Science and Medicine of Athletic Performance – (M.Sc.)

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The course is designed to be completed in two academic years (6 terms) by students seeking an M.Sc. in the Science and Medicine of Athletic Performance. A one academic year (3 terms) option for students seeking a Diploma is possible. The course is delivered in modules comprising 8 to 14 lectures each. Students will take Level I modules in their first year and choose mostly from Level II modules in their second year.

Level I Modules

* Structural and Biomechanical Basis of Physical Performance
* Biochemical Basis of Physical Performance
* Motor Control, Muscle Energetics and Training
* Cardio-respiratory, Renal and Hormonal Adaptations to Physical Performance
* Genes Drugs and Performance

Level II Modules * Nutrition, Endurance Exercise and the Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (Overtraining)
* Psychology, Sociology and Gender Issues in Sport
* Advanced Biomechanics, Injury and Sport for the Disabled
* At the Edge - Frontiers in...(Student Projects)

Programmes of StudyDiploma Students

Diploma students will take a minimum of four (4) of the Level I modules and will be required to achieve a passing grade in the assessments associated with four (4) of the Level I modules.

M. Sc. Students

M. Sc. students will, in the first year of their programme, take each of the five (5) Level I modules and will be required to achieve a passing grade in the assessments associated with them.

Selection for progress to the M. Sc. after successful completion of five (5) of the Level I modules will be decided by the standing course committee on the basis of the student's academic performance, evidence of adequate arrangements for undertaking the Project module and the outcome of an interview by the Course Director.
M. Sc. students will, in the second year of their programme, take the Project module and three (3) further modules, not studied in the first year. Successful completion of the M.Sc. will require passing the assessments for each of the taught modules taken in the second year of the student's programme and a passing grade in the research dissertation arising from the Project module.

Student Assessment

Assessment will be ongoing and several components will contribute to the final grade in each module. While details of the assessmernt procedures will be published at the beginning of each year, the components may include weekly tutorials, seminars or assignments, essays, small projects and year-end papers on each module. A variety of formats for written assessment may be used.

Candidates who obtain an overall failing grade in not more than one module may be permitted, at the discretion of the Course Organizing Committee, to retake the year-end papers relevant to that module on not more than one occasion, normally in late September, at the time designated by the Examination Schools. Candidates may be permitted to retake no more than one failed module examination in each year of the course. Failure in more than one module examination in one year of the course shall constitute failure of the whole examination.