SPCO107-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)

Sport Nutrition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

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.

Learning Outcomes

1. Classify macronutrients and micronutrients.
2. Identify the principles of energy balance and fluid balance.
3. Identify nutritional guidelines for healthy living.
4. Apply nutritional guidelines for the management of nutritional deficiencies.
5. Analyse the issues arising from the use and misuse of nutritional supplements.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab
26 Aug - 1 Sep
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab
26 Aug - 1 Sep

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 19:00 - 21:00 Online Delivery
14 Oct - 20 Oct

Timetable Note

Note the above Intensive Block labs are run in Christchurch on campus, offered over 2 days from 28
and 29 August. Students need to be physically present for these in-person labs.

Course Coordinator

Matt Hobbs

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Lecture / Lab Tasks 20% Completion of lab tasks
Research Poster 40% Academic poster
1.5 Hour Test 40% True/False, Multi-Choice, Short Answer questions

Additional Course Outline Information

Where to submit and collect work

Where applicable students will be expected to submit assessments via the online assessment system in the Learn class site on or before the due time and date.  Student assessments are processed through the software Turnitin, to check for plagiarism.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $978.00

International fee $4,988.00

* 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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