HSE311 - Applied Sports Science 1
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: Amelia Carr |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D394, E377, H343, H353, S308, S379, S408 and S479. Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas apply. |
| Campus contact: | Waurn Ponds (Geelong): Chris Young |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010 and one of HSE201, HSE202, HSE203, HSE204 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 6 x topic modules delivered online across the 11 weeks of the trimester, with some modules across multiple weeks (1 hour each week); 1 x 2 hour seminar each week; 1 x 3 hour practical experience 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 aims to provide students with the fundamental skills relevant to applied sport science. Students will learn techniques required for testing physical performance in an applied sports science setting, quantifying and profiling physical capacities such as endurance and sprint performance, and skills that are specific to training load monitoring for team sport players.
Topics covered will include the role of the Sport Scientist, performance analysis, sports performance testing, performance management, injury identification and management, sports coaching practice, and training and preparation.
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 | Define and explain sports science terms and principles. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse team sport performance data, and recommend a training program to sport performance professionals, in order to identify team improvement goals and improve team sport performance. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Locate, review and analyse sports science literature. | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Design an evidence-based, performance testing session for a team sport. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Organise and demonstrate the execution of evidence based performance tests. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Develop and deliver a coaching plan, and engage in self-reflection to improve understanding and performance. | 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: Performance Analysis Assignment | Report: 1000 words, and narrated presentation: 5 minutes | Report: 15% Presentation: 10% Total: 25% |
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| Assessment 2: Performance Testing Assessment | Report: 1000 words, and practical demonstration of protocol | Report: 15% Demonstration: 10% Total: 25% |
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| Assessment 3: Coaching Assessment | Session plan (700 words) and demonstration | Session plan: 10% Demonstration: 15% Total: 25% |
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| Assessment 4: Examination | 90 minutes | 25% |
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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 HSE311 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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