2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SPSC1218 Introduction to Biomechanics

10 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr Laura McFarlane
Email: L.A.McFarlane@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Pass at A-level in a science subject or equivalent

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module recognises the varying scientific and mathematical backgrounds of students entering the BSc Sports and Exercise Science degree schemes. It is designed to ensure that all students receive grounding in the fundamental concepts of the mechanical study of sport and exercise on which the more advanced modules in mechanics and biomechanics are based.

Objectives

To introduce students to the principles and concepts underpinning the biomechanics of human movement in a sports and exercise context.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students will:
- be able to conceptualise human motion clearly and unambiguously in a sports or exercise context;
- be able to conceptualise the causes of a change in the state of human motion with reference to Newton's Laws of Motion;
- have an understanding of force and its concepts, including: gravity, friction and impact;
- have an understanding of work, power and energy in the context of human motion in sport and exercise.

Syllabus

- Describing Linear Motion
- Describing Angular Motion
- The Causes of Motion - Newton's laws of Motion
- Momentum and the Conservation Momentum
- The Influence of Gravity on Sport and Exercise
- The Influence of Friction on Sport and Exercise
- Impacts in Sport and Exercise
- Work Power and Energy in Sport and Exercise.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	2	2.00	4.00
In Course Assessment	2	1.00	2.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Practical	2	3.00	6.00
Private study hours			78.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

- 2 hour reading per lecture (20 hours)
- 2 hours per week completion of online worksheets - formative assessments (20 hours)
- 18 hours preparation of lab work book
- 20 hours preparation for summative assessment.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Formative assessment through regular online problem solving worksheets
- In course open book short MCQs (Summative) mid and end of term.
- Lab book submitted in 2 instalments (summative) mid and end of term.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course MCQ	2 x 15 question open book, online	20.00
Practical	1 x 750 word	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		40.00

Pass in individual elements not required.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		60.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 09/03/2017

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