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Undergraduate Course: Sport Science 2C (SPRT08006)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will continue work carried out in Sport Science 1Bh, particularly in the area of Sports Biomechanics and Information Technology. More advanced biomechanical principles and qualitative analysis methods will be used to examine human movement and sporting movements in field and laboratory settings. In the second part of the course the principles and use in sport science of general and specialised computer hardware and software will be covered.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Sport Science 1A (SPRT08002) AND Sport Science 1B (SPRT08003)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  0
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 13, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 31, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1 x 2 hour examination in Sports Biomechanics (60%) 1 x 2000 word equivalent assignment concerned with Information Technology in Sport Science (eg Powerpoint presentation, Web page production). (40%)
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Sport Science 2C2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
Understand further mathematical principles of Newtonian mechanics;
Carry out qualitative biomechanical analyses of selected sporting actions;
Use a range of general and specific computer software for data collection and analysis in sport science situations; Present a range of data in output formats commonly encountered in sports science.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/courses/ug/sport-sci.html
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Dave Saunders
Tel: (0131 6)51 4121
Email: Dave.Saunders@ed.ac.uk		 Course secretaryMiss Sarah Fraser
Tel:
Email: s.fraser@ed.ac.uk
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