| Effective Term: | 2025/02 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Exercise Modalities |
| Unit ID: | EXSCI3175 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (EXSCI2175) |
| Co-requisite(s): | (EXSCI3172) |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 069903 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit will be undertaken by students completing a minor sequence of study in the Applied Exercise: Principles & Practice Stream. The unit is designed to further develop exercise prescription skills by introducing students to a variety of exercise modalities including the aquatic environment. The fundamental knowledge and skills required to deliver a variety of exercise modalities may be further developed for use as therapeutic modalities in clinical exercise physiology. Students will develop individualised and safe prescription of exercise techniques and instructional skills. |
| 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. | Explore indications, contraindications and precautions of using various exercise modalities for a range of applications |
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| K2. | Discuss the effect of immersion on body systems, hydrodynamic principles and muscle contractions in water |
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| K3. | Compare and acknowledge the different application(s) of corrective and conditioning exercises on land and in water. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Display personal, analytical and instructional/coaching skills for the delivery of a variety of exercise modalities |
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| S2. | Instruct the safe use of exercise modalities for enhancing components of fitness across various target populations |
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| S3. | Select and prescribe the most appropriate exercise modality to achieve the best possible outcome for the established exercise goals and client group |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply prior knowledge of the principles of fitness and exercise prescription to plan and prescribe appropriate exercises using a specific exercise modality for a fitness goal or participant population. |
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| A2. | Apply safety strategies and principles of instruction specific to prescribing exercise for a variety of exercise modalities |
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| A3. | Research and critique the application of an exercise modality |
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| Unit Content: |
Revision of exercise prescription principles Components of fitness Principles of training/ exercise prescription Exercise Modalities Types of exercise modalities Evidence base on the application of a variety of exercise modalities Creative use of exercise modalities Safety Risk stratification including indications and contraindications for a range of exercise modalities Safety precautions when using specific modalities Selecting appropriate exercise modalities To address specific deficit/ fitness component for apparently healthy clients and other target populations Exercise modalities may include but are not limited to; Swiss balls, foam rollers, Thera-band, water based exercise and a variety of minor equipment |
| 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 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | 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 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | 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, A1, A2 |
Attendance and participation |
Active participation: 90% attendance Students must be able to participate in practical prescription and demonstration of class activities. |
S/U |
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| 2. |
A1, A2, A3 |
Guided research critique |
Written Report |
20-40% |
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| 3. |
S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 |
Prescribe and demonstrate appropriate exercise modality use for selected fitness component &/ or target population |
Practical exam. |
25-45% |
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| 4. |
K1, K2, K3 |
Self-directed study of class content. All topics covered during this unit are subject to assessment. |
Test |
25-45% |
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