Course Title: Biomechanics 2

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Biomechanics 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OHTH2150

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

160H Medical Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014

OHTH2150

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022

Course Coordinator: Dr Kym Price

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7670

Course Coordinator Email: kym.price@rmit.edu.au


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

In this course you will examine the mechanics behind human motion and performance, including projectile motion and equipment design, in sport and exercise. This includes:

  • The 2D/3D motion of human movement.
  • The kinematics and kinetics of walking, running, sprinting and jumping in athletic and non-athletic populations.
  • The kinematics and kinetics, including muscle activation patterns, of pathological and non-pathological gait patterns.
  • Fluid mechanics (air and water), mechanical efficiency (e.g. running economy) and sporting equipment design.
  • The capture and interpretation of motion data with triaxial accelerometers, 2D and 3D motion measurement systems, torque and force measurement systems, muscle activation systems (EMG), high speed cameras and other dedicated motion analysis systems.

Laboratories, tutorials and practical sessions will provide the opportunity for you to apply biomechanics to applied situations in exercise, sport and recreation activities.


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 (PLO1).
  • Utilise core instrumentation and equipment for the monitoring and assessment of exercise clients (PLO2).
  • Review, analyse and interpret information, and independently generate conclusions (PLO3).
  • Communicate knowledge through a variety of modalities (PLO4)
  • Contextualise discipline knowledge to performance sports and / or health, disease and aging (PLO7).


On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Apply a broad and coherent knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts of biomechanics, particularly in the fields of kinematics and kinetics as applied to human and projectile motion.
  2. Safely and effectively use biomechanics instrumentation and equipment to record and assess human and object motion.
  3. Record, extract and analyse key information about human and object motion.
  4. Communicate biomechanics knowledge in a variety of scientific formats (reports, abstracts).


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).

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Online Quizzes
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 3

Assessment Task 2: Major Motion Analysis Project
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4

Assessment Task 3: End of Semester Short Answer Assignment
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 3

Assessment Task 4: PASS/FAIL Hurdle Requirements
No weighting
80% attendance of laboratories. This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Two skill tests (no weighting). This assessment task supports CLO 3

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.