SPCO107-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

Sport Nutrition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

This course provides an understanding of nutritional principles for healthy living and maintaining and improving sporting performance. The course will identify recommended nutritional practices for various populations including athletes, recreational exercisers, and groups with specific nutritional needs. The use of nutritional supplements in sporting performance will also be examined.

Timetable 2023

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 13:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9)
 17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct
02 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (20/7-24/8, 14/9-28/9)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (20/7-24/8, 14/9-28/9)
 17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct
03 Wednesday 16:00 - 18:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9)
 17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct
04 Thursday 08:00 - 10:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (20/7-24/8, 14/9-28/9)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (20/7-24/8, 14/9-28/9)
 17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct
05 Monday 16:00 - 18:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (17/7-21/8, 11/9-25/9)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (17/7-21/8, 11/9-25/9)
 17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 1 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Carl Petersen

Lecturers

Matt Hobbs , Steven Gieseg and Julia Rucklidge

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Lab Worksheets 20% Covers each lab's content. Due each lab.
1.5 Hour Test 30 Mar 2021 40% Covers the theoretical content of the course delivered in the first 6 weeks. Learning outcomes 1- 5. Time to be confirmed.
Experiment Poster 21 May 2021 40% Collect data and write up a nutritional intervention experiment in a poster format. This is due 9am. Learning outcomes 4, 6.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Campbell B; NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition ; 2nd Edition; Human Kinetics, 2020 (Note required text Campbell OR Dunford & Doyle).

Dunford, Marie & Doyle, J. Andrew; Nutrition for sport and exercise ; 4th edition; Cengage, 2019 (Note required text Campbell OR Dunford & Doyle).

Recommended Reading

Williams, Melvin H. , Rawson, Eric S., Branch, J. David; Nutrition for health, fitness, and sport ; 11th edition;

Readings and other supplementary information to support learning will be made available through the course LEARN site.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $951.00

International fee $4,750.00

* 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.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SPCO107 Occurrences

  • SPCO107-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023
  • SPCO107-23S2 (D) Semester Two 2023 (Distance)
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