MA453 Physical Activity and Health (Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 20
- Responsible department:
- Departement of Sports Medicine
- Course Leader:
- Kari Bø
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Introduction
The course focuses primarily on physical activity and health in the following two main areas:
- The association between regular physical activity, exercise, and health, that is, physical activity used in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
- Health problems that are linked to sports practice and physical activity (e.g., asthma, menstrual disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should be able to
- define and discuss the associations between sedentary time, physical activity/inactivity and chronic diseases and conditions.
- critically interpret, assess, evaluate, and present the results from epidemiological and experimental studies in the fields of physical activity and health.
- explain the guidelines for sedentary time and physical activity and the evidence base for the guidelines
- explains the prevalence and causes of certain health problems associated with the practice of sports and physical activity.
- communicate about professional issues within the field of physical activity and health, both with specialists, patients/practitioners/users and to the general public
- understand and critically evaluate research that is the basis for the choice of training methods, type of activity and dosage within the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases and conditions.
Learning methods and activities
Teaching will take place through regular lectures, group work, seminars with a lecturer present, student feedback, and group presentations. Student presentations vary in format (submission, oral, and posters). Between classes, the students will work with central topics in groups of 3-5 students.
Work requirements
Approved attendance and active participation in seminars are the requirements for the final exam. This includes submission of individual assignments/group assignments that are considered approved/ not approved.
The number of presentations and formats will be specified at the beginning of the course.
The number of presentations and formats will be specified at the beginning of the course.
Assessment/exam
14-day individual home exam (essays). The topic of the essay will be drawn at random. The grading ranges from A-F.
- The essay must be a maximum of 20 pages (1 ½ line spacing) + bibliography.
- The essay will be delivered in WISEflow and run through a plagiarism control program.
Core literature
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