Overview
This unit is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of physiological mechanisms responsible for the body's responses to exercise in physical activity, sport and the workplace. You will be introduced to standard physiological laboratory and field measures to identify body adaptations to exercise.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites For CG85 Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Sciences students: BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 AND BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 AND ESSC11001 Physical Activity, Fitness and Health For CG93 Bachelor of Medical Science students: BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 AND BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 For CK22 Bachelor of Physiotherapy students: ALLH11005 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 1 AND ALLH11004 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 2 For CC13 Bachelor of Education (Secondary) students: ESSC11001 Physical Activity, Fitness and Health AND ESSC11003 Skill Acquisition and Movement
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 Student feedback.
Difficult to draw connections between theory and practical work in some cases.
More time will be allocated to explaining the theory behind laboratory tasks prior to attendance at laboratory blocks.
Feedback from Self-reflection and supportive staff.
The administration of laboratory blocks for some on-campus students and not others is inconsistent.
All students will complete the laboratory component at designated 2-day blocks across term.
Feedback from Self-reflection and academic staff.
Some of the content overlaps with new units being developed.
Information (e.g. nutritional supplements, clinical detail) covered in other developed units will be removed from the unit content.
- Understand the physiological mechanisms responsible for the body's responses to exercise in physical activity, sport and the workplace.
- Interpret measurement data and review current literature in the area of exercise physiology.
- Plan and perform laboratory and field physiological measurements safely and ethically, and examine responses during a variety of exercise situations.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Test - 20% | |||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | |||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | |||
| 4 - 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 - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
| 4 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance
Edition: 8 (2014)
Authors: William D McArdle, Frank I. Katch, and Victor L. Katch
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Philadelphia Philadelphia , PA , United States of America
ISBN: 9781451191554
Binding: Other
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.scanlan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Module 1
1. Unit introduction and requirements
2. Pre-exercise health screening
3. Energy transfer during exercise
4. Anaerobic energy systems
5. Aerobic energy system
6. Maconutrient energy release
Chapter
McArdle, Katch, & Katch. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy and Human Performance (8th ed.). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapters 5 and 6.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test for Module 1 opens at 9:00 am AEST on Wednesday 7 March
Module/Topic
Module 2
1. Oxygen uptake kinetics
2. Performance thresholds
3. Measurement of energy use
4. Pulmonary system recap
5. Pulmonary system responses to exercise
6. Acid-base regulation
Chapter
McArdle, Katch, & Katch. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy and Human Performance (8th ed.). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapters 7-10 and 12-14.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test for Module 2 opens at 9:00 am AEST on Wednesday 14 March
Module/Topic
Module 3
1. Cardiovascular system recap
2. Cardiovascular system responses to exercise
3. Endocrine system recap
4. Endocrine system responses to exercise
Chapter
McArdle, Katch, & Katch. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy and Human Performance (8th ed.). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapters 15-17 and 20.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test for Module 3 opens at 9:00 am AEST on Wednesday 21 March
Module/Topic
Module 4
1. Exercise training principles and methods
2. Adaptations to exercise training
3. Muscle contraction recap
4. Fatigue during exercise
5. Nutrition considerations and ergogenic aids for exercise
6. Exercise responses to altitude
Chapter
McArdle, Katch, & Katch. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy and Human Performance (8th ed.). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapters 3, 18, and 21-24.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test for Module 4 opens at 9:00 am AEST on Wednesday 28 March
Module/Topic
Module 5
1. Thermoregulation in the body
2. Exercise responses to the heat and cold
3. Physiological considerations in children
4. Physiological changes with age
5. Physiological considerations across sexes
Chapter
McArdle, Katch, & Katch. (2015). Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy and Human Performance (8th ed.). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapters 21, 25, and 31.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test for Module 5 opens at 9:00 am AEST on Wednesday 4 April
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential school to complete laboratory sessions
For all CB85 (Physiotherapy) students (North Rockhampton, 81/G.10, 81/1.17, and 81/1.18)
9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST on 21-22 April
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential school to complete laboratory sessions
For mixed-mode students excluding those in CB85 (Physiotherapy) (North Rockhampton, 81/G.10, 81/1.17, and 81/1.18)
9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST on 26-27 April
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Laboratory session block
For on-campus Mackay students (MKC 4/G.12 and MKC 4/G.21)
9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST on 3-4 May
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Laboratory session block
For on-campus Rockhampton students excluding those in CB85 (Physiotherapy) (ROK 81/G.10, 81/1.17, and 81/1.18)
9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST on 8-9 May
Participation in laboratory sessions Due: Week 9 Friday (11 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review lecture
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review lecture
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In order to pass this unit, you must attain at least 50% overall and attend the compulsory laboratory sessions.
There are four laboratory session blocks available to students as follows:
1. All physiotherapy students - Saturday and Sunday (21-22 April 2018)
2. All mixed-mode students (excluding physiotherapy students) - Thursday and Friday (26-27 April 2018)
3. All on-campus students in Mackay - Thursday and Friday (3-4 May 2018)
4. All on-campus students in Rockhampton (excluding physiotherapy students) - Tuesday and Wednesday (8-9 May 2018)
All sessions will approximately run from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST each day. All sessions held in Rockhampton will be in Building 81 (North Rockhampton campus), while all sessions held in Mackay will be in Building 4 (City campus). If you are unable to attend the designated laboratory sessions, you may be able to attend another of the available sessions with approval from the unit coordinator. Attending and participating at the laboratory sessions is compulsory and you are not able to pass the unit without attending.
1 Online Test
You will be required to complete five (5) online tests, with a separate test developed for each module. Online test 1 will assess knowledge on content covered in Module 1; Online test 2 will assess knowledge on content covered in Module 2; Online test 3 will assess knowledge on content covered in Module 3; Online test 4 will assess knowledge on content covered in Module 4; and Online test 5 will assess knowledge on content covered in Module 5. Each online test will consist of 20 randomly-selected questions from a wider bank of questions. Questions will be equally distributed across all topics in each module.
Each test will open at the beginning of their respective Module week and all tests will close on the same designated due date. You will have a 20-minute time limit to complete each online test upon commencing. Questions will be multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks.
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. 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.
Week 10 Friday (18 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Online tests for all modules will close at 5:00 PM AEST 18 May; in the absence of an approved extension, no attempts after the due date will be permitted.
Week 10 Friday (18 May 2018)
You will receive the overall result for each online test upon completion; however, you will see detailed feedback regarding the correct answers for each question in each online test upon test closure at 5:00 pm AEST 18 May.
Each online test will be worth 4% of your overall unit grade. Together, the five (5) online tests will comprise 20% of your overall grade.
There will be 20 questions per online test, with each question allocated 0.2 marks. Each question in each online test will be graded as correct or incorrect.
For questions with text-based responses ("fill-in-the-blank") you should take care to ensure accurate spelling (Australian English) and correct grammar are used given answers are spelling and grammar sensitive.
- Understand the physiological mechanisms responsible for the body's responses to exercise in physical activity, sport and the workplace.
- Interpret measurement data and review current literature in the area of exercise physiology.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical Assessment
When attending the laboratory sessions for this unit, you will be required to complete a series of tasks involving physiological measurement.
You will need to document the completion of laboratory tasks through filling out a laboratory workbook document made available via the unit Moodle site.
The laboratory workbook will require you to physically complete the laboratory tasks, record collected data for various tasks, perform calculations with the collected data, interpret and critically analyse your findings, and answer relevant review/research questions.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
In the absence of an approved extension, any submissions received after the due date will incur penalties in accordance with University policy.
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Grades for the workbook will be made available via the unit Moodle site no later than the set return date.
The laboratory workbook is designed to evaluate your ability to use relevant equipment, collect physiological and performance data, and apply knowledge to interpret findings. Marks will be allocated to tasks completed in each laboratory session for any of the following: accurate recording of collected data, presentation of graphical information, analyses using collected data, use of correct terminology, correct responses to questions, correct written interpretation of results, and referencing. The laboratory workbook will be graded out of 400 marks equally divided into the following laboratory sessions:
1. Health screening and anthropometry (80 marks)
2. Exercise intensity, efficiency, and substrate utilisation (80 marks)
3. Spirometry and electrocardiography (80 marks)
4. High-performance testing for anaerobic and aerobic fitness (80 marks)
5. Thermoregulatory responses to exercise (80 marks)
- Understand the physiological mechanisms responsible for the body's responses to exercise in physical activity, sport and the workplace.
- Interpret measurement data and review current literature in the area of exercise physiology.
- Plan and perform laboratory and field physiological measurements safely and ethically, and examine responses during a variety of exercise situations.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 On-campus Activity
You must attend and participate in the laboratory sessions during your designated laboratory sessions to pass this unit. You are expected to attend all laboratory sessions and participate where possible by conducting testing, being a participant, or fulfilling other relevant roles.
Week 9 Friday (11 May 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
You will successfully complete this task following attendance and participation at your designated laboratory sessions.
Week 9 Friday (11 May 2018)
You will immediately pass this assessment following attendance and participation at your designated laboratory sessions.
This assessment is graded as pass/fail. If you attend and actively participate in all laboratory sessions you will pass this assessment item. If you fail to attend any of the laboratory sessions you will fail this assessment item.
- Interpret measurement data and review current literature in the area of exercise physiology.
- Plan and perform laboratory and field physiological measurements safely and ethically, and examine responses during a variety of exercise situations.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Calculator - non-programmable, no text retrieval, silent only
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?
