Exercise Programming and Prescription for Performance (12136.1)

Please note these are the 2027 details for this unit
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Exercise Programming and Prescription for Performance
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Health
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Sport & Exercise Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of exercise prescription as it pertains to performance. Students will apply the principles of exercise delivery and prescription, including in reference to athletic and occupational settings, within an appropriate scope of practice. Capacity to monitor and assess performance-based metrics will be demonstrated. Students will design and implement a training plan based on individual scenarios.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse advanced exercise programming principles as they apply to performance;
2. Conduct and interpret performance-based assessments; and
3. Design and implement appropriate exercise programs to maximise individual performance adaptations.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
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3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

12134 Exercise Programming and Prescription Fundamentals

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

9812 Exercise Programming and Prescription 2

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2027 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Dr Joe Northey
2027 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 09 August 2027 On-campus Dr Joe Northey
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

Recommended
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning (2016), National Strength and Conditioning Association, Haff, G.G. and Triplett, N.T. (Ed.),
Human Kinetics: Champaigne, IL. ISBN-13: 9781492501626
High Performance Training for Sports 2nd Edition (2021), Joyce, D and Lewindon, D (Ed), Human Kinetics, 9781492592921

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Participation requirements

It is the responsibility of the student to interact with the material provided on the Canvas site in relation to the self-directed theoretical
elements. Prior to the face-to-face lectures and practical sessions, the expectation is that the material covered in the preceding weeks will have
been covered. Attendance at the face-to-face practical classes is required to complete the relevant assessment items. It is the student's responsibility to ensure
that their attendance at Practical classes is recorded correctly and that they complete the assessment items allocated to classes. Students are
required to attend and complete assessment items based on the Practical for which they have been allocated.
If students are unable to attend an allocated practical, correspondence with the unit convenor must occur beforehand.

Required IT skills

The use of Canvas, library searching skills, word processing, interpretation of data and creation of graphs using Excel and electronic
presentations skills are necessary for this unit.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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