BS152-4-SP-CO:
Biomechanics
2015/16
Life Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
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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)
This module will help you to understand the physical and mechanical principles that determine how we, and the objects with which we interact during exercise and in sporting events, move. You will learn the meaning of concepts such as force, mass, speed, velocity, acceleration, momentum and we will explore how they enable us to describe and understand movement in sport and exercise.
Learning Outcomes:
To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. describe how the basic principles of mechanics can be applied to describe and explain movements of the human body and objects in sport and exercise;
2. describe how applications of Newton's laws of motion can explain the causes of linear and rotational motions in sport and exercise;
3. demonstrate an ability to perform simple calculations associated with analyses of movements in sport and exercise;
4. describe categories of human movement and understand the anatomical basis for the production of movement;
5. demonstrate basic competence in data presentation, analysis and interpretation, numeracy, information retrieval and written communication.
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Exam assessment: End of module MCQ Exam and 1 hour exam paper in Summer Term; both equally weighted
24 x 1 hour lectures including 1 on directed learning material plus 1 revision class before MCQ and 1 revision class before summer exam; 4 x 3 hour practicals or equivalent
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Problem sheet 1 |
|
7.46% |
| Coursework |
Problem sheet 2 |
|
7.46% |
| Coursework |
Problem sheet 3 |
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7.46% |
| Coursework |
Practical 1 worksheet |
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14.93% |
| Coursework |
Practical 2 worksheet |
|
14.93% |
| Coursework |
SPF |
|
47.76% |
Additional coursework information
MCQ Exam: wk 30, Summer Exam: wks 33-36
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
Dr Florentina Hettinga, Dr Matthew Taylor
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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