Overview
This unit is designed so that students should be able to discuss the aetiology of lifestyle-related diseases with a focus on physical activity and exercise as a prevention and treatment strategy. It provides a basic understanding of the physiological effects of physical activity and exercise. It presents information relating to the holistic benefits of physical activity. It provides fundamental knowledge and skills associated with measurement of physical activity and exercise for the purpose of health-related research/study, the factors that influence the physical activity habits of individuals and whole populations, and the modification of physical activity habits of individuals and whole populations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have Your Say Survey
Students appreciated the way that lectures were presented, the content was interesting, and although some commented there was a lot of information, the weekly readings supplemented their learning.
Continue to present lectures in an enthusiastic manner and ensure that weekly readings are relevant and up to date. It is also recommended to embed information about the weekly readings in the relevant lecturers so that students can clearly relate the lecture material to the readings.
Feedback from Have Your Say Survey
Some students commented that the they were a little unsure of the requirements for the written assessment task (Lab workbook).
It is recommended that more detailed examples of workbook tasks are embedded within the relevant lectures and laboratory sessions. For example, resistance and aerobic training programs.
Feedback from Have Your Say Survey
Students commented that some of the laboratory sessions for the on-campus and residential school were a little drawn out and others seemed rushed with too much content. However, it was also stated that the laboratory sessions were informative, and a great opportunity to verbalise some of the concepts from the lecture material and text.
The on campus and residential school laboratories will be reviewed for 2018 and adjusted where necessary to ensure they are delivered in a time efficient manner, whilst still allowing students the opportunity to learn, practice, and utilise the important skills that the residential school and laboratories teach.
- Examine the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviours and lifestyle-related diseases
- Apply the fundamental knowledge and skills of measurement of physical activity and exercise
- Understand the elements of fitness and exercise prescription principles
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Test - 40% | |||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 60% | |||
| 3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Test - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
| 3 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.guy@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Australian health system and pre-screening assessment
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Physical Activity:
Exercise guidelines, behaviour change, and cardiorespiratory assessment
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Physical Activity:
Training methodology
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Physical Activity:
Cardiorespiratory training and adaptations
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
NO LECTURE
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Exercise and lifestyle-related diseases
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Lifetime fitness
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1 Opens Tuesday 24/04/2018 at 9:00am AEST.
Quiz 1 Closes Friday 27/04/2018 at 5:00pm AEST.
Module/Topic
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Public health and community programs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Thursday 03/05/2018 and Friday 04/05/2018 (8:30am - 5:00pm, both days)
Module/Topic
Physical Activity:
Strength training and adaptations
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Physical Activity:
Training for other elements of fitness
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle:
Weight control and body composition
Chapter
Readings available on ESSC11001 Moodle page.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Recap
Chapter
No readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lab Workbook Due Friday 01/06/2018 at 5:00pm AEST.
Practical Assessment (laboratory workbook) Due: Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
No lectures
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 2 Closes Friday 08/06/2018 at 5:00pm AEST.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Students enrolled "on-campus" (Rockhampton, Mackay, and Cairns)
On-campus students are required (compulsory) to attend all laboratory sessions as part of this unit. There are 6 x 3 hour laboratory sessions, to be held in weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10. Please check the online timetable or the ESSC11001 Moodle page for campus specific dates and times.
Student enrolled "mixed-mode"
Mixed mode students are required (compulsory) to attend a two (2) day residential school as a part of this unit. The residential school for this unit will be held at the Rockhampton North Campus from 8:15am - 5:00pm on Thursday 3rd May and Friday 4th May, 2018 (Week 8).
All students should meet out the front of Building 81 (Rockhampton Campus) at 8.15am sharp on the Thursday morning. As a group, we will then head to our classroom/s.
Additional information regarding residential school, such as accommodation options, overview of daily schedule, etc. is available on the ESSC11001 Moodle page.
1 Online Test
Two online tests will be made available for completion across term (each worth 20%). Both tests will contain multiple-choice questions based on course content from lectures and course readings. Test 1 will cover material from lectures 1-6, while Test 2 will cover material from lectures 7-11. You must log onto Moodle when each online test is open and complete the test before the closing date. You can only attempt each online test once and each online test must be completed in a single session, the time allocated for each test is 50 minutes. You cannot save your answers and return to the online test at a later time. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no late submissions allowed for any of the online tests. Online tests should be completed on a computer, as attempting the test on a smartphone can result in your session being ended in the event of a phone call or notification.
Quiz 1 Opens Tuesday 24/04/2018 at 9:00am AEST and closes Friday 27/04/2018 at 5:00pm AEST. Quiz 2 Opens Wednesday 06/06/2018 at 9:00am AEST and Closes Friday 08/06/2018 at 5:00pm AEST.
Students will be informed of their mark following the completion of each test. The answers to each question will become available following the closure of each test.
A selection of 50 randomly-generated questions equally distributed across lectures (~7-10 questions from each lecture) will be provided in each test, each question is worth 1 mark. Each test will be graded using the overall test score (out of 50 marks). Marks will be made available immediately after you have completed each test. The answers to each question will become available following the closure of each test.
- Examine the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviours and lifestyle-related diseases
- Apply the fundamental knowledge and skills of measurement of physical activity and exercise
- Understand the elements of fitness and exercise prescription principles
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical Assessment
Attendance at laboratory sessions will involve different learning components, including equipment use, skill demonstration, data acquisition, interpretation of results and theoretical reasoning. A laboratory workbook will be completed for all laboratory sessions to demonstrate knowledge and skills related to each laboratory component. The laboratory workbook also includes short answer written responses relating to theoretical and practical content that is delivered throughout the term.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Students are to submit their laboratory workbook via the ESSC11001 Moodle page in word or pdf format.
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Students will have their lab workbook mark returned via the ESSC11001 Moodle page within two weeks of the due date.
Grades for this assessment will be based on marks attained in each of the laboratory sessions, as well as written responses based on unit content. For example, the workbook has questions pertaining to the following areas:
- Health Screening and Anthropometry
- Indirect Cardiorespiratory Assessment
- Cardiorespiratory Training and Monitoring
- Strength Assessment, Training and Monitoring
- Muscular Endurance, Flexibility, Speed, Agility and Balance
- Physical activity and health guidelines, applications, interventions, and best practice
- The structure and role of healthcare systems in Australia
Answers and written responses should be correctly referenced where appropriate, and a references list should be inserted at the end of the workbook. This unit follows APA referencing guidelines.
- Examine the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviours and lifestyle-related diseases
- Apply the fundamental knowledge and skills of measurement of physical activity and exercise
- Understand the elements of fitness and exercise prescription principles
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 On-campus Activity
It is compulsory to attend and participate in all laboratory sessions (on-campus students), or the residential school (mixed-mode students) in this unit. Laboratory sessions will be held during specified weeks across term for on-campus students and during a 2-day residential school for mixed-mode students.
Attendance at laboratory sessions will be completed across specified weeks of term (on-campus students) or at the residential school (mixed-mode students).
Attendance at all laboratory sessions (on-campus students), or the residential school (mixed-mode students), with sufficient participation will result in a passing grade for this assessment. Inadequate attendance and/or participation will be made available during and following each laboratory session (on-campus students) or the residential school (mixed-mode students). Failure to attend and adequately participate may result in a student failing this assessment item, and being unable to pass this unit.
- Apply the fundamental knowledge and skills of measurement of physical activity and exercise
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
