SP1001 - Science and Practice of Physical Activity
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc |
Open to all JCU students
This subject provides an introduction to the various subdisciplines of sport and exercise science including motor behaviour, biomechanics, exercise physiology and sport psychology. The subject will also cover the importance of physical activity, historical and social aspects of physical activity, professional issues in sport and exercise science and an introduction to exercise programming and energy systems.
Learning Outcomes
- describe the disciplinary and professional underpinnings of sport and exercise science;
- describe the biophysical foundations of human physical activity and explain training effects on the biophysical foundations of human physical activity;
- describe the acute cardiorespiratory responses to varying types of exercise;
- explain the basic principles of exercise programming;
- understand the nature and scope of the physical activity professions.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to manage future career and personal development;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
- The ability to work individually and independently;
- The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BM1200 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Wade Sinclair |
| Lecturers: | Mr Wade Sinclair, Dr Robert Crowther, Miss Rebecca Sealey, Dr Melissa Crowe. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); assignments (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Wade Sinclair |
| Lecturers: | Mr Wade Sinclair, Dr Robert Crowther, Miss Rebecca Sealey, Dr Melissa Crowe. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); other exams (20%); assignments (40%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.