7669 (v.5) Physical Activity and Health 288


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
AND
1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
AND
3952 (v.7) Health Promotion Methods 285 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: An introduction to the principles of physical fitness, the physiological effects of activity and methods of assessment of fitness. An examination of the contribution of physical activity to the maintenance of health - the principles of running, swimming, circuit training, and the characteristics of community and worksite activity programmes.
 
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Field of Education: 010999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External