Overview

A series of pre-recorded lectures will provide an understanding of the main concepts of sport and exercise science and how these concepts can be applied to achieve a healthier lifestyle. These lectures will give specific guidance on how to enhance your own health and wellbeing, and how to apply these skills to others. Each lecture will be accompanied by a reading list accessible through the University library.

A residential will then provide opportunities to allow you to evaluate your own health and wellbeing, using physiological outcome assessments. This baseline information will be used to complete a needs assessment on yourself. Your own needs assessment will inform a case study where you will implement an intervention on yourself. Using the skills practiced on yourself, you will then attempt to enhance health and wellbeing of others around you.

Assessments will enable you to evidence your knowledge in a case study focusing on how you have ‘moved more’ in your own life. You will then implement your knowledge through an intervention completed on others and produce a report on how you have led them to adopt a more physically active lifestyle.

Assessment Strategy

-threshold - 50% •Limited insight of sport and exercise science concepts of relevance to adopting healthy lifestyle •Some progression through the steps of behaviour change to a healthier lifestyle •Understanding of the main concepts, but with factual errors in non-core concepts •Limited analysis showing only obvious points of evaluation and links between ideas •Highly limited originality in approach, interpretation, and/or voice •Highly limited evidence of independent research •Arguments presented but lack coherence with evidence for only some claims •Focused but with some irrelevant material and weaknesses in structure •Acceptable presentation with appropriate expression •Attempt at correct format and appropriate referencing style

-good - 60% •Good knowledge of sport and exercise science concepts of relevance to adopting healthy lifestyles •Good progression through the steps of behaviour change to a healthier lifestyle •Clear understanding and mostly free of factual errors •Some analysis showing critical evaluation and links between ideas •Some originality in approach, interpretation, and/or voice •Some independent research •Coherent arguments with evidence for most claims •Focused and well structured •Good presentation with accurate and appropriate expression •Mostly correct format and appropriate referencing style

-excellent - 70% •Excellent knowledge of sport and exercise science concepts of relevance to adopting healthy lifestyle •Excellent progression through the steps of behaviour change to a healthier lifestyle •Detailed understanding with no factual errors •Critical analysis showing evaluation and synthesis of ideas •Originality in approach, interpretation, and/or voice •Extensive independent research •Logically defended arguments with evidence for all claims •Highly focused and well structured •Excellent presentation with accurate and appropriate expression •Correct format and appropriate referencing style

Learning Outcomes

• Defend adoption of a physically active lifestyle, summarising the benefits, risks, and limitations of such lifestyle choices.

• Demonstrate an understanding of health and wellbeing in the management of your own activities.

• Propose a more effective behaviour change approach to enhance physical activity and a healthy lifestyle in others