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HL30044: Physiology of exercise and health

[Page last updated: 19 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: EXCB 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Close-book written 2h (EXCB 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL20185 OR take HL20505 OR take HL20537 OR take HL20538
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
* Understand some of the relationships between exercise/physical activity and health; including the impact on physiological risk factors for chronic diseases (and the processes involved in the development of such diseases).
* Understand key concepts and terms such as 'exercise', 'physical activity', 'physical inactivity' and 'sedentary'.
* Understand the risk-benefits of physical activity for health


Aims: To introduce the physiological adaptations that occur as a result of participation in regular exercise and physical activity; and to understand how these adaptations lead to improvements in health.

Skills: Knowledge and understanding (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Intellectual skills (facilitated and assessed)
Professional practical skills (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Written communication (facilitated and assessed)
Numeracy (facilitated and assessed)
Data acquisition, handling, and analysis (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Information technology (facilitated and assessed)
Working independently (facilitated and assessed)

Content: Health and disease in the UK and other developed countries, physical activity/exercise terminology and definitions, physical activity measurement, dietary analysis, impact of physical activity/exercise on chronic diseases and risk factors for disease (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia/hypercholesterolaemia, cancer, osteoporosis), risk-benefits of physical activity, individual responses to exercise/physical activity.

Course availability:

HL30044 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Life Sciences
  • USSL-AFB03 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 3)
  • USSL-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • USSL-AFM03 : MBioMed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 3)
  • USSL-AKM03 : MBioMed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 4)

Notes:

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