HSE303 - Exercise Metabolism
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Kirsten Howlett |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H343, H353, D394.1 or students completing the Exercise Physiology Major MJ-H000029. 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: | Burwood (Melbourne): Glenn Wadley |
| Prerequisite: | HSE201 |
| Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 6 online modules per trimester (approximately 2 hours each week) |
| 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. |
Content
This unit will provide students with an overview of the metabolic responses to exercise and their regulation. Specific topics to be covered include: an overview of skeletal muscle energy metabolism; hormonal regulation of metabolism; metabolism during high-intensity exercise; regulation and interaction of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism during exercise; metabolic bases of fatigue; metabolic adaptations in response to exercise training and environmental challenges such as heat; cellular and molecular regulation of metabolism.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Identify and describe the key areas of muscle metabolism and explain the regulation and integration of metabolic processes in response to exercise. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Collaboratively apply knowledge of muscle metabolism, and the regulation and integration of metabolic responses to exercise to solve practical and theoretical problems. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Accurately collect and interpret practical measurement data and apply that knowledge along with critical evaluation of the scientific literature to explain the physiological and metabolic responses to exercise. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Individual and Team Based Learning (TBL) tasks | 35% |
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| Assessment 2: Practical Research Report 1 | 400 words | 10% |
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| Assessment 3: Practical Research Report 2 | 1000 words | 25% |
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| Assessment 4: Examination | 90 minutes | 30% |
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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 HSE303 can be found via the University Library.
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.
Unit Fee Information
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