HSE331 - Advanced Strength and Conditioning
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Eric Drinkwater |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H343, H353 |
| Prerequisite: | HSE103 and one of HSE302 or HSE322 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour practical experience (laboratory) per 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. |
Note:This unit has mandatory on campus attendance requirements, therefore students must be in Australia when enrolled in this unit. | |
Content
This unit is designed to equip graduates to work as exercise professionals particularly in strength and conditioning at sub-elite to high level sport. With a significant emphasis on practical aspects of Strength and Conditioning, students will apply their knowledge and skill sets to the athletic context for improving sport and human performance. As an advanced unit in the Strength and Conditioning students will be challenged to make connections with previously learned materials from other units and contribute to team-based learning experiences and coaching sessions. Students will be assessed in a practical setting requiring them to demonstrate an ability to assess, interpret, prescribe and coach through assessment tasks.
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 | Demonstrate the application of knowledge in key areas of high-performance exercise programming, including needs analysis, programming design, prescription and application. Key areas include: resistance training for strength, hypertrophy and power; cardiorespiratory training; speed, change of direction and plyometric training; and balance and proprioception. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply the principles of periodisation to performance training to enhance sport and human capacities. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Conduct, analyse, interpret and present testing and training data for resistance, cardiorespiratory, speed and power. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Apply teamwork skills by adopting key processes required to work effectively in a team and collaboratively applying knowledge related to sport and exercise programming to application tasks. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and coach complex exercise tasks, make technical modifications and provide concise highly effective feedback founded by sound exercise understanding. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Individual MCQ online tests | 5 MCQ Online tests | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Team Based Learning (TBL) Case Study Reports - Group | 3 written reports based on provided case studies: 400 words each | 3 case studies, 10% each |
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| Assessment 3: Written Assignment - Individual | 1500 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 4: Practical Assessment - Group | Group practical assessment. Part A (15 min) and Part B (15 min) | Part A: 10% |
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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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.