HSE302 - Exercise Programming
Year: | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online with significant campus requirements |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D333, and the new course versions of H343, D394 (H343.4 and D394.2) and H353 |
Campus contact: | Burwood (Melbourne): Jackson Fyfe |
Prerequisite: | HSE103 or HSE301 |
Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010 |
Incompatible with: | HSE322 |
Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus | 8 x online modules across the trimester (2-3 hours each) |
Scheduled learning activities - online | 8 x online modules across the trimester (2-3 hours each) |
In-person attendance requirements | Both online and on-campus enrolled students are required to attend either the Melbourne (Burwood) or Geelong (Waurn Ponds) campus during the End of Unit Assessment period to complete Assessment task 4: Practical examination. All students must undertake 80 hours of professional placement at the site allocated to them by the unit team. All placements must be undertaken in Australia. |
Note: | All students are assigned to an 80 hour placement in the area of exercise assessment, prescription, and delivery as part of HSE302. You will be required to complete pre-placement documentation before you can commence placement. If this is not completed by the due date, you will be withdrawn from your placement and subsequently fail the placement hurdle requirement for the unit. You must complete your placement hours within your allocated commencement and end dates (which will be communicated to you via email). The placement can occur one trimester pre- and post- the enrolment period, except under extenuating circumstances. Note for International students only: You must complete your placement in Australia. If you are not able to complete your placement by your visa expiry date, please note that you will be liable for any costs involved with extending your stay in Australia, for example: visa extension application cost and extra living expenses. Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check: In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of placement will not be able to undertake placement and this will impede progress in the course Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. Note for students applying for Recognition of prior learning (RPL) in this unit: Students may apply for RPL for HSE302 if they have completed previous study that they believe is directly comparable to HSE302’s specific content and learning outcomes AND completed a relevant professional placement experience. If you wish to apply for RPL for both the coursework AND placement components of HSE302, please apply via the pathway outlined on this webpage: https://www.deakin.edu.au/study/how-to-apply/recognition-of-prior-learning and supply supporting documents as described below. |
Content
This unit is designed to advance students’ knowledge and application of the principles of exercise prescription, exercise instruction and communication, with an emphasis on individualised, client-specific considerations, such as common musculoskeletal injuries, pregnancy and post-partum, children and older adults. Students will also complete an 80 hour placement at a pre-approved host organisation, facilitated by the unit team.
Hurdle requirement
- Assessment task 4: End-of-unit-assessment: Practical
- Assessment task 5: Placement Host Supervisor Report and Approved Logbook: Ungraded Pass/Fail
Unit Fee Information
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