EXERSCI 271 : Advanced Exercise Assessment and Prescription
Science
2025 Semester One (1253) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Perform pre-participation screening and effective training supervision to ensure safe engagement in an exercise programme (Capability 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8)
- Apply evidence-based physiological and biomechanical principles to prescribe appropriate exercise for the improvement or maintenance of health and physical fitness in apparently healthy populations (Capability 3 and 4)
- Analyse health-related outcomes to monitor and modify exercise programmes (Capability 3, 4 and 8)
- Demonstrate effective exercise and physical activity promotion, professionalism and communication to clients, whanau, carers, and exercise science colleagues (Capability 3, 6 and 8)
- Practice responsibly, according to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity and cultural responsiveness (Capability 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| Quizzes | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignments | 30% | Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Professional Development | ||||||||||
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Key Topics
- Professional practice, privacy, cultural competency
- Evidence-based practice
- Advanced prescription and assessment in the following domains: aerobic and muscular functioning, kinematics and kinetics, agility, balance and flexibility
- Working with clients: creating an exercise programme, communication, coaching, SMART goal setting, providing feedback, health behaviour change
Special Requirements
This course involves working with clients, members of the public, in our Health and Rehabilitation Clinic or with an approved partner organization like the University of Auckland Recreation Centre. All students will need to agree to our "Standards of Behaviour and Practice" and to adhere to Health and Safety protocols before practical hours can be undertaken.
You must be able to attend the assigned workplace learning placement site(s) in person at the agreed time(s), day(s), and week(s) as agreed to in the workplace-learning contract negotiated and signed at the beginning of the term. At least 40 hours of practical experience is expected in this course.
Work-integrated learning placement sites may be located at both on- and off-campus sites in and around Auckland. You may have to travel by personal or public transport to and from the placement site. It is possible that some work-integrated learning placement sites will require attendance outside of standard teaching hours (e.g., evenings). This will be negotiated with you and any agreement to this requirement will be included in the work-integrated learning contract.
Some work-integrated learning sites may require you to have current First Aid and AED/CPR training. You are not required to hold current certification, but you may have fewer options for placement opportunities if you do not have this certification. Evidence of First Aid training is typically required for professional registration and courses are regularly offered by private providers for a fee.
Tuākana
Tuākana Science is a multi-faceted programme for Māori and Pacific students providing topic specific tutorials, one-on-one sessions, test and exam preparation and more. Explore your options at
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/study-with-us/pacific-in-our-faculty.html
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/study-with-us/maori-in-our-faculty.html
Regular Tuākana tutorials are provided for Māori and Pacific students. These are optional small group sessions providing study support and cover content from the course that students bring to the session.
Workload Expectations
This is a standard 15-point course, and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15-point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, on average, each week, you can expect 1 hour of online material, 2 hours of in-class work, 4 hours of work-integrated learning, 2 hours of reading and thinking about the content, and 1 hour of work on assignments and/or test preparation.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including placement activities to receive credit for components of the course.
Learning activities including work integrated learning will not be available as recordings.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Health & Safety
Student Feedback
During the course Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the staff responsible for the course and staff-student consultative committees.
At the end of the course students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback.
Your feedback helps to improve the course and its delivery for all students.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Copyright
The content and delivery of content in this course are protected by copyright. Material belonging to others may have been used in this course and copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license.
You may copy the course content for the purposes of private study or research, but you may not upload onto any third party site, make a further copy or sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of the course content to another person.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
- Usually, reasonable requests made before the work is due (NOT retrospectively) will be granted.
- Proof may be required of the reason for the request (e.g. a medical certificate). This can be done through Student Health and Counselling Services [1]
- Extensions can only be granted by the course coordinator.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
The delivery mode may change depending on COVID restrictions. Any changes will be communicated through Canvas.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.