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Requisites

Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and SES2104 and Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BSEH

Rationale

This course introduces the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise (Honours) - Clinical Exercise Physiology students to clinical conditions for children and adolescents, with particular attention on how those conditions are influenced by exercise and physical activity. The course will build upon clinical knowledge and practical skills established in earlier courses. The curriculum in this course is constructed to meet requirements of the professional accreditation in exercise physiology as set down by the professional body, Exercise and Sports Science Australia.

Synopsis

This course provides an introduction to conditions that affect individuals from birth, throughout childhood and adolescence, to the start of adulthood. This course will investigate the epidemiology, aetiology and pathophysiology of common and important cardiovascular, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, renal, mental health, and cancer conditions found in clinical populations from children and adolescents. Students will develop knowledge and skills to provide expert exercise assessment and testing, prescription of exercise interventions, and monitoring of clients' progress throughout prescribed exercise. Additionally, this course will enable students to build fundamental and generic skills that underpin the practice of exercise physiology in Australia.

This course contains a mandatory residential school at the Ipswich campus for external students and mandatory on-campus practicals for on-campus students.

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Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   External students must attend the mandatory residential school (minimum 80% attendance). It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures and tutorials) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete the assignment a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for the assessment item. To satisfactorily complete the practical examination a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that assessment item. To satisfactorily complete the examination a student must achieve at least 40% of the marks for the exam. To satisfactorily complete the course a student must attend and participate at least 80% of the practical sessions or residential school.
   
   
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4).
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2021 are:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   Requirements after S1 2021:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Proficiency), i.e. the practical test by achieving at least 50% of the marks available for that assessment item, and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the marks available for that assessment item.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2021 are:
   An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
   
   Requirements after S1 2021:
   RESTRICTED: Candidates are allowed access only to specific materials during a Restricted Examination. The only materials that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are:

   1. writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination);
   2. calculators which cannot hold textual information
   3. Students whose first language is not English may take an appropriate unmarked non-electronic translation dictionary (but not technical dictionary) into the examination.
   4. Dictionaries with any handwritten notes will not be permitted. Translation dictionaries will be subject to perusal and may be removed from the candidate's possession until appropriate disciplinary action is completed if found to contain material that could give the candidate an unfair advantage.

   
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   Normally Deferred and Supplementary Examinations are held in the next Examination period. In S1 2021 selected courses will pilot an early Deferred and Supplementary Examination period held within 30 business days of results release. The list of courses involved can be found at .
   
   
8. University Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment notes

1. 2. Referencing in assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. This guide can be found at
   
   

Evaluation and benchmarking

This course is benchmarked against external accreditation standards for exercise physiology as required by Exercise and Sport Science Australia.

Other requirements

1. Students undertaking this course in external mode will be required to attend a residential school at the Ipswich campus to completed practical aspects related to the course.
   
   
2. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (