SMGT10150 Health, Fitness and Nutrition

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module introduces students to the basic principles of health, fitness and nutrition to help them make informed choices about their own diet and exercise. It also provides students with skills to recognise, evaluate and critically examine marketing health claims in popular media, including magazines, blogs and websites. Finally, it highlights how fitness and nutrition messages are shaped by social, economic and political interests.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

• Understand the basic principles underpinning health, fitness and nutrition;
• Apply basic principles to improve health, fitness and nutrition;
• Evaluate health claims made in the fitness and nutrition public domain, such as magazines, blogs and websites;
• Critically examine health claims in the marketing of “healthy” products;
• Reflect on social, economic and political dimensions of health, fitness and nutrition.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Specified Learning Activities

36

Autonomous Student Learning

65

Total

125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The primary method of instruction for this module will be a mix of lectures, group discussions, in-class critical thinking activities and case-based problem-solving. A coordinated synergistic combination of tangible (i.e. instructional material such as academic texts, articles, case studies and technology) and intangible resources (i.e. knowledge, experience and skills) are utilised to achieve pedagogical competence. In addition, student-centric innovative delivery techniques such as critical incident analysis and peer-to-peer discussion are adopted while assessment techniques (i.e. In-class individual/group tasks) are constructively aligned with the learning outcomes. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Health Journal Week 11 n/a Graded No

10

Examination: Final Exam 1 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

40

Assignment: Health Journal Report Week 11 n/a Graded No

40

Attendance: Weekly Attendance Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

10


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr Alan Kenny Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Lachlan Mitchell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer