SPRT107-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Sport Nutrition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

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

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Apply contemporary understanding of the sporting nutrition landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
2. Describe how food and fluid is digested and absorbed by the body.
3. Classify and describe macronutrients and micronutrients.
4. Describe the principles of energy balance and fluid balance related to activity.
5. Critique and apply appropriate nutritional guidelines for healthy living and the management of nutritional deficiencies.
6. Describe and compare the narratives that have arisen from the popularity of nutritional supplements.

Restrictions

SPCO107

Equivalent Courses

SPCO107

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 08:00 - 10:00 Warehouse 140 Sport Science Laboratory
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
03 Thursday 08:00 - 10:00 Warehouse 140 Sport Science Laboratory
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
04 Tuesday 08:00 - 10:00 Warehouse 140 Sport Science Laboratory
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
05 Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (17/7-21/8, 11/9-16/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (17/7-21/8, 11/9-16/10)
 14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
06 Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
08 Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (15/7-19/8, 9/9-14/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (15/7-19/8, 9/9-14/10)
 14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
10 Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00 Warehouse 140 Sport Science Laboratory
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

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

Course Coordinator

Brad Joseph Hurren

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly Quizzes 20% Weekly quizzes in selected weeks to serve as knowledge checks and enhance understanding.
Research Proposal and Ethics 10% Generation of a research proposal and experiment to be carried out across the semester, alongside associated ethics and participant recruitment forms.
Mid-Semester Test 40% Online assessment to explore understanding of content covered from Weeks 1-6 of the course.
Poster and Presentation 30% Design and submission of a basic research poster based on the experimental results gathered from the Research Proposal assessment generated earlier in the semester (25%); alongside a brief oral presentation of the poster (5%).

Indicative Fees

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 .

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