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This course is designed to develop each student’s knowledge and skills in relation to the theory and practice of exercise physiology. The lecture sessions will cover, in detail, the energy systems as they underpin health and performance. The laboratory sessions will provide students with the knowledge, time and opportunity to develop hands-on practical skills for fitness assessments both in the field and laboratory - essential for every exercise physiologist. In addition students will gain experience and skills in reading and critiquing research papers, analysing data using statistics as well as writing research papers.
After completing this course, successful students will be able to:1. Explain the energy requirements and sources of human energy production during anaerobic and aerobic exercise.2. Discuss the acute and chronic responses of the body to exercise in health and performance contexts.3. Critique and apply a variety of assessment tools for fitness testing in the field and laboratory4. Recommend appropriate training methods for supporting athletes from different populations to enhance performance.5. Analyse data collected in laboratory sessions and effectively report results.
SPCO104 or SPRT104
SPCO206, TEPE203, TEPE103
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Nick Draper
*Emergency provisions: In the case of an emergency that affects the whole course, the Course Coordinator, in consultation with the Dean, may change the nature, weighting and timing of assessments, e.g. tests and examination may be replaced with assignments of the same weight or different weight at a different time and/or date (which, under certain circumstances, may be outside the prescribed course dates). The ‘Special consideration’ process will also be used for unforeseen circumstances that adversely affect the academic performance of students individually. The usual grounds for this are described in the UC policy ‘Special Consideration Procedures and Guidelines’, and personal circumstances due to a wider emergency event may also qualify.
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The award regulations for the Bachelor of Health Sciences can be found within the UC Calendar. The UC calendar is available online here. The specific award regulations for the degree can be found here.The Faculty of Health guidelines, which contain specific information regarding the Faculty grading scale, late work, extensions, submission of work, reconsideration of grades, Special Consideration procedures, academic integrity, and moderation of assessment can be found here.The specific assessment details for each course, including assessment dates, can be found here.
Students wishing to apply for Special Consideration should refer to this link for further information.
If you are wishing to apply for partial exemption from assessment in a course (e.g. if you are repeating a course and you have previously passed one or more assessments from within the course, and do not wish to write this assessment again) you may apply for this using the form: Application for Partial Exemption from Assessment
Domestic fee $1,036.00
International fee $5,188.00
* 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 .