Skip to main content

Exercise and Health Problems (3 cr)

Code: AL00CF07-3007

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2026 - 31.12.2026

Timing

01.01.2027 - 31.03.2027

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

  • ALM25K
    ALM25K

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 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.

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 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.

Prerequisites

Liikunnan perusteet