SP3007 - Dynamics of Sport and Exercise Behaviour
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc |
This subject will cover and explore topics relevant to performance in sport and exercise. These topics may include: motivation, arousal, stress and anxiety with sport and exercise performance; sport and exercise behavioural skills training; distraction strategies and intensity regulation; and behavioural determinants of athletic injury and physical activity.
Learning Outcomes
- To develop an understanding of the impact of behavioural processes on sport and exercise performance;
- To develop skills in behavioural strategies in various sport and exercise contexts.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to work individually and independently;
- The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.
| Prerequisites: | ED1481 or PY1101 or PY1102 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Fiona Barnett |
| Lecturers: | Miss Teneale McGuckin, Miss Kelly Sinclair, Dr Joann Lukins. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Fiona Barnett |
| Lecturers: | Miss Teneale McGuckin, Miss Kelly Sinclair, Dr Joann Lukins. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
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.