XNB167 Exercise and the Human Body 1
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| Unit code: | XNB167 |
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| Antirequisite(s): | XNB198 Sport and Exercise Science for Teachers 1 |
| Equivalent(s): | XNB187 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,204 |
| International unit fee | $4,572 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | XNB167 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | XNB187 |
| Anti-requisite: | XNB198 Sport and Exercise Science for Teachers 1 |
| Coordinators: | Lewis Fazackerley | l.fazackerley@qut.edu.au Ian Stewart | i.stewart@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The unit will provide you with foundational knowledge in human anatomy and physiology to understand the body’s response to physical activity. The relevant anatomy and physiology knowledge will be delivered in an integrated way to concurrently develop fitness testing and exercise prescription skills that enhance fitness and/or physical performance for target populations. Thorough knowledge and understanding of human body systems and their response to exercise are essential for an exercise professional or a health and physical education teacher. You will have the opportunity to develop this knowledge and understanding through engaging with the unit content in weekly activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify the structures and functions of metabolism and the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, explain their contributing roles in the body’s response to physical activity across the lifespan
- Describe the energy systems and explain their interplay in providing energy for physical activities
- Recall components of fitness, fitness testing, training principles, training methods and explain how they relate to exercise prescription
- Apply physiological principles in the design of training sessions aimed at enhancing identified physical fitness limitations and subsequent sports performance for target populations
- Justify the choice of specific components of a training session (i.e., training methods, distances, intensities, repetitions) to achieve fitness goals
Content
The topics covered in this unit have been developed to give you a foundational understanding of the effects of physical activity and exercise on physiology and how this may be used to inform exercise prescription. Major topics include:
- Understanding fitness and the principles of training
- Metabolism and cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Physiological responses to exercise
- Training methods and session design
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in online lectures, digital learning resources, and workshops. The blended learning approach increases flexibility with the content, enabling combinations of collaborative, integrative, and inquiry-based learning to occur. Class attendance is a key expectation to maximise learning opportunities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following strategies are used to provide you with feedback in this unit:
- regular class and small group (peer) discussions
- periodic formative assessment tasks
- summative assessment criteria descriptors aligned to unit learning outcomes
- qualitative comments provided on summative tasks
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Exam
An in-class exam consisting of multiple-choice and short-answer questions will assess your anatomical and physiologic knowledge and understanding of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic systems as relevant to their roles in the body’s response to exercise.
Assessment: Workbook
A compilation of authentic tasks designed to assess your knowledge, understanding, and application of the key concepts covered in the lectures, unit readings and the practical tutorials/laboratories. The tasks will be based on authentic roles, responsibilities and problems faced by professional practitioners, such as the evaluation of personal fitness using standardised fitness tests, allowing you the opportunity to develop real world capabilities.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Problem-solving task
An exercise professional, sports coach, or health and physical education teacher must be able to identify an individual’s physical fitness limitations and design research-informed training sessions to improve fitness and subsequent sports performance. This task will allow you to develop these real-world capabilities.
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.
Risk Assessment Statement
There is no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | XNB167 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | XNB187 |
| Anti-requisite: | XNB198 Sport and Exercise Science for Teachers 1 |
| Coordinators: | Geoffrey Minett | geoffrey.minett@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The unit will provide you with foundational knowledge in human anatomy and physiology to understand the body’s response to physical activity. The relevant anatomy and physiology knowledge will be delivered in an integrated way to concurrently develop fitness testing and exercise prescription skills that enhance fitness and/or physical performance for target populations. Thorough knowledge and understanding of human body systems and their response to exercise are essential for an exercise professional or a health and physical education teacher. You will have the opportunity to develop this knowledge and understanding through engaging with the unit content in weekly activities.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify the structures and functions of metabolism and the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, explain their contributing roles in the body’s response to physical activity across the lifespan
- Describe the energy systems and explain their interplay in providing energy for physical activities
- Recall components of fitness, fitness testing, training principles, training methods and explain how they relate to exercise prescription
- Apply physiological principles in the design of training sessions aimed at enhancing identified physical fitness limitations and subsequent sports performance for target populations
- Justify the choice of specific components of a training session (i.e., training methods, distances, intensities, repetitions) to achieve fitness goals
Content
The topics covered in this unit have been developed to give you a foundational understanding of the effects of physical activity and exercise on physiology and how this may be used to inform exercise prescription. Major topics include:
- Understanding fitness and the principles of training
- Metabolism and cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Physiological responses to exercise
- Training methods and session design
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in online lectures, digital learning resources, and workshops. The blended learning approach increases flexibility with the content, enabling combinations of collaborative, integrative, and inquiry-based learning to occur. Class attendance is a key expectation to maximise learning opportunities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following strategies are used to provide you with feedback in this unit:
- regular class and small group (peer) discussions
- periodic formative assessment tasks
- summative assessment criteria descriptors aligned to unit learning outcomes
- qualitative comments provided on summative tasks
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Exam
An in-class exam consisting of multiple-choice and short-answer questions will assess your anatomical and physiologic knowledge and understanding of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic systems as relevant to their roles in the body’s response to exercise.
Assessment: Workbook
A compilation of authentic tasks designed to assess your knowledge, understanding, and application of the key concepts covered in the lectures, unit readings and the practical tutorials/laboratories. The tasks will be based on authentic roles, responsibilities and problems faced by professional practitioners, such as the evaluation of personal fitness using standardised fitness tests, allowing you the opportunity to develop real world capabilities.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Problem-solving task
An exercise professional, sports coach, or health and physical education teacher must be able to identify an individual’s physical fitness limitations and design research-informed training sessions to improve fitness and subsequent sports performance. This task will allow you to develop these real-world capabilities.
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.
Risk Assessment Statement
There is no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.