309841 (v.1) Sports and Cardiovascular Nutrition 681

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

The theory and practice of exercise physiology, with emphasis on endurance sports. The theory and practice of work-site physiology with emphasis on mine-site fitness and the role of nutrition and hydration. The theory and practice of cardiovascular physiology with application to the acute cardiac setting. Understanding of the fuel utilisation during exercise and post-exercise metabolism. Study of special exercise situations, including cardiac-rehabilitation, mine-site, children in sport, weight-category and aesthetic sports. Fluid requirements for exercise and work in the heat. The role of carbohydrate, fat, protein in exercise metabolism. Understanding the role of energy metabolism, anthropometry and weight management in sport. The role of health and body composition in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The role of ergogenic aids in sporting performance, including creatinine and caffeine.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

069901 Nutrition and Dietetics

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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