SHN5115 - Nutrition for Sport Performance

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will build on Semester 1 Nutrition for Sport, Health and Exercise and explore how the content of the Semester 1 module applies to a range of athletes and how we can work with athletes to improve their food choices in line with the recommendations from research. You will use your nutrition related skills using specialist software (Nutritics) to demonstrate your understanding of applying theory to practice.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Workshops/Practicals
Hours: 15
Intended Group Size: 20

Guided independent study
Hours: 125

Further details relating to assessment
Nutrition Portfolio: Students will work in groups to design a nutrition workshop for a chosen case. The portfolio should include the plan for the workshop, an example of the workshop itself (for example, presentation slides, video) and a rationale document for the workshop design.

Formative feedback will be provided at the mid semester and end semester point. In addition, learning activities during the module also provide opportunity for formative feedback to support the summative assessments.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 3,000 words equivalent; end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Nicola Arjomandkhah
Level - 5
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S2

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