PSYC13025 - Applied Sports Psychology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit examines sports psychology as a theoretical and applied discipline. In this unit, you will learn psychological theories, concepts, practical skills and intervention techniques that can be applied to sport. This will provide you with an understanding of how psychological factors impact involvement, enjoyment, and performance in sport. Throughout this unit you will have the opportunity to develop and apply practical skills and interventions in a real world sporting context.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Successful completion of 96 credit points (16 units). 

 

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

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 15%
2. Presentation 45%
3. Written Assessment 40%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 97.14% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 42.68% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Feedback (Have your say)
Feedback
Students recommended explaining each assessment task in further detail as some of the assessments were considered vague and not clear.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the lecturer clarifies the assessment tasks in further detail and allocates time within the live weekly workshops to explain the assessments requirements in detail.
Action Taken
All assessments were clarified in further detail during the weekly workshops.
Source: Student Feedback (Have your say)
Feedback
Students have recommended to add some additional readings or recent articles related to each weeks topic via the moodle site.
Recommendation
It is recommended that additional readings and recent articles related to the weekly topic be provided. In doing so, it will continue to engage and expose students to contemporary research in the field of sports psychology.
Action Taken
Additional readings were emailed to students throughout the term.
Source: Student Feedback (Have your say)
Feedback
The oral presentation aspect of the literature review could have been a separate assessment.
Recommendation
Review assessment tasks in the new version of this unit to make the oral presentation a separate assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Feedback (Have your say)
Feedback
The textbook is outdated.
Recommendation
Review use of the current textbook and develop an e-reading list to be included in the new version of this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Explain the relationship and application of key psychological principles and theories to sport and exercise
  2. Critically analyse the influence psychological factors have on the behaviour, performance, and level of participation of both individuals and groups in sport and exercise environments
  3. Apply scientific understanding of evidence based research in the field of sports psychology.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
2 - Presentation • •
3 - Written Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy • •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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