2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SPSC2218 Professional and Research Skills: Working as a Sport and Exercise Scientist

20 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Camilla Nykjaer
Email: C.Nykjaer@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of level 1

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should:
- be able to write and maintain a CV;
- have an understanding of client handling;
- have undertaken teaching and/or coaching awards at an intermediate level, or an equivalent research/work placement experience;
- be aware of potential career paths and opportunities;
- understand the principles of research design;
- understand and apply qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection;
- understand and apply methods of statistical analysis;
- use statistical packages, as appropriate;
- critically analyse scientific literature;
- be able to demonstrate critical awareness
- manage in a professional manner relationships with agencies and participants.
- design and undertake a scientific experiment
- produce a scientific report
- have an understanding of the issues of performance enhancement strategies in sport

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should understand the;
- Principles of working as a sports and exercise scientist;
- Principles of successful interview strategies;
- Appropriate statistical techniques;
- Principles of research methods;
- Development of critical awareness.

Syllabus

- Preparing to work as a Sport and Exercise Scientist
- Getting employed as a Sport and Exercise Scientist
- Ethics in Sport and Exercise
- Research approaches
- Validity and reliability Classifying data
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of variability
- Sampling techniques
- Probability testing
- Corelations
- Regressions
- T-tests
- ANOVA
- Careers overview.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
On-line Learning	4	2.00	8.00
Independent Learning	1	10.00	10.00
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Practical	3	3.00	9.00
Private study hours			153.00
Total Contact hours			47.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students will be expected to study towards gaining National Governing Body Coaching awards and/or research the requirements for their future career aspiriations. In support of the topics considered within this module students are required to, complete additional reading, and to complete a workbook of statistical techniques throughout the module.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

This will be undertaken by summative assessments in both semesters and formatively by following a workbook utilised in the statistical workshops of semester 2.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	Completion of 24 hours of NGB experience. It is compulsory to pass the coursework element of the assessment. 5% will be awarded for submission of evidence of arrangements in semester one by the deadline stated in the module handbook. 5% will be awarded for submission of evidence of completion in semester two by the deadline stated in the module handbook.	10.00
In-course Assessment	Open Book Exam - SPSS computer exam	40.00
Report	Individual Lab Report (1500 words)	25.00
Essay	Individual Essay (1500 words)	25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

This is a compulsory pass element on the module. You will not gain credits if this is not completed successfully. Failure to complete this work to pass standard will result in a V code being appended to the final module mark.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 09/03/2017

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