Exercise Science Capstone (12139.1)

This unit provides students with an opportunity to produce a major project in an area of interest related to sport, exercise and/or health. Students will collaborate with internal or external stakeholders to develop real world outcomes which benefit industry and contribute to students' professional development. Students will reflect on the value and outputs of their learning across the course of their degree and how these translate to professional life.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically reflect on their learning and development of skills throughout their course of study and consider ongoing development into professional life; and
2. Design, execute and communicate results of a project to a professional standard acceptable in their field of study.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas

Prerequisites

Must have passed 48 credit points.

Corequisites

12137 Exercise Science Practicum 1

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

9814 Research and Professional Practice Part B

Assumed knowledge

None.