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Postgraduate Course: Assessment of physical activity and body composition (SPRT11003)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaSport Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will encourage students to critically evaluate methods for assessing physical activity and the key health outcome of body composition. The course will provide students with the skills to make informed decisions regarding methods for assessing physical activity and body composition and evaluating intervention programmes and will provide theoretical and practical knowledge required to collect and interpret data. Lecture material will be supplemented with practical activities and seminars and the course will introduce skills necessary for accreditation in anthropometrical methods of assessing body composition.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 82 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 30 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate:
1. the ability to critically evaluate commonly used methods for assessing physical activity and health
2. the ability to make informed decisions regarding appropriate methodologies for assessing physical activity and health with respect to programme needs
3. the ability to employ appropriate analytical and interpretative knowledge to make sound judgements regarding physical activity and health status
4. the ability to reflect on how knowledge acquired relates to own personal and work experiences
Assessment Information
Equivalent to 2000 words. Total mark for the course will be a weighted average of the two assessments.
Task 1 (30%) Practical assessment of anthropometrical techniques
Task 2 (70%) 1.5 Hour examination
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Introduction to assessment of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health,
Calculation and interpretation of validity and reliability and agreement between different measures
Self-report measures of physical activity, energy expenditure and sedentary behaviour.
Objective measures of physical activity, energy expenditure and sedentary behaviour,
Assessment of body composition, with a particular focus on anthropometry.
Transferable skills Critical analysis, Oral and written communication skills, Access research materials
Reading list Core texts for this course are:
Welk, G. (Ed). (2002). Physical activity assessments for health related research. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Morrow, J., Jackson, A., Disch, J., & Mood, D. (2005). Measurement and evaluation in human performance (3rd Edition), Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Norton, K and Olds, T (Eds). (1996) Anthropometrica: a textbook of body measurement for sports and health courses. Sydney: UNSW Press
Kaminsky, L. (2009). ACSM's health-related physical fitness manual. 3rd edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsAnthropometry; measurement; physical activity
Contacts
Course organiserDr Samantha Fawkner
Tel: (0131 6)50 9778
Email: s.fawkner@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary
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