronger, more efficient and less susceptible to injury and illness.

Learning Outcomes

1. Debate and critique current theories of the causes of lifestyle diseases and illnesses
2. Perform an advanced analysis of the interaction between energy systems in response to physical exercise at varying intensities
3. Analyse the strength of the scientific evidence supporting or otherwise the use of various nutritional and ergogenic aids for enhancing health, and sports performance.
4. Critically analyse nutritional diets and investigate the interaction between diet modification and health outcomes
5. Research and evaluate current technological advances in fitness assessment tools and training practices
6. Prescribe appropriate training methods for supporting athletes to achieve training goals
7. Analyse repeated-measures data collected in training sessions and communicate key findings to stakeholders
8. Critically analyse and evaluate models of teaching healthy lifestyles in education settings / sport teams.

Prerequisites

TEPE309

Restrictions

TEPE302

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Catherine Lizamore

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Journal Article Part 1: Literature Review & Method 01 Mar 2018 30% 1500-2000 words. This is due by 4pm on 1 March 2018.
Journal Article Part 2: Results Discussion & Conclusion 09 Apr 2018 30% 1800-2200 words. This is due by 9am on 9 April 2018.
Abstract Portfolio 04 May 2018 40% 5 lab-based abstracts, 500 words each. This is due by 4pm on 4 May 2018.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $865.00

International fee $3,788.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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