Unit rationale, description and aim

Combining skills from different sub-disciplines within the exercise sciences is important to be an effective and dynamic practitioner, and to be consistent with professional standards including those for Exercise Science. The purpose of this unit is to combine your skills from previous units (e.g., EXSC204, EXSC216, EXSC296) and apply them 1) to an initial assessment with an individual client, and 2) to prescription and delivering of exercise to an individual client and a group. To demonstrate learning outcomes for this unit, you will conduct an initial one-on-one consultation, defend the prescription and delivery of a program you design for an individual client, and prescribe and deliver exercise sessions with a group.

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Campus offering

No unit offerings are currently available for this unit

Prerequisites

EXSC296 Health and Exercise Psychology and either, EXSC204 Exercise Prescription and Delivery or EXSC216 Resistance Training: Science and Application

Learning outcomes

To successfully complete this unit you will be able to demonstrate you have achieved the learning outcomes (LO) detailed in the below table.

Each outcome is informed by a number of graduate capabilities (GC) to ensure your work in this, and every unit, is part of a larger goal of graduating from ACU with the attributes of insight, empathy, imagination and impact.

Explore the graduate capabilities.

Conduct an initial assessment with an individual c...

Learning Outcome 01

Conduct an initial assessment with an individual client combining relevant knowledge from prerequisite units
Relevant Graduate Capabilities: GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC6, GC11, GC12

Defend the prescription and delivery of an exercis...

Learning Outcome 02

Defend the prescription and delivery of an exercise program to an individual client combining relevant knowledge from prerequisite units
Relevant Graduate Capabilities: GC1, GC2, GC7, GC11

Prescribe and deliver a group training exercise se...

Learning Outcome 03

Prescribe and deliver a group training exercise session combining relevant knowledge from prerequisite units
Relevant Graduate Capabilities: GC1, GC2, GC12

Content

Topics will include: 

  • Motivational interviewing 
  • Instruction and feedback 
  • Leadership 
  • Resting measures, body composition, cardiorespiratory, strength measures 
  • Components and individualisation of exercise programs 
  • Competent exercise delivery 

Assessment strategy and rationale

In order to best enable you to demonstrate unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes, standards-based assessment is utilised, consistent with the University assessment requirements. A range of assessment strategies are used including: 1) an initial assessment with an individual client; 2) defending the prescription and delivery of a program you design for an individual client; and 3) prescribing and delivering a group exercise session. 

Overview of assessments

Initial consultation  Enables students to d...

Initial consultation 

Enables students to demonstrate technical and non-technical skills important during an initial consultation  

Weighting

30%

Learning Outcomes LO1

Individual exercise program defence  Enable...

Individual exercise program defence 

Enables students to develop and justify the technical and non-technical skills used during the delivery of an exercise program with an individual client 

Weighting

35%

Learning Outcomes LO2

Group exercise prescription and delivery  E...

Group exercise prescription and delivery 

Enables students to develop and justify the technical and non-technical skills used during the delivery of an exercise program with a group 

Weighting

35%

Learning Outcomes LO3

Learning and teaching strategy and rationale

This unit is designed in a way to encourage your participation and self-directed learning through activity-based online lectures, assessment-focused tutorials, structured collaborations with staff and students, and simulated real-world assessment tasks. These strategies are constructed around higher-levels of applied knowledge and critical reasoning in decision making. These strategies will develop your competencies as a practitioner upon graduation.

Representative texts and references

Representative texts and references

Coombes, J., & Skinner, T. (2014). ESSA's student manual for health, exercise and sport assessment. Chatswood, NSW: Mosby Elsevier. 

 

Rollnick, S., Miller, W. R., & Butler, C. C. (2008). Motivational interviewing in health care: Helping patients change behavior. New York: Guilford. 

 

American College of Sports Medicine. (2018). ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 

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