HSE304 - Physiology of Sport Performance

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Dan Dwyer
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in H343, H353, D394.1 or students completing the Exercise Physiology Major MJ-H000029, Applied Sport Science MJ-H000038 or Strength and Conditioning Major MJ-H000039.

Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas apply.

Campus contact:

Burwood (Melbourne): Andrew Betik

Prerequisite:

HSE201

Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010

Incompatible with: D394.2
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

Engagement with online learning resources (2-3 hours per week)
1 x 2 hour practical experience (laboratory) per week 
5 x 1 hour seminars across the trimester

Content

This unit provides an overview of the physiological and metabolic limits to sports performance and the potential strategies to enhance sports performance. Specific topics to be covered include: limits to exercise performance, nutritional strategies and ergogenic aids, principles of training for endurance, speed and strength, and environmental effects of exercise performance.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Explain how physiological factors can affect sport performance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Identify and explain the physiological limitations of performance for specific individuals and sports.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Describe the typical physiological adaptations to training that explain changes in sport performance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Identify and explain non-training mitigation strategies that can overcome physiological limitations to sports performance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO5

Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to assessing physiological capacity and interpretation of results.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Practical Laboratory Report 1 750 word individual written assignment 15%
  • Week 4
Assessment 2: Practical Laboratory Report 2 750 word individual written assignment 15%
  • Week 7
Assessment 3: Practical Laboratory Report 3 1500 word individual written assignment 40%
  • Week 12
Assessment 4: Examination 90 minutes 30%
  • End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSE304 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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