Exercise Programming and Prescription 1 (9811.1)

Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
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Exercise Programming and Prescription 1
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
Discipline Of Sport And Exercise Science Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of exercise prescription as it pertains to a general population. Students will demonstrate their ability to design and implement appropriate exercise programs based on appropriate assessments and needs analysis of the client and established evidence-based practice. Students will be able to teach correct technique during foundation movements found with exercise programs including resistance exercise and flexibility. Students will be taught underpinning principles to program for strength, gains, weight management and management of group fitness sessions with consideration of the individual participant and any contraindications.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will able to:

1. Implement and design appropriate exercise programs to enhance physical fitness in a general population; and
2. Teach foundation exercises and movement skills safely and using appropriate coaching frameworks.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
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
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways


Prerequisites

6534 Regional Anatomy and Physiology OR
9808 Regional Anatomy and Physiology.


Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

8380 Physiological Exercise Mechanisms and Conditioning AND 8911 Exercise Programming and Prescription.

Equivalent units

8380 Physiological Exercise Mechanisms and Conditioning AND 8911 Exercise Programming and Prescription

Assumed knowledge

Anatomy.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 On-Campus Mr Billy Mason
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 29 July 2024 On-Campus Mr Billy Mason
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 Texts:

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning (2016 - 4th ed). National Strength and Conditioning Association. Haff & Triplett (Eds). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics

Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training (2016 - 3rd ed). National Strength and Conditioning Association. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics

ACSM's Guidelines fo Exercise Testing and Prescription (2014). ACSM. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

All assessment items will be moderated as per the Faculty of Health Moderation Policy.  A copy of the moderation procedures will be available through Canvas.

Academic integrity

Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.

To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.

Use of Text-Matching Software

The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.

Participation requirements

Students are encouraged to attend lectures on campus as part of the unit (lectures will be recorded). Announcements and information presented during lectures is deemed to have been made to all students enrolled in the unit.

Attendance at practical classes is compulsory when associated with assessment items. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that their attendance at practical classes is recorded correctly and that they complete assessment items allocated to classes. Students are required to attend and complete assessment items based on the practical class to which they have been allocated. Students must submit a completed Variation to Assessment form if they do not attend compulsory practical classes or fail to complete the assessment items. 

Required IT skills

It is expected that students will possess UC entry level IT skills. Students should be conversant with the use of the Canvas site (UC Learn), and word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software.

In-unit costs

Textbooks

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Announcements made in the lecture presentation are deemed to be made to the entire unit.  Information and announcements will also be made on Canvas.

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