HMES3366 Bioenergetics [UG]
| BIOENERGETICS IN EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND WEIGHT CONTROL | |
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 310.366 | |
| Outcomes: Students develop a lifelong critical attitude towards popular beliefs, fads and scientific knowledge. | |
| Content: This unit describes and explains the mechanisms whereby the different fuels are used during physical activity. Students explore the mechanisms by which fuel utilisation is regulated and affected by exercise training and metabolic diseases. There is an introduction to several aspects of sports nutrition including carbohydrate, fat and protein nutrition for athletes. Molecular mechanisms of weight control, obesity and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes are explained. | |
| Assessment: This comprises weekly short assignments and a large assignment (20 per cent) and a written examination comprised of a series of short-answer questions (80 per cent). Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. | |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Paul Fournier | |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) | |
| Mode: on-campus | |
Unit Rules: | |
| Prerequisites: at least 12 points of level 2 human movement units or equivalent as approved by the Head of School | |
| Advisable prior study: HMES2260 Exercise Physiology or foundation unit in physiology or biochemistry | |
| Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; project work: 3 hrs per week | |
Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. | |
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