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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

314178 (v.1) Exercise Physiology 252

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Tuition Patterns

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Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 314152 (v.1) Exercise Science for Health 100 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit develops a deeper understanding of healthy and trained individuals’ physiological responses to acute and chronic exercise. Aerobic, anaerobic and resistance modes of exercise will be examined. Following appropriate selection of exercise tests, submaximal exercise responses and maximal exercise capacities are assessed and the results interpreted and reported. Fundamentals of effective exercise interventions will be employed to prescribe training programs for healthy and trained individuals.
Field of Education: 010913 Human Biology
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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