BS142-4-FY-CO:
Professional Skills in Sport and Exercise Science 1
2015/16
Life Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
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Requisites for this module
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BSC C600 Sports and Exercise Science,
BSC C602 Sports and Exercise Science (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C606 Sports and Exercise Science (Including Placement Year),
BSC C603 Sports Therapy,
BSC C604 Sports Therapy (Including Placement Year),
BSC C605 Sports Therapy (Including Year Abroad)
In this module you will develop academic and practical sports & exercise science competencies, as well as general transferable skills that will help you to plan and prepare for employment after University. You will create a personal development e-portfolio that will include your CV, a personal statement and evidence of all your key skills gained from this module and all of your other first year modules.
Part of this module will involve learning how to identify important unanswered questions in sports and exercise science, and then developing the skills needed to address these questions, test theories and improve current practice. In order to develop your research skills and to enable you to understand the evidence base that underpins our existing understanding of sport and exercise science, you need to be able to critically analyse the research literature and gain experience in preparing and presenting scientific information. This module will guide you through these processes and equip you with the fundamental practical skills you need to be able to carry out your own research project, ranging from blood sampling to heart rate monitoring and psychological testing. You will develop skills in research design, the application of key methods, the statistical analysis of data, and the interpretation and presentation of research findings. The practical skills that you will develop in this module are also the professional competencies expected of Sports Scientists and acquiring them will begin to prepare you for a career in Sports Science support or in the field of exercise and health.
The aim of the module is to develop specific scientific, technical and key skills relevant to sports and exercise science, to support the content of other first year modules and to prepare you for the second year. You will also develop transferable key skills which will prepare you for employment opportunities. You will be using online technology to produce a personal development and skills e-portfolio which evidences and reflects on key skills acquired across all modules.
Learning Outcomes (including lectures and practicals):
To pass this module, students will need to be able to:
1. explain the important features of good experimental design;
2. explain the concepts of validity, precision, reliability and reproducibility;
3. use school ethics, risk assessment and informed consent forms as appropriate for working with human subjects;
4. select the correct statistical test to analyse data, perform analysis using SPSS software and interpret the test results;
5. use Microsoft Excel to present data graphically;
6. demonstrate practical skills and basic measurement techniques in sports and exercise science;
7. demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts in chemistry;
8. demonstrate competence in data presentation, analysis and interpretation, numeracy, use of spreadsheets, information retrieval and written communication.
9. develop a CV and maintain a personal development and skills e-portfolio
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Mixture of lectures, classes, practicals and tutorials.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Research project proposal |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Scientific Poster - Group 1 |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Skills Portfolio |
|
25% |
| Practical |
Project Testing |
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10% |
| Practical |
Practical skills assessment |
|
25% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Excluding Tutors, Dr Paul Freeman, Dr Ben Jones, Dr Jo Barton (SP only)
School Undergraduate Office, email: bsugoffice (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Dr Naomi Brooks
The University of Stirling
Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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