SPCO107-22S1 (C) Semester One 2022

Sport Nutrition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2022
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 May 2022

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.

Course Coordinator

Carl Petersen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
1.5 Hour Test 07 Apr 2022 50% Covers the theoretical content of the course delivered in the first 6 weeks. Learning outcomes 1- 5. Time to be confirmed.
Experiment Poster 16 May 2022 50% 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 $926.00

International fee $4,563.00

* 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 .

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