XNB263 Exercise Physiology
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| Unit code: | XNB263 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | LSB231 or XNB187 or XNB198 or XNB167 |
| Equivalent(s): | XNB273 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,968 |
| International unit fee | $6,216 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | XNB263 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | LSB231 or XNB187 or XNB198 or XNB167 |
| Equivalent: | XNB273 |
| Coordinators: | Geoffrey Minett | geoffrey.minett@qut.edu.au Ian Stewart | i.stewart@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides the knowledge and skills required of an exercise professional to understand and assess the metabolic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neuromuscular responses to acute and chronic exercise. Throughout this unit, you will develop an understanding of the physiological mechanisms for exercise performance that inform concepts of exercise prescription and programming delivered later in the course. The content and techniques covered in this unit equally apply to those considering careers in exercise science, sports science, and clinical exercise physiology.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse, interpret and explain physiological data obtained during acute exercise, and compare such data between time points, individuals and populations.
- Integrate knowledge of individual physiological systems to describe the adaptions to acute and chronic exercise.
- Describe the physiological response of these systems to varying forms, intensities, and durations of exercise.
Content
The topics covered in this unit have been developed to advance your knowledge, understanding and skills relating to the effects of exercise on major physiological systems. Major topics include:
- Energy metabolism
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Pulmonary function
- Neuromuscular physiology
- Training adaptations
Learning Approaches
The unit adopts a blended learning approach that includes online lectures and practicals where you will engage in collaborative activities and apply the concepts learnt in class to Assessment Tasks. Class attendance is a key expectation to maximise learning opportunities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback to Students
Assessment will be spaced throughout the semester to provide the opportunity for feedback on your learning to that point. Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- verbal and/or written feedback on each piece of formative and summative assessment during the semester;
- criteria sheet grading;
- comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets; and
- generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
You are encouraged to communicate with the unit coordinator or teaching staff if you have any questions or concerns about the assessment items.
Assessment
Overview
General Assessment Information
Each assessment item is designed to measure your knowledge and mastery of professional skills stated in the learning outcomes.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Practical Examination
Acting as a practitioner, this assessment will require you to demonstrate the skills and competencies learnt in the laboratories to assess physiological function during exercise using industry-relevant digital practices and technologies.
Assessment: Quiz
Online quizzes for each topic will be administered via Canvas. These brief tasks will include a combination of short answer and/or multiple-choice response questions derived from lectures, laboratories, and readings.
Assessment: Authentic Cases
You will be provided with real-world case studies and be required to recognise, interpret and explain exercise physiology data and processes as required in the field. Acting as an exercise professional, you will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding through professional communications individually targeted at clients and health or exercise professionals.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
McArdle, W.D., Katch, V.L. & Katch, F. I. (2023). Exercise physiology: Nutrition, energy and human performance (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Risk Assessment Statement
This unit will involve practical sessions. You will complete an induction session during which safety precautions to be observed while working in the practical will be outlined. You will be required to read the safety manual and sign the form indicating that you have read and understood the material contained in the manual. Hard copies of the manual are displayed within the exercise physiology laboratory.