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BIOL0089: Human biochemistry

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To teach the fundamentals of human metabolism and bioenergetics: to gain a basic understanding of nutrition and its effect on performance of the human body. To enable students to describe and explain the relationship between the biochemistry and physiology of human performance.
Content: Basic thermodynamics and biochemistry of muscles and movement.
Bioenergetics: the requirement for energy and how it is produced at the cellular level.
Energy fuels: the breakdown and synthesis of carbohydrates, fats and protein; anaerobic and aerobic metabolism.
Control of metabolism and the biochemistry of fatigue: the role of oxygen and minerals.
An introduction to the biochemistry of nutrition.
An introduction to the biochemistry and pharmacology of drugs in sport.

ESML0205: Chinese stage 1B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0204
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Chinese Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Chinese Stage 1A

ESML0207: Chinese stage 2B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Chinese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0206
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Chinese Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of Chinese Stage 2A

ESML0211: French stage 7B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0210
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French Stage 7A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 7A

ESML0213: French stage 8B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0212
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French Stage 8A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 8A

ESML0217: French stage 4B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0216
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of French Stage 4A
Content: A continuation of French Stage 4A

ESML0219: French stage 5B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0218
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of course French Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of course French Stage 5A

ESML0223: German stage 1B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0222
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 1A

ESML0225: German stage 2B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0224
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 2A

ESML0229: German stage 7B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0228
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German Stage 7A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 7A

ESML0235: German stage 4B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0234
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German 4A
Content: A continuation of German 4A

ESML0237: German stage 5B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0236
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of German Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of German Stage 5A

ESML0241: Italian stage 1B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0240
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Italian Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Italian Stage 1A

ESML0243: Italian stage 2B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Italian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0242
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Italian Stage 2A
Content: A continuation of Italian Stage 2A

ESML0247: Japanese 1B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Japanese
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0246
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Japanese Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Japanese Stage 1A

ESML0253: Spanish stage 1B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0252
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish Stage 1A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 1A

ESML0259: Spanish stage 4B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Co ESML0258
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish Stage 4A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 4A

ESML0261: Spanish stage 5B (6 credits)

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: Spanish
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX45 CW40 OR15
Requisites: Co ESML0260
Aims & Learning Objectives: A continuation of Spanish Stage 5A
Content: A continuation of Spanish Stage 5A

MANG0071: Organisational behaviour (service unit)

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop the student's understanding of people's behaviour within work organizations
Content: Topics of study will be drawn from the following:
The meaning of organising and organisation
Socialisation, organisational norms and organisational culture
Bureaucracy, organisational design and new organisational forms
Managing organisational change
Power and politics
Business ethics
Leadership and team work
Decision -making
Motivation
Innovation
Gender
The future of work

MANG0072: Managing human resources (service unit)

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course aims to give a broad overview of major features of human resource management. It examines issues from the contrasting perspectives of management, employees and public policy.
Content: Perspectives on managing human resources.
Human resource planning, recruitment and selection.
Performance, pay and rewards.
Control, discipline and dismissal.

MANG0074: Business information systems (service unit)

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 PR25 OT15
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Information Technology (IT) is rapidly achieving ubiquity in the workplace. All areas of the business community are achieving expansion in IT and investing huge sums of money in this area. Within this changing environment, several key trends have defined a new role for computers:
a) New forms and applications of IT are constantly emerging. One of the most important developments in recent years has been the fact that IT has become a strategic resource with the potential to affect competitive advantage: it transforms industries and products and it can be a key element in determining the success or failure of an organisation.
b) Computers have become decentralised within the workplace: PCs sit on managers desks, not in the IT Department. The strategic nature of technology also means that managing IT has become a core competence for modern organisations and is therefore an important part of the task of general and functional managers. Organisations have created new roles for managers who can act as interfaces between IT and the business, combining a general technical knowledge with a knowledge of business.
This course addresses the above issues, and, in particular, aims to equip students with IT management skills for the workplace. By this, we refer to those attributes that they will need to make appropriate use of IT as general or functional managers in an information-based age. In dealing with management issues, our aims are to provide practical as well as theoretical knowledge. As such, the course integrates hands-on work in the computer lab, dealing with management problems, and practical elements of IT practice that managers are likely to encounter when they become involved with IT in any organisation. Thus, in addition to providing an appreciation of the business value and opportunities stemming from new technology, the latter includes the various issues encountered when devising, evaluating, and managing any IT project.
Content: The course is divided into two components, to reflect the fact that is oriented to both theoretical and practical aspects of IT.
Section one comprises the practical element of the course. It is primarily focused on case studies, involving the application of selected software to management problems. It involves hands-on work in the computer laboratory.
Section two relates to the examination of IT in its business context. Here the focus is upon examining the value of IT in terms of why IT is strategic and how it can affect the competitive environment, as well as how it should be managed within the business.
The sessions will be organised as follows: IT and Corporate Strategy; IT-Induced Transformation; Strategic Alignment of IT and Business Strategies; Evaluation of IT Investments; Project Development and Management: Implementation of Technology

MATE0030: Introduction to materials for sports science

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX40 CW20 ES20 PR20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand the science underlying the use of materials in applications used in sport. To appreciate the nature of the physical stresses imposed on materials, both natural and artificial, and how the materials react to stresses. To explore the use of high technology advanced materials in sports applications.
Content: An introduction to mechanical properties: the nature of elastic stress and elastic strain. The elastic limit. Types of stress and strain. Elastic compliance. Plastic deformation and fracture. Energy absorption during loading and fracture, energy release. Specific stress and specific strain. Compare and contrast metals, ceramics and polymers as sporting materials. The limitations of homogeneous materials. Composite materials and why they are used in sport. The law of mixtures for composite materials. Natural and artificial composites; several examples of each, outlining the structure and properties. Comparison of natural composites ( wood, bone, skin etc) with artificial composites.
Case studies of sports equipment , e.g. sport shoes, football studs, racquets, vaulting pole, sports bicycle; the method of construction and the performance advantages that ensue.

MATH0016: Information management 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: Computing
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES60 CW30 OT10
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: To introduce students to the use of a workstation, to word-processing, spreadsheets and relational data bases, and to the basic ideas of computing, and to the range of applications and misapplications of computers in science. To give students some experience of working in small groups.
Objectives: Students should have a practical ability to use contemporary information management facilities. They should be able to write a good report, and they should have the confidence and the language to enable criticism of the use of computers in science.
Content: Introduction: hardware, software, networking. Use of the workstation. Social issues. The relationship between computing and science. Computers as calculators, as simulating engines, and as new realities. Mathematical and computational models. The difficulty of validating or criticising computational models. Example of fluid flow, and the numerical wind tunnel. Experiment and decision making using computational models. Artificial intelligence, expert systems, neural nets, artificial evolution. The use and abuse of computers in science. Word processing, HTML, Scientific journalism and scientific reports. The goals of succinctness and clarity. Spreadsheets, organizing, exploring and presenting numerical data. Introduction to Statistics. Mean, standard deviation, histograms, the idea of probability density functions.

SCNC0001: Functional anatomy

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: A basic grounding in the structure of the human body. This module will enable students to classify and identify skeletal bones, describe the structure and function of muscle and analyse the co-ordinated movements that these two systems produce within the human body.
Content: Structure and function of bone tissue - structure of bone and connective tissue. Skeletal construction and function - types of bone: long, thin, flat, irregular. Axial and appendicular skeleton. Names of major bones.
Joint types; - immovable, slightly moveable, freely moveable (synovial). Types of movement: flexion, extension, rotation, adduction, abduction, circumduction, plantar-flexion.
Differences between cardiac, smooth and skeletal muscle; detailed structure of skeletal muscle; - fibres and fibre types, nerve supply to muscle, sliding theory of muscle contraction. Production of co-ordinated movement.
Relationship of muscular system to skeletal system; - identification of major muscle groups, origins, insertions and actions of main muscles. Practical analysis of limb movement. Types of muscular contraction including, isometric, isotonic, isokinetic, concentric and eccentric muscle action.

SCNC0002: Historical & contemporary studies

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To describe the origins of sport, explore the impact of different cultures and social systems upon sport and debate the role of British society upon the development of sport in the UK.
Content: Develop the student's understanding of the origins of sport and exercise; exploring the development of sport in medieval Britain. The role of public and private support structures for sports development.
An overview of twentieth century sports initiatives will be undertaken and the beginning of mass participation and recreation will be presented against its social context.
The place of contemporary issues as a social phenomenon. The role of sport in education and the relationship between sport, law and the economy.
Sport and Hegemony will address the main trends in the relationship between sport and power. Analysis of the class conflict which characterised the development of popular sport in the UK, analysis of issues such as gender, class and racism. Sport, Conflict and Social Control will address the issues relating to sport sub-cultures and the rise of spectator hooliganism, violence and cheating. Students will critically assess social control policies and the associated legislation in the UK.
Identification of a national sports development policy.

SCNC0003: Sports performance 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Students will focus on personal development of competence in a diverse range of sports. Students will develop cognitive and psychomotor competencies ; improve personal performance through the application of major tactics and the appropriate employment of key strategies and scientific principles necessary for participation in the key sports; develop an understanding of rules or regulations.
Content: Individual performance assessment and goal setting will take place at the beginning of each sports course. Sports covered are swimming, gymnastics, hockey and soccer.
The rules and regulations associated with each sport will be covered together with their interpretation and application with respect to improved personal performance.
Students will also have the opportunity of mastering advanced skills and techniques through skill development sessions.
Personal performance will be enhanced by an understanding of tactics and strategies geared to the needs of each individual.
Each sports course will include preparation for performance through a study of appropriate training principles and methods.

SCNC0004: Teaching & coaching

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the scientific and educational principles underlying sport performance, participation and teaching and coaching. This module will enable students to apply scientific principles of sports performance to teaching and coaching whilst gaining personal and communication skills and time management skills.
Content: The Teacher and the Coach. Impact of Sports Science and Technology on Teaching and Coaching; Developments in coaching Developments in teaching. Health Related fitness implications of a modern lifestyle. Structure of Teaching and Coaching in Britain & the European Union. Career entry and development. National Vocational Qualifications. Associated careers and industries - Sports Development, Leisure Management, Youth Service. Communication and Time Management

SCNC0005: Human physiology

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 ES30
Requisites: Pre SCNC0001
Aims & Learning Objectives: To enable students to gain an understanding of human physiology, namely basic cell functions, biological control systems and co-ordinated body functions.
Content: Intercellular communication systems; The nervous system, organisation of the nervous system, the endocrine system, integration between the nervous and endocrine systems,.
The cardiovascular system; Organisation of the cardiovascular system, blood vessels, constituents of blood, cardiac function, the cardiac cycle, coronary circulation, control of heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output.
The pulmonary system; Pulmonary pressures and mechanics, ventilation rate and depth, regulation of arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, exchange of gases between blood, alveoli and tissues, transport of carbon dioxide in the blood, control of ventilation.
Energy metabolism; Three main energy systems, ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis and aerobic metabolism.
Regulation of water and electrolyte balance;
Digestion and absorption of food;

SCNC0006: Skill acquisition

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 ES30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand how skill is acquired and the reasons for differences in rates of learning and levels of performance. Students will learn to generate and analyse data and make comparisons of skill levels between groups and within groups.
Content: The nature of skilled performance; Definitions of skill and characteristics of skilled performance: skilled and unskilled; Learning and performance. Classification of skills: Principles and theories of learning; Theories of learning: conditioning (classical and operant) - examples from sport / P.E. Trial and error (instrumental learning). Motor learning: . Phases in skill learning (cognitive, associative, autonomous). Transfer of learning (positive, negative) forms (direct, proactive, retroactive, bilateral, unequal). Theories (insight, stimulus and response generalisation).
Information processing in perceptual-motor performance; Basic models, based on Welford and Whiting. Perception: selective attention, short and long term memory. Decision-making: factors affecting reaction time, Mental rehearsal. Motor output and feedback: motor programming, hierarchies of control, types and uses of feedback.

SCNC0007: Sports performance 2

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Students will focus on personal development of competence in a diverse range of sports. and outdoor pursuits. Students will develop cognitive and psychomotor competencies ; improve personal performance through the application of major tactics and the application of scientific principles . Also develop an understanding of rules or regulations of specific sports and understand the safety consideration of work in the outdoors.
Content: Individual performance assessment and goal setting will take place at the beginning of each sports course. Sports covered will be athletics I, dance, and either rugby or netball.
The rules and regulations associated with each sport will be covered together with their interpretation and application with respect to improved personal performance.
Students will also have the opportunity of mastering advanced skills and techniques through skill development sessions.
Personal performance will be enhanced by an understanding of tactics and strategies geared to the needs of each individual.
Lead lectures and practical outdoor pursuit lectures.

SCNC0008: Sport in the community

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW50 OR10 OT40
Requisites: Pre SCNC0004
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give a wider understanding of the role of sport and exercise science across the whole community, by work and observation of special need groups in the community, (e.g. the elderly, children and disabled groups). Students will appreciate the beneficial influence of sport and exercise upon the mental and physical well being of differing community groups
Content: Students will be expected to spend periods with elderly, young and disabled groups, work and observe the influence and application of sport and exercise science upon the health of particular groups.
Placements should be organised so that students work and observe alongside qualified personnel. Typical placements would be old people's homes or day centres, pre-school or play group centres and community care clubs for the disabled.

SCNC0009: Exercise physiology 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX70 PR30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To study the fundamental responses of the body to exercise, providing an introduction to basic laboratory techniques.
Content: Energy transfer - basal metabolic rate, the concept of the MET, calculation of respiratory exchange ratio and energy expenditure. Standardisation of gas volumes.
Thermoregulation at rest and during exercise.
Regulation of ventilation during exercise and at rest; - steady rate exercise and non-steady state. Onset of blood lactic acid accumulation. The influence of ventilation on aerobic capacity.

SCNC0010: Sports psychology 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: PR50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to concepts and applications of sports psychology. To enable students to explain the fundamentals of psychology, explain how psychological differences relate to performance in sport, and explain the influences of social psychology.
Content: Fundamentals of psychology; operational methods and techniques, , testing, measurement and analysis.
Motivation in sport; definitions, characteristics of motivated behaviour and types of motives. Achievement motivation:, learned hopelessness. Attribution theory; attribution as a factor affecting levels of participation and performance.
Social psychology of sport; the individual and social psychology. Attitudes; nature, formation, change, measurement. Attitude description on sport.
Personality and the athlete

SCNC0011: Sports biomechanics 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the scientific concepts of biomechanics, including basic measurement and analysis techniques. Students will be able to describe the basic anatomical and mechanical concepts of biomechanics, apply basic measurement techniques and analyse a particular human movement situation in directed group investigations.
Content: Basic mechanics; force, work, power, kinetic and potential energy, mass, velocity, acceleration and momentum. Conservation laws for energy and momentum.
Introduction to the nature and application of force; the mechanical concept of energy and power in human movement. Analysis of forces developed within human muscle.
Introduction to non linear motion and rotational movement. Moment of inertia, angular momentum and conservation law.
Video/film techniques for the analysis of human movement; application to the practical sports setting.

SCNC0012: Sports performance 3

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: PR70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Students will be involved in a practical and theoretical study of the techniques and strategies of a range of sports. Students will focus on personal development of competence in a diverse range of sports, improving personal performance in the five sports through the use of sport-specific training principles.
Content: The seven sports offered in year 2 will be tennis, basketball, athletics or cricket, badminton or squash, aquatics or volleyball.
Individual performance assessment and goal setting will take place at the beginning of each sports course.
The rules and regulations associated with each sport will be covered together with their interpretation and application with respect to improved personal performance.
Attainment targets in the core skills and techniques associated with each sport will be achieved.
Preparation for performance;

SCNC0013: Coaching 1

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES25 CW25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To enable students to understand the scientific, educational and social principles underlying the coaching of sport. Students will be able to explain the diversity of roles of and demands on the coach, describe in detail how coaching is organised in the UK and plan, execute and evaluate a coaching session.
Content: The Coach; definition of the coach; the wider role of the coach; coaching skills and attributes; philosophy and coaching styles; the professional and amateur coach;
Introduction to Coaching Theory;
Structure and Organisation of Coaching in Britain; the development of coaching in Britain post 1900; career entry and development; National Governing Body Coaching Awards; National Vocational Qualifications; Higher and Further Education Courses; The National Coaching Foundation; The British Institute of Sports Coaches; legislation in Britain;

SCNC0015: Exercise physiology 2

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX70 PR30
Requisites: Pre SCNC0009
Aims & Learning Objectives: To assess the adaptations that occur as a result of prolonged training. The acquisition of additional laboratory techniques will ensure students are competent in the assessment and interpretation of experimental results.
Content: The cardiovascular system; - circulation, including cardiac output, heart rate, and stroke volume during exercise. The redistribution of blood flow during exercise.
Body composition; - physique, and performance. Profiling for different sports and the effect of body fat on performance.
Energy systems and exercise; - ATP-PC energy system, anaerobic glycolysis, and aerobic metabolism. The adaptations of these systems to training.

SCNC0016: Sports psychology 2

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES25 CW25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to psychological conception and the application of sports psychology. Students will be able to explain the influences of group and social psychology on sport.
Content: Social psychology of sport; the individual and social psychology. Attitude description on sport; attitude-behaviour links and social factors.
Aggression in sport; defining aggression, measuring aggression, theories of aggression, hypotheses, situational influences; controlling aggression in sport. Causal attribution: theories of achievement attribution; attributions made in sport; antecedents and consequences.
The group and social psychology; group formation and structure; group norms. Group dynamics: motivation, cohesiveness, leadership. Defining team cohesion; consequences and development of team cohesion. Group co-operation and competition. Crowds and spectators: social facilitation research in sport-theory and critique; performance in front of groups and in co-acting situations; group identification in sports spectators, crowd violence and hostility.

SCNC0017: Coaching 2

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES25 CW25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To enable students to understand the scientific, educational and social principles underlying the coaching of sport. Also be able to apply scientific principles of sports performance to coaching, execution and evaluate a coaching session.
Content: Coaching Theory; coaching different groups: planning and evaluating, goal setting; group and individual coaching,
Impact of Sports Science and Technology on Coaching; developments in coaching; fitness testing; training principles; warm up/down; rehabilitation of injuries; over training; equipment/clothing design and development; psychological preparation and motivation; acclimatisation training; diet; video analysis; performance data analysis; introduction to modern lifestyle management.
Practice of Coaching; observe, assist, plan, deliver and evaluate practical coaching sessions

SCNC0018: Quantitative & qualitative research

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To promote understanding of the main research paradigms used in quantitative and qualitative research in sport, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of both methods. This unit would enable students to explain the positivist and anti-positivist paradigms and their relevance to research in sports science, defining the applications and limitations of each research methodology.
Content: Historical perspectives of quantitative and qualitative research; - analysing the means of acquiring knowledge.
Act of problem solving; looking at positivist and phenomenological approaches.
Principles and assumptions of the scientific method.
Alternative methods of interpreting social reality; (ontology, epistemology, human nature, methodology)
Initiating research in sports settings.
Overview of experimental design; (interviews, observation, survey, questionnaire, experiment).

SCNC0019: Event management

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX20 CW30 OT50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the techniques of event management and provide opportunities to practice and develop appropriate communication and management skills.
Content: Individual group management sessions: (i) organisation of small scale local events, drawing on the resources and facilities available, (ii) students will be involved in the planning and management of medium / large event, liasing with appropriate external organisation and senior event managers.
National and International Governing Bodies: visits to and Visiting Lecturers from those governing bodies / associations involved with large scale event management.
Group presentation and analysis of management activities undertaken.

SCNC0020: Analysis of sports performance

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: RT70 OR30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To study the historical, socio-economic, physiological, psychological and biomechanical principles of one sport in depth. This module will enable students to
enable students to understand the historical background of the sport and how this has shaped the current structure of the sport., to gain knowledge of the physiological, psychological and biomechanical aspects of the sport and ultimately to produce a critical analytical review of a chosen sport.
Content: Lectures, seminars and group discussions will be held on the general approach to critical analysis, using a range of sports as examples.
History, organisation and structure of the sport.
Economic and political issues associated with the sport.
Physiological, psychological and biomechanical aspects of the sport.
Training and the elite performer.
Future trends

SCNC0021: Experimental design & data analysis

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding of experimental design, data collection and analysis, educating students in the use of a variety of evaluative techniques and research methods. In combination with Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods this unit will enable students to prepare a research proposal, selecting a suitable research methodology for the proposed problem. Application of the appropriate statistical techniques for the effective analysis and interpretation of the data collected forms a major part of this unit.
Content: In depth analysis of experimental designs and their limitations.
Reliability, validity (internal and external), possible sources of error.
Descriptive statistics
Statistical analysis, use of both parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques.
Use of various computer packages in data analysis; (SPSS, Minitab etc.)

SCNC0022: Exercise physiology 3

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To promote understanding of how the body responds to exercise in extreme conditions such as intense exercise, and environmental conditions such as high and low temperatures and high altitude.
To be able to evaluate human performance at both a recreational and elite level..
Content: Temperature Regulation; The thermoregulatory systems involved in the conservation and dissipation of heat, in cold and hot climates respectively. (Requirements of and Adaptations to Training; Requirements of (i) endurance events (ii) sprint events and (iii) repeated sprints activities. Adaptations of the body to these different forms of exercise.
Exercise at Altitude; The physiological and metabolic acclimatisation process. . Effects of altitude on performance (i) at altitude and (ii) on return to sea level.
Anaerobic Threshold /Onset of Blood Lactate Accumulation; Concepts of AT and OBLA. Relationship of AT / OBLA to ventilatory breaking point. The use of AT / OBLA as a guide for the prescription of training intensities.
The Elite Performer; Physiological response to exercise in elite performers; preparation and training

SCNC0023: Sports psychology 3

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand the psychological preparation of the athlete, be able to assess the needs of a particular athlete and make recommendations concerning particular strategies and provide advice to athletes about the range of available intervention strategies in sports psychology.
Content: Optimising performance; arousal and performance, stress; definitions and approaches to understanding stress. Research on stress and performance. Control of excessive anxiety; definitions and concepts of trait and state anxiety. Assessment of anxiety in relation to sports performance using Marten's Sport Competition Anxiety Test and Spielbergers's State Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Mental preparation for performance; stress management techniques, relaxation procedures, cognitive strategies, intervention programmes, psyching-up strategies, attentional focus training. Development of self-confidence. Goal-setting and programme planning for the elite athlete (short and long-term objectives in a training programme).

SCNC0024: Sports biomechanics 2

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW25 OT25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To understand the scientific concepts in biomechanics and to apply these to the analysis of practical sports situations. To interpret data in a way useful to a teacher, coach or sports scientist. To further develop the scientific concepts in biomechanics and to demonstrate measurement techniques used in practical sports settings and enable students to undertake analysis and interpretation of data in a way that would be useful to a sports performer.
Content: Mechanics applied to human movement.
Angular motion including: torque, moment of inertia, and conservation of angular momentum.
Application of these principles of mechanics to the understanding and analysis of gymnastics and athletics and other selected sports.
The use of kinetic and kinematic analysis techniques for gaining insight to and understanding of sporting activities. The interpretation of such analyses for the teacher or coach.

SCNC0025: Sports medicine

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 CW30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To give an understanding of the cause, range and nature of sports injuries and illnesses. Recognition of injury and treatment. To give an overview of the role of therapeutic and "illegal" drugs in sport. This will enable students to prevent and recognise typical injuries and direct athletes on prevention and treatment. Also be able to explain the importance of chemical agents upon sports performance
Content: The range and nature of sports injuries; recognition of injuries to muscle, tendons, ligaments and bone; prevention of injury; strapping techniques; rehabilitation techniques.
Drugs and therapeutics. the cardiovascular system; respiratory system, the nervous system and the locomotor system; treatment regimes and beneficial effects; undesirable side effects; inter-action with illegal drugs and chemical agents.
"Illegal" performance enhancing drugs; enhancement mechanisms, side effects, toxic reactions to cells and organs; tests for illegal substances; current national and international procedures; techniques to evade detection; mechanisms and procedures; future trends.

SCNC0026: Project

Semester 2
Credits: 18
Level: Level 3
Assessment: PR30 RT40 OR30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an opportunity to apply knowledge, research skills and personal skills in an extended research project into a chosen topic. This will enable students to produce a research proposal, design an experimental programme, acquire and analyse data and draw conclusions. In addition, write a report and defend the report at a viva-voce examination.
Content: The student will prepare a research proposal for the project in a chosen topic of study. Each student will have an individual project but may be required to produce plans for co-operative work with other students in some areas of data acquisition. A report will be produced describing the choice, planning and performance of the project, together with the analysis of results and the conclusions arising from the results. The report should contain evidence of (a) Application of knowledge and skills acquired during the course and (b) Further study of current research positions in the field of the project. The student will defend the report and it's conclusions at a 'viva-voce' examination.

SCNC0027: Exercise, nutrition & health

Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 ES30
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop an understanding of the relationship between exercise, nutrition and health. To be able to advise on safe effective and appropriate exercise.
Content: Definition of health, nutrition and exercise, basic concepts of nutrition - energy balance within the body. Nutrition for special populations. Psychological, sociological and cultural aspects of health and exercise. Exercise promotion . Exercise Prescription, structure of exercise programmes. Exercise safety and effectiveness for different populations.

SCNC0028: Coaching the elite performer, sports development & physical education

Semester 2
Credits: 12
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to coaching techniques for elite performers, the teaching of Physical Education and the Sports Development process in Britain.
Content: The role of the top level coach, athlete support services, lifestyle management, elite athlete services, the sports development continuum, the role of the Sports Development Officer, development plans, organisation of sports development in Britain, sports development skills, physical education in the curriculum, the National Curriculum, teaching skills, teaching styles and professional development s in teaching.

SCNC0029: Study year abroad

Academic Year
Credits: 60
Level: Level 2
Assessment: OT100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: (i) To assist the student to develop communication skills and to develop the ability to work in an environment with an unfamiliar culture.
(ii) To develop the self confidence and maturity to operate effectively with people from a different cultural background.
(iii) In the case of students attending courses taught and examined in a foreign language, to develop the appropriate language skills for study in the host language.
(iv) In the case of students attending courses taught and examined in English, to develop general communication skills in the host language.
Content: The student should follow a course equivalent to 60 University of Bath credits. Programmes of work will be decided by negotiation between the Director of Studies at Bath, the host University and the student. Courses should not duplicate courses given in the Bath degree but should complement the Bath programme. Language courses and courses relating to aspects of the host country should be considered in addition to the Sport and Exercise topics.

SCNC0030: Industrial placement

Academic Year
Credits: 60
Level: Level 2
Assessment: OT100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: (i) To provide practical experience in the application of knowledge and skills gained at University, by working on a significant research project or other professional activity in an approved laboratory or organisation working in Sport and Exercise Science related activities.
(ii) To develop skills in oral and written communication, time management, problem solving, group working and decision making.
Content: The content varies from placement to placement. In choosing the placement, the University will try to ensure that the project offers adequate opportunities for the student to demonstrate competence in a significance number of the following skills. Application of academic knowledge, Practical ability, Computational skill, Analytical and problem solving skill, Innovation and originality, Time management, Writing skills, Oral expression, Interpersonal skills, Responsibility and reliability.

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Programme / Unit Catalogue 1997/98