We look forward to working with you all, and watching you develop your knowledge, confidence and competence and understanding which I hope will help contribute to your future career pathways.
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Welcome and induction
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And don’t forget to attend our other welcome events including your Freshers’ Fayre – see here for full details.
Please see the MSc Applied Exercise and Health Science course pages for an overview of our course.
As an example of what to expect, this course is normally delivered during one and a half days of intensive teaching each week for the first 2 trimesters ( trimester 3 is primarily dissertation work), this is accompanied by online resources, guidance and recordings. Outside of the teaching days, you will want to keep an estimated additional 3 days dedicated to the course to engage in self-directed reading, completing your assessments and building upon your physical activity and health knowledge and skills.
The 3 modules for trimester 1 (full-time course) are:
- Physical Activity in Health and Disease
- Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health
- Psychology of Exercise and Health Behaviour Change
Please also keep a look out for the 'welcome week' information, as these sessions provide a smooth transition onto our course outlining the expectations, support and structure that is in place.
Your welcome and induction will be w/c 18th September 2023 - we look forward to meeting you then.
We recommend refreshing your academic study skills in advance of the course starting, such as academic writing and referencing. Resources can be found here:
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/learning-skills-hub
Depending on the background you are joining us from, you may also want to read some material in preparation which can be useful for the physiology content. These are examples of some of the books which support the background to that aspect of the course content:
- Bouchard, C., Blair, S. N., and Haskell, W. L. (2012) Physical activity and health. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
- Durstine, J.L., Moore, G.E., Painter, P. L. and Roberts, S. O. (2009) ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics