Course Title: Scientific Principles of Strength and Conditioning

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Scientific Principles of Strength and Conditioning

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OHTH2112

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

160H Medical Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 1 2015

OHTH2112

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022

Course Coordinator: Professor Stephen Bird

Course Coordinator Phone: +61399257257

Course Coordinator Email: stephen.bird@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora West


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

The course consists of a series of lectures and practical sessions where the scientific principles of strength training and conditioning are presented. You will acquire the knowledge and skill needed to measure and evaluate strength and physical conditioning, and to prescribe, monitor and assess resistance training and exercise conditioning programs for child, adolescent and adult populations.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

 This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP296 Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science):

  • Apply knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts of Exercise and Sport Science.  Including the core areas of: Human Physiology, Anatomy, Functional Anatomy, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Motor Learning and Control, Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, and Psychology (PLO 1).
  • Utilise core instrumentation and equipment for the monitoring and assessment of exercise clients PLO 2).
  • Review, analyse and interpret information, and independently generate conclusions (PLO 3).
  • Communicate knowledge through a variety of modalities (PLO 4).
  • Assess exercise clients using valid and reliable methods, and generate reports in an appropriate format (PLO 5).
  • Identify exercise needs of a person/team and design appropriate exercise interventions (PLO 6).
  • Contextualise discipline knowledge to performance sports and / or health, disease and ageing (PLO 7).
  • Knowledge and ability to work within the legal, ethical, practice and safety codes of the profession (PLO 8).

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP041 Bachelor of Applied Science (Health and Physical Education):

  • Develop content knowledge and how to teach it (PLO 2)


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Apply a broad and coherent knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts of functional anatomy and strength training.
  2. Apply a broad and coherent knowledge about the effect of resistance training and exercise conditioning programs on the physical performance, health and well-being of child, adolescent and adult populations.
  3. Safely and effectively use instrumentation and equipment to record and assess human strength and power.
  4. Use sophisticated software to identify muscle action in basic, intermediate and advanced exercises and sport activities.
  5. Design basic, intermediate and advanced strength and power training programs for clients.
  6. Communicate knowledge in a variety of scientific formats.
  7. Apply knowledge and skills to analyse the strength and conditioning needs of a client.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

To obtain a pass, students need to pass the hurdle (skills test) and an overall grade equal to or greater than 50%

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1:
1. Programming Task
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLO 1, 2, 5 & 7

2. Intra-semester Quizzes
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 7

Assessment Task 2: Skills Test (Pass/Fail Hurdle requirement)
Any student failing the laboratory skills tests at the first attempt will be provided with a second opportunity to pass the skills test. A second failure will result in a failure of the course.
This assessment task supports CLOs 4, 5, 6 & 7

Assessment Task 3: Presentation
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7

Assessment Task 4: Assignment
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 6 & 7

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.