| Code | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 10120002 | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Credits | Duration |
|---|---|
| Duration of study: 2 years | Total credits: 130 |
| Dr F Rossouw [email protected] | +27 (0)124206116 |
This programme will be an extended programme allowing the student to complete the programme in two years. The 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.
*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: 118
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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.
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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.
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*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.
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*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.
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*Closed – requires departmental selection
Biomechanic factors, causes of injuries, soft-tissue injuries, first aid (RICE), massage, strapping and CPR.
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*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.
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*Closed – requires departmental selection
Sport-specific skills, team situation; rules and regulations, refereeing; game analysis; coaching.
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*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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To empower the student teacher to achieve and extend his/her personal potential by addressing changes in youth behaviour. The module focuses on characteristics that have been identified in research to bring about positive behaviour change. Students are guided to develop knowledge and skills with regard to physical development and movement as one of the topics of the subject Life Orientation. The module also focuses on certain aspects of sport psychology as well as physiological dimensions needed to assess the movement skills of learners. The practical component focuses on learning and teaching of sport and human movement development skills for the school sport teaching and training environment. This practical component forms the foundation for the following study years.
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To empower student teachers to achieve and extend their personal potential and to guide them to develop knowledge and skills with regard to physical and psychological development as two of the topics of the subject Life Orientation. The topic of this module is also Personal Development but focuses on the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills of the student. Topics covered include: developmental stages, self-actualisation, self-concept, conflict management and personal management. The module also focuses on human anatomy and basic physiology as background to developing human movement. The practical component focuses on learning and teaching of sport and human movement development skills for the school sport teaching and training environment. It forms the foundation for the following study years where different disciplines are learnt. On attainment of the learning outcomes the student should be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge and understanding of the theory to be applied in the practical classes.
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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.
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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.
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Taalkundekomponent: Inleiding tot die Afrikaanse taalkunde met klem op lees-en skryfvaardigheid. Letterkundekomponent: Inleiding tot die Afrikaanse en Nederlandse letterkunde aan die hand van kortverhale en gedigte.
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Taalkundekomponent: Inleiding tot die Afrikaanse sintaksis, fonetiek en taalgeskiedenis. Letterkundekomponent:Inleiding tot die Romankuns Inleiding tot die Drama
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Comprehensive review of German grammar; development of reading, writing, speaking and understanding skills; analysis and interpretation of tests.
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Continuation of comprehensive review of German; further development of reading, writing, speaking and understanding skills; analysis and interpretation of texts.
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*Alternative evening classes - 2 discussion classes per week Introduction to Literature in English (1) This module introduces the study of literature by examining a number of texts representing different genres (poetry, prose, drama). The texts studied here will be mainly from the pre-twentieth century era and may include texts written in English from both Africa and other parts of the world. The aim of this module is to equip students with the critical and analytical skills required for a perceptive reading of poetry, novels and plays.
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*Alternative evening classes: 2 discussion classes per week
Introduction to Literature in English (2)
This module introduces the study of post-nineteenth century literature by examining a number of texts representing different genres (poetry, drama, prose). Texts will be from both Africa and other parts of the world. By the end of this module students should have the background and analytical skills to perceptively read modern and contemporary poetry, novels and plays.
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Comprehensive review of French grammar; development of reading, writing, speaking and understanding skills; analysis and interpretation of texts.
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Comprehensive review of French grammar; further development of reading, writing, speaking and understanding skills; analysis and interpretation of texts.
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The making of the Modern World: a survey
A selection of themes on Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe and their contribution to the making of the Modern World.
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Africa and South Africa: a survey
An overview focusing on the making of African and South African societies from the earliest times to the present with emphasis on the most significant historical forces, factors and events.
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This module begins by fostering an understanding of human geography. Then follows with the political ordering of space; cultural diversity as well as ethnic geography globally and locally; population geography of the world and South Africa: and four economic levels of development. The purpose is to place South Africa in a world setting and to understand the future of the country.
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Investigating southern African landscapes and placing them in a theoretical and global context. The geomorphological evolution of southern Africa. Introduction to the concepts of Geomorphology and its relationships with other physical sciences (e.g. meteorology, climatology, geology, hydrology and biology). The processes and controls of landform and landscape evolution. Tutorial exercises cover basic techniques of geomorphological analysis, and topical issues in Geomorphology.
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This module is a general orientation to Psychology. An introduction is given to various theoretical approaches in Psychology, and the development of Psychology as a science is discussed. Selected themes from everyday life are explored and integrated with psychological principles. This module focuses on major personality theories. An introduction is given to various paradigmatic approaches in Psychology.
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This module introduces the student to a basic knowledge and understanding of the biological basis of human behaviour. The module addresses the key concepts and terminology related to the biological subsystem, the rules and principles guiding biological psychology, and identification of the interrelatedness of different biological systems and subsystems. In this module various cognitive processes are studied, including perception, memory, thinking, intelligence and creativity. Illustrations are given of various thinking processes, such as problem solving, critical, analytic and integrative thinking.
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Real numbers, elementary set notation, exponents and radicals. Algebraic expressions, fractional expressions, linear and quadratic equations, inequalities. Coordinate geometry: lines, circles. Functions: definition, notation, piecewise defined functions, domain and range, graphs, transformations of functions, symmetry, even and odd functions, combining functions, one-to-one functions and inverses, polynomial functions and zeros.
Sequences, summation notation, arithmetic, geometric sequences, infinite geometric series, annuities and instalments. Degrees and radians, unit circle, trigonometric functions, fundamental identities, trigonometric graphs, trigonometric identities, double-angle, half-angle formulae, trigonometric equations, applications.
This module is only offered in English at the Mamelodi Campus for the BSc Extended programme. At the Hatfield and Groenkloof campuses it is offered in English and Afrikaans.
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Functions: exponential and logarithmic functions, natural exponential and logarithmic functions, exponential and logarithmic laws, exponential and logarithmic equations, compound interest. Limits: concept of a limit, finding limits numerically and graphically, finding limits algebraically, limit laws without proofs, squeeze theorem without proof, one-sided limits, infinite limits, limits at infinity, vertical, horizontal and slant asymptotes, substitution rule, continuity, laws for continuity without proofs. Differentiation: average and instantaneous change, definition of derivative, differentiation rules without proofs, derivatives of polynomials, chain rule for differentiation, derivatives of trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, applications of differentiation: extreme values, critical numbers, monotone functions, first derivative test, optimisation.
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