Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 x 2 Hour Lectures |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Group presentation (30 minutes) | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay (2500 words) | 75% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Essay. (Students must take elements of assessment equivalent to those that led to failure of the module.) | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Use your knowledge of physiology, psychology and biomechanics (where relevant) to solve a client based problem.
2. Assess, evaluate, and prescribe an intervention to meet a client’s need in a sport or exercise setting to enhance health or performance.
3. Demonstrate the practical skills and techniques required to monitor and evaluate participants in a health or performance context.
4. Demonstrate and awareness of health and safety, risk assessment and ethical considerations.
5. Solve problems of a numerical and logical nature.
6. Communicate information in both written and oral formats to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
7. Gather and use information from a range of sources.
Brief description
The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the application of knowledge across sport and exercise science. This Level two module takes a multi-disciplinary, thematic approach.
Content
Develop the application of sport & exercise science to a chosen theme
Examine topics from physiology, biomechanics and psychology perspectives and apply them in workshops
Use research evidence to explore issues and topics
Reflect on ethics and risk in the practice of a sport and exercise scientist as well as own individual performance and need for future improvement
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | None |
| Communication | The essay requires effective written communication skills while the presentation needs appropriate verbal and written skills. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will engage in self-reflection, personal development planning and reviewing and will gain opportunities to develop personal study skills. |
| Information Technology | Use of word processing, bibliographic databases. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | None |
| Problem solving | In workshop activities throughout the module and as part of the consultancy element of the module. |
| Research skills | Research is needed to develop appropriate interventions for use in different populations with different needs. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Evidence gathering for applied work. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to client problem. |
| Team work | Group work for assessment. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5