School: Medical and Health Sciences

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  • Unit Title

    Exercise Nutrition
  • Unit Code

    NUT3215
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Claus CHRISTOPHERSEN

Description

Students will learn how to assess the energy needs of active populations and gain awareness of the impact that nutrition has upon performance. A range of factors that influence dietary requirements including environmental conditions, food preferences and the type of training undertaken will be examined.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed NUT1121.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate global exercise and sports nutrition evidence to determine best practice nutritional strategies for active populations.
  2. Analyse the relationship between food energy and the physical demands of specific forms of exercise to determine optimal nutritional requirements.
  3. Create awareness of nutritional supplements and doping’ among active populations .
  4. Work collaboratively to develop safe exercise nutrition recommendations for diverse population groups.

Unit Content

  1. Dietary and physical assessment of active populations.
  2. Overview of energy production from carbohydrates, fat and protein.
  3. Hydration strategies for training and competition.
  4. Modifying body composition.
  5. Efficacy of supplements and ergogenic aids for performance.
  6. Vitamin & mineral deficiencies and its impact on exercise capacity.
  7. Energy availability in relation to disordered eating.
  8. Exercise nutrition for diverse populations.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students evaluate case studies and current research in small groups to build critical thinking and collaboration skills. Exercise nutrition knowledge is applied in tandem with international guidelines to build global perspectives. Students undertake group-based food preparation and recipe modification activities. Students have the opportunity to complete their Australian Sports Anti-doping Authority Level 1 Anti-doping Certificate in this unit.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid semester test20%
AssignmentAthlete case study report40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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