XNB383 Sports Physiology

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

This unit will build upon the knowledge and skills you have gained from studying Exercise Physiology (XNB273) and Physiology (LSB231). You will integrate and apply this exercise physiology knowledge to sports physiology including performance in differing environmental stressors (e.g., temperature and altitude); the role of recovery, sleep and travel on performance; and ergogenic aids. In addition you will develop your ability to discuss, interpret, critically analyse topical issues in sports physiology and present testing reports to athletes and coaches. By successfully completing this unit you will be able to demonstrate a range of important skills including critical thinking, team work, organisation skills, planning, experimental design, time-management, problem-solving, oral presentation skills and professional communication skills. This unit has a very strong practical focus and you will investigate physiological problems independently and as a member of a team.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge and higher order thinking skills to current topics in integrative, ergogenic and environmental exercise physiology.
2. Apply knowledge of exercise physiology in the design and justification of a laboratory experiment; and
3. Observe, collect and accurately report on physiological phenomena witnessed in the laboratory.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit will be delivered in a blended format with online lectures and face to face practicals. It will use a combination of learning and teaching approaches which include problem based learning, individual learning and experimental learning by exploring and manipulating physiological data

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

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:

• You will be provided with 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
• generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas

You are encouraged to communicate with the unit coordinator if you have any questions or concerns about the assessment items.

Assessment

Overview

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: Presentation

This assessment will require you to complete a presentation of data collected using industry-relevant digital practices and technologies and analysed in the context of sporting performance. The presentation will target a semi-lay audience, i.e. athletes and/or coaches.

Assessment: Sports Science Report

This assessment will require you to complete a report that details an experimental design, methodology and results collected and analysed in the context of the scientific evidence reviewed. The report will include a precis in semi-lay language that would be understandable by an athlete and/or coach.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Examination

Centrally administered examination including a combination of short answer and extended response questions derived from lectures, and readings.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

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.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resource Materials

Prescribed text(s)

McArdle,W.D., Katch, V.L.& Katch, F. I. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, energy and human performance (8th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Risk Assessment Statement

This unit will involve laboratory-based sessions. Students will complete a laboratory induction session during which safety precautions to be observed while working in the laboratory will be outlined. Students will be required to read the laboratory safety manual and sign the form indicating that they have read and understood the material contained in the manual. Hard copies of the manual are displayed within the exercise physiology laboratory.