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Exercise and Health Problems (3 cr)

Code: AL00CF07-3006

General information


Enrollment

08.12.2024 - 06.01.2025

Timing

03.01.2025 - 27.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Sote

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sports and Leisure Management

Teachers

  • Liisa Paavola

Groups

  • ALK24S
    ALK24S

Objective

Students will be able to work as a specialist in the health promoting impacts of exercise. They will be able assess exercise capability and compile personalised exercise instructions for people in different states of health.

Content

The benefits of exercise in disease prevention and care
Assessing exercise capability
Exercise in different states of health

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students are able to explain how physical activity is linked with health. They can assess a customer's capability to exercise and compile exercise instructions suitable for different states of health. They recognise the difference between every-day and research-based information. They are able to use fundamental sources of information.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students are able to work in a goal-oriented manner as they apply their knowledge base when compiling exercise instructions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students use their knowledge base extensively and demonstrate their critical sense in everything that they do. They use the concepts and terminology of the field with expertise and sources of information systematically.

Prerequisites

Liikunnan perusteet