Undergraduate Course: Sport Science 3B (SPRT10023)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This is a 2-part course covering two key disciplines within Sport Science: Exercise Physiology and Skill Acquisition.
In Exercise Physiology, students will study the physiological analysis of exercise and training. This wing of the course seeks to improve the students' understanding in relation to specific situations associated with physiological preparation for sport and activity. Acquisition of sports-specific knowledge will enhance an individual's capability to prescribe exercise and training in a variety of contexts.
Skill Acquisition at Level 3 seeks to provide students with a deeper understanding of motor control, motor learning and rehabilitation of motor function after injury or disease. Students will get an insight into current understanding of how the brain processes sensory information and controls movement, plasticity of the brain and the question what "normal" movement is when considering an atypical population. |
| Course description |
This teaching and learning is research-led. Members of academic staff the Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Science (ISPEHS) who contribute to this course are all members of one or more of the following research groups hosted by ISPEHS: (1) Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), (2) Edinburgh Sports Research, (3) Human Performance Science (HPS) (4) Physical Education Research Forum (PERF).
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Indicative content: energy metabolism and provision, muscular fatigue, muscle morphology and adaptation, lactate threshold, aerobic and anaerobic function, integrative sources of energy, recovery and the physical demands of specific activity.
SKILL ACQUISITION
Indicative content: biological psychology / behavioural neuroscience, brain anatomy and functioning in relation to perceptual-motor control, ventral and dorsal systems for processing visual systems, basal ganglia, cerebellum, assessing motor function in and outside the laboratory.
The course will require students to work effectively with others to identify and critically analyse an inter-disciplinary problem in the area of Sport Science, design a hypothetical study and create a scientific poster to report hypothetical results.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students must have previously completed at least 3 Sport Science courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) and receive permission from the Moray House School of Education to enrol. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the effects of exercise and adaptation on the physiological systems of the body, including underpinning mechanisms.
- Apply theoretical knowledge and practical experience to analyse and interpret the integrative nature of the physiological factors which may limit performance in sport and physical activity.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current understanding of the neuroscientific and psychological mechanisms underpinning and affecting sensory processing and movement control.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the possibilities and limitations of techniques used in the field of Skill Acquisition and Motor Control.
- Work with others to analyse a problem in the area of exercise physiology and skill acquisition and produce and formally present a scientific poster on a hypothetical study on the chosen topic.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course addresses 15 of the 21 graduate attributes developed on the BSc Applied Sport Science degree:
RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY
(2) Search for, access, critically analyse, evaluate and synthesize information from literature in order to answer research questions in sport and exercise sciences.
(3) Plan and execute research projects, involving data collection and analysis, which answer research questions in sport and exercise sciences.
(4) Interpret data collected or reported in sport, physical activity and exercise studies
(5) Synthesize knowledge from various disciplines so as to understand the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of sport and exercise sciences.
(6) Develop logical arguments surrounding issues within sport science, physical activity and exercise
PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL AUTONOMY
(8) Be able to respond to unfamiliar problems by extrapolating their existing knowledge and understanding
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
(9) Be able to communicate clearly using oral and written methods, including posters, presentations, essays, web pages, in order to critique, negotiate, create or communicate understanding
(10) Be able to use communication as a means for collaborating with and relating to others including staff, other students and research participants.
(11) Be able to engage in critical discussion demonstrating listening skills, effective use of evidence and their own experiences to articulate points and defend their own assertions
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
(13) Be able to plan and execute substantive research projects in sport and exercise sciences.
(15) Be able to work effectively in a team; overcoming and discussing problems and recognising the diversity of contributions different individuals can make to collaborative work.
TECHNICAL/PRACTICAL SKILLS
(18) Be able to use the test, measurement and analysis tools appropriate to sport, physical activity and exercise, including for example laboratory or field tests.
(19) Be able to design, deliver and analyse the effects of training interventions in sport, physical activity and exercise
(20) Be able to select and apply the appropriate statistical procedures to analyse empirical data.
(21) Be able to present data and report research findings according to standard scientific conventions.
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| Keywords | exercise physiology training adaptation skill acquisition behavioural neuroscience visual processing |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martine Verheul
Tel: (0131 6)51 6554
Email: martine.verheul@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Fraser
Tel:
Email: s.fraser@ed.ac.uk |
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