HSE314 - Applied Sports Science 2

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: Amelia Carr
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in D394, E377, H343, H353, S307, S308, S379, S408 and S479.

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

Campus contact:

Waurn Ponds (Geelong): Chris Young

Prerequisite:

HSE311

Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010 and any one of HSE201, HSE202, HSE203 or HSE204

Incompatible with: Nil
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:

11 x topic modules delivered online across the 11 weeks of the trimester (1 hour each week)
1 x 3 hour practical experience each week

Content

Students will learn skills associated with the analysis and reporting of sport science data. Students will also learn techniques in annual planning for an athlete or team, and the implementation and evaluation of sport science services.

Topics covered will include working within sport science teams, data analysis and reporting, advanced annual planning for individual athletes and teams, sport science services and current professional issues for practicing sport scientists.

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

ULO1

Define and explain sport science principles.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Develop and present a sport science report and sport science services plan that could be targeted to a specific audience.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Analyse and report on sport performance data, in order to objectively identify athlete strengths and weaknesses, as a basis of providing recommendations to improve athletes’ performance.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Locate, review and analyse sports science literature.

GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO5

Design an evidence-based sport science services plan for an athlete, which includes a broader annual plan and specific sport science strategies.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Written report and presentation Written report: 750 words, presentation: 5 minutes Report: 25%
Presentation 5%
Total 30%
  • Week 5
Assessment 2: Written report and presentation
Part A: Annual plan (written report).
Part B: Annual plan sub-phase and evaluation (written report) and presentation.
Part A: Annual plan: written report - 350 words.
Part B: Annual plan sub-phase and evaluation: written report: 650 words, and presentation: 10 minutes.
Part A: Written report 10%
Part B: written report: 20% and presentation: 10%
Total: 40%
  • Part A: Week 8
  • Part B: Week 11
Assessment 3: 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: HSE314 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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