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Undergraduate Course: Exercise, Fitness and Health (SPRT10001)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaSport Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis half-course will explore the concepts of exercise, fitness and health and the inter-relationships between them. The role of experience in the development and maintenance of health will be analysed. Guidelines for exercise prescription in relation to health benefits will be examined, and the possible hazardous consequences of exercise also considered.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  50
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 32, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Exercise, Fitness and Health2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Understand and articulate the concepts of exercise, fitness and health;
Appreciate the conceptual and empirical basis for ascribing inter-relationships between these concepts;
Review guidelines for the prescription of exercise and physical activity.
Assessment Information
2 hour written examination; 2000
word assignment and oral presentation
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Samantha Fawkner
Tel: (0131 6)50 9778
Email: s.fawkner@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sarah Fraser
Tel:
Email: s.fraser@ed.ac.uk
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