| Effective Term: | 2025/02 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Exercise Prescription 1 |
| Unit ID: | EXSCI2175 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (EXSCI1702 and EXSCI2171) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 069903 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit provides the necessary foundational knowledge and skills to safely test and prescribe exercise for a presumably healthy population. Students will learn the physiological rationale and appropriate prescriptive variables to safely and effectively develop the various health-related fitness components. Students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in testing various fitness components using standardized measures and be able to modify protocols where necessary. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Explain the biomechanical concepts underpinning exercise prescription and progression. |
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| K2. | Describe the common tests used to measure physical capacities such as cardiorespiratory fitness, range of motion, balance and core stability. |
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| K3. | Describe programming variables including overload, frequency, duration and intensity related to training types such as endurance and resistance training and their recommended application to develop health-related benefits. |
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| K4. | Discuss the patterns of muscle action observed in normal gait patterns and the changes in these patterns that occur throughout the lifespan. |
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| K5. | Identify the muscles and bones involved in any prescribed exercise test or activity. |
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| K6. | Explain the maternal changes of pregnancy, the physiological training effects of exercise on the mother and foetus and exercise contraindication. |
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| K7. | Explain how physiological adaptions to various forms of exercise including resistance training and aerobic-based training may change throughout the lifespan. |
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| K8. | Appraise absolute and relative contraindications to fitness testing and/or participation in exercise, including termination criteria of commonly used fitness tests. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Administer, interpret and critically assess basic physiological tests of various exercise capacities including cardiorespiratory fitness, posture, balance, core stability and range of motion. |
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| S2. | Effectively prescribe exercises to enhance physical capacities such as cardiorespiratory fitness, range of motion, balance and core stability. |
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| S3. | Modify standard or adopt appropriate fitness tests for special groups such as children, older adults and pregnant women. |
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| S4. | Promote and prescribe safe and appropriate physical activity and training for special groups including children, adolescents and older adults. |
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| S5. | Analyse common exercise movements according to biomechanical principles and identify muscle groups involved in each. |
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| S6. | Demonstrate an ability to recognise when and where to refer a client for further professional advice. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply and interpret appropriate pre-participation screening tools. |
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| A2. | Test various physical capacities of a variety of clients and accurately interpret the results. |
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| A3. | Effectively prescribe exercise for enhancement of specific physical capacities such as cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, balance, core stability and gait. |
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| Unit Content: |
Risk Stratification and exercise screening Exercise testing principles (reliability, validity, sensitivity); contra-indication; test termination Exercise testing and prescription of cardio-respiratory fitness Exercise testing and prescription for ROM, flexibility & posture Exercise testing and prescription for enhancement of stability & balance Exercise testing and prescription for enhancement of core stability Exercise testing and prescription for enhancement of gait Exercise considerations for the female participant Exercise considerations for children & elderly |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | N/A - Not Applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | Professional Standards |
| 1. |
S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2 |
Attendance and participation in laboratory sessions to complete formative assessments. A 90% attendance is required to conform with our accrediting body standards. |
Ongoing formative assessment |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory |
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| 2. |
K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2, A3 |
Development and planning of an exercise/training program for an apparently healthy adult. |
Assignment |
30- 50% |
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| 3. |
K2, S1, S2, S3, A2 |
Laboratory report |
Assignment |
10-20% |
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| 4. |
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2, A3 |
Assessment of theoretical, practical skills and application of knowledge. |
Oral/Practical Examination |
30-50% |
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