Module manager: Dr Ruth Norman
Email: r.norman@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
In course Summative SAQ’s and OTLA SAQ’s
Formative SAQ’s
- Explain the physiological concepts of structure and function, and homeostasis, using examples drawn from the principal body systems and functions.
- Appraise the physiological adaptions to these systems that occur during exercise and how these systems can be disturbed by disease.
- Explain the physiological responses in the context of exercise and training and how these might be tested and measured.
- Explain the psychological affects in the context of exercise and training and how these might be tested and measured
- Explain sensory and motor control of movement, and the movement and forces in the context of exercise and training and how these might be tested and measured.
- Describe how motor control functions as a mechanistic link between physiology and psychology, and the physical processes underpinning these can be described through biomechanics
- Explain how exercise and training are affected through metabolic responses and how these can be explained in mechanistic terms
- Explain how exercise and training are affected through energy balance, and nutrition and how these can be explained in mechanistic terms
- Describe how skills are developed through exercise and training and how these are affected by psychological processes
Assignment 2
Reflective Component
- Develop and reflect on research knowledge, skills & behaviours relevant both to the discipline, and for careers beyond the Biomedical and Exercise Sciences;
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| ------------------------- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Private study hours | 0 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 1 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 1 | ||
The students will receive formative feedback on SAQ’s throughout both semesters- peer marked and generic feedback
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | Short Answer Questions & reflective component. Delivered as in course work with a deadline. | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 60 | |
SAQ’s will be problem based exercises with guided questions. Practice of these individually and in groups will be done formatively and peer/generic feedback given. SAQs will test the LO’s
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S2) | 2.0 Hrs Mins | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 40 | |
The exam SAQ’s will be problem-based exercises with guided questions similar to the in course ones but completed under exam conditions on campus.
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Last updated: 01/10/2025
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