COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXERCISE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EFZ 5012 EXERCISE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Exercise Physiology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BERKANT MUAMMER KAYATEKIN

Offered to

Exercise Physiology

Course Objective

Physical and physiological effects of various environmental media to exercise, to learn training programs for appropriate conditions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the mechanisms of body temperature regulation.
2   Understand the effects of exercise at different temperatures.
3   Knowing the effects of high altitude.
4   Understand the methods of adaptation and exercise at high altitude.
5   To analyze the methods of training and performance in different environmental conditions.
6   Know the affect of under water exercise.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Body temperature regulation mechanisms
2 Warm weather and exercise
3 Cold weather and exercise
4 Effects of altitude
5 Underwater physiology-1
6 Underwater physiology-2
7 Underwater physiology-3
8 Space physiology
9 Altitude tranining
10 Case reports
11 Case reports
12 Case reports
13 Case reports
14 Case reports
15 Case reports

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:Physiology of Sport and Exercise, Kenney, 2021.
Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, Yazar: William D. McArdle,Frank I. Katch,Victor L. Katch
Armstrong LE. Performing in Extreme Environments. Human Kinetics, 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical courses and presentation
Problem solving
Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ * 0.30 +FN* 0.70
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ * 0.30 + BUT* 0.70


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Theoretical exam
Assignment and presentation ratings

Assessment Criteria

Knowing the mechanisms of body temperature regulation.
Knowing the effects of cold and hot environment on the body.
Knowing the effects of high altitude of human physiology.
Knowing the effects of underwater and hyperbaric environment.
Know the answers to the human body to exercise in different environments.
Identify and solutions to know the problems caused by different environmental conditions.
Knowing the principles of training in different environments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Must attend 70% of the classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Berkant Muammer Kayatekin, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, kayabm@ deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-Thursday 12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing the laboratory notebook 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14433
LO.2344
LO.35533
LO.4443
LO.53352
LO.6444

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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