NUTR29009 - Sports Nutrition

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit extends your study of nutrition and dietetics and further develops your graduate competencies by challenging you to apply your skills to community members who desire to improve their health and well-being with physical fitness. Within this unit you will gain an understanding of the relationship between nutritional intake, physical activity and the achievement of a healthy lifestyle. You will also gain a deep understanding of how the body utilises the major macronutrients to support the energy requirements of physical activity, and the role that food, fluids and supplements have in the maintenance of health and an optimal level of homeostasis to support exercise performance. It will extend your competence by enabling you to apply your nutritional knowledge alongside national nutritional and physical activity guidelines to modify body composition, within athletic and non-athletic populations, to improve health, and prevent and manage chronic disease within the community. It also introduces you to the area of sports nutrition practice and provides insight into the role of a sports dietitian.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

  • N6526 Dietetic Practice and Communication
  • NUTR29002 Medical Nutrition Therapy

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

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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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. In-class Test(s) 30%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Case Study 30%

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%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate the processes underpinning the metabolism of macronutrients during exercise and the impact of these across the lifespan
  2. Critically evaluate the management of fluid and nutritional intake before and after exercise to optimise performance and recovery
  3. Evaluate the current body of knowledge regarding the need for and use of supplements in athletic and non-athletic populations
  4. Formulate goal-based nutrition recommendations tailored to individual nutrition needs for selected sports.

Learning outcomes of this unit are linked to the following domains of the 2021 Dietitian Association of Australia’s (DAA) National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia.
  • Domain 1: Professional Practice
  • Domain 2: Expert Practice
  • Domain 3: Research Practice
  • Domain 4: Collaborative Practice

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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