Module manager: Dr Matthew Lancaster
Email: M.K.Lancaster@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
On completion of the module students will be able to;
- apply and develop knowledge and skills from previous levels;
- discuss a number of key contemporary issues in exercise physiology;
- critically debate chosen key issues;
- critically analyse the literature pertinent to chosen key issues;
- understand the relevance of the contemporary issues to sport and exercise science.
This module will run as a series of four lectures and tutorials on separate contemporary issues in basic and applied exercise physiology.
These might include:
- Control of muscle oxygen consumption
- Plasticity of muscle fibre type and its implications for performance
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- Cardiovascular and pulmonary limitations to performance
- Genetics of human performance
- Aetiology of syndrome X
- Circadian rhythms in performance
- The female athlete triad
- Exercise in pre-puberty
- Exercise in pregnancy.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Seminar | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Tutorial | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Private study hours | 89.7 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 10.3 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Private study, reading and preparation for round table assessment: 90 hours.
Tutorial and lecture attendance.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | 1 x 30 minute round table group assessment | 40 |
| Essay | 1 x 2,000 word essay | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
This is a compulsory pass element on the module. You will not gain credits if this is not completed successfully. Failure to complete this work to pass standard will result in a V code being appended to the final module mark.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 29/04/2024
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