| Code | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 10110019 | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Credits | Duration |
|---|---|
| Duration of study: 1 year | Total credits: 120 |
| Dr F Rossouw [email protected] | +27 (0)124206116 |
This programme provides a basis for knowledge and skills development to improve athlete performance by means of physical assessment, exercise and conditioning prescription, and research. It aims to develop coaches who can function successfully in an interdisciplinary environment in order to improve athletes’ and sports teams’ performances using the latest techniques and research. It will therefore strive towards internationally recognised academic excellence, but with local relevance. The programme will create an ideal learning environment incorporating lectures, tutorials, practical sessions, and problem solving. Students will receive teaching and training by leaders in the field of Sports Science and coaching. Students will get the opportunity to work with various sporting codes and athletes of various skill levels. Upon completion, it will provide students wanting to further their studies with the opportunity to apply for the BA (Sports and Leisure Studies), Option: Sports Coaching Sciences in the Faculty of Humanities, or the BEd degree in the Faculty of Education, provided that a student is in possession of an NSC and complying with the minimum requirements for admission to a bachelor's degree.
Minimum requirements for 2017 | ||||
Achievement level | APS | |||
Afrikaans or English | ||||
NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level | |
4 | 3 | D | D | 15 |
*Students who are deemed to be at risk of their level of academic literacy are compelled to take ALL 110 and ALL 125.
Students who are deemed NOT to be at risk of their level of academic literacy are compelled to take language modules to the value of 12 credits from the list of language modules.
Minimum credits: 120
Module content:
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate technology. Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical and fair use of information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic information.
Module content:
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate technology.
Module content:
Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical and fair use of information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic information.
Module content:
This module intends to equip students to cope more confidently and competently with the reading and understanding of a variety of texts, to apply these skills in a variety of contexts and to follow the conventions of academic writing.
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This module equips students to understand and use a range of discipline-specific terminology; apply the strategies of critical and comprehensive reading to their own academic literacy; apply the conventions of academic writing to their own writing, using the process approach, to produce intelligible academic texts and use the correct referencing technique as required by the faculty.
Module content:
The purposes of physical activities as well as theories and philosophies of movement are studied. In addition, the coaching of young athletes and the challenges facing the teacher as coach receive attention. The importance of planning as the first phase of sports management is emphasised.
Module content:
In this module the student is required to master and apply basic swimming and life-saving techniques. Attention is also paid to motor skill development and games in the school context.
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In this module students are introduced to the structure and functions of systems in the human body. The skeletal system and the muscular system receive primary attention. Additionally, students acquire knowledge and skills in management – particularly organizational skills in the sports context.
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Skills and methods for hockey and mini hockey are taught and applied. In athletics the acquisition of skills in various track events receive attention.
Module content:
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Introduction to physical fitness, multidimensional character of physical fitness, sport specific vs health-related fitness components, physiological effects of training, and application of training principles.
Module content:
*Closed – requires departmental selection
*Offered by the Department of Human nutrition for the students in Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure sciences
Nutrition and health, digestion, absorption and metabolism, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, energy balance and weight management.
Module content:
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Biomechanic factors, causes of injuries, soft-tissue injuries, first aid (RICE), massage, strapping and CPR.
Module content:
*Closed – departmental selection required
A study, critique and analysis of human motor growth and development in regular populations. Growth, maturation, physical activity and performance of children and adolescents as they progress from birth to young adulthood are included.
Module content:
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Sport-specific skills, team situation; rules and regulations, refereeing; game analysis; coaching.
Module content:
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Orientation and terminology, osseous tissue and skeletal structure, axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton, articulations, and cardiorespiratory system.
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*Closed – requires departmental selection
The cell, bio-energy, muscle contraction, and respiration.
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*Closed – requires departmental selection
This module focuses on the biomechanical principles involved in human movement and sport activities. It comprises the study and analysis of the forms of human movement, linear and angular kinematics and fluid mechanics.
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This module is a broad introduction to sport and recreation as products in the market. Students discover the nature of sport and recreation, the difference between the concepts and policies, plans, strategies and structures of sport and recreation in South Africa and Zone VI in Africa. The dynamic scope and nature of recreation and sports management are introduced and discussed. Emphasis is placed on basic management tasks and functions in sport and recreation contexts, interpersonal skills, leadership and control systems and techniques in sport and recreation. The module establishes a foundation of management knowledge and skills on which subsequent sport and recreation management modules are built.
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