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This course aims to provide the student with an in depth and critical knowledge of how cell and molecules relate to organ and organismal physiology and how cellular and molecular systems respond to exercise and physical activity. The course will also provide the student with skills and knowledge to evaluate how cellular and molecular adaptations to regular physical activity and exercise training contribute to increased fitness and improved exercise performance

Classes are held three times a week over five weeks from February to March

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Assessment

Submission of Critical Review Essay 50% (3000 words)

Oral Presentation 50% (15 minute presentation with feedback from peers and tutors)

To provide the student with an in depth and critical knowledge of how cell and molecules relate to organ and organismal physiology and how cellular and molecular systems respond to exercise and physical activity. The course will also provide the student with skills and knowledge to evaluate how cellular and molecular adaptations to regular physical activity and exercise training contribute to increased fitness and improved exercise performance.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Critically discuss the cellular and subcellular structures that make up the organ systems that allow humans to exercise

■ Critically review and evaluate the experimental methods that are used to assess cellular and molecular physiological systems

■ Critically discuss how engaging in exercise and physical activity acutely taxes cellular and molecular systems and how this determines the ability to undertake exercise

■ Critically evaluate how different cellular and molecular systems adapt to regular physical activity and exercise training and how these changes influence the bodily response to regular physical activity and exercise training

■ Critically discuss the effect of different exercise training programmes on different cellular and molecular systems

■ Critically evaluate the evidence that suggests exercise training and physical activity affects cellular and molecular physiological systems

Critically discuss and evaluate areas of uncertainty and gaps of knowledge when linking cellular and molecular physiology to organ and organismal exercise physiology

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.