COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXERCISE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BES 6009 EXERCISE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Physical Education and Sport Doctoral

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENOL YANAR

Offered to

Physical Education and Sport Doctoral

Course Objective

The objectives of this course are to; -understand the role of exercise and health related physical fitness in extreme enviroments. -attain a conceptual understanding of fundamental physiological principles as they pertain to human adaptation to acute and chronic physical activity in extreme conditions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn acute and chronic adaption of physiological systems to extreme enviroments
2   To be able to learn fundamental physiological basis of performance related physical fitness in extreme enviroments
3   To be able to improve his/her competency to understand training at different environmental condition
4   To be able to discuss training at different environmental condition
5   To be able to develop experimental hypotheses in these areas of research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Physiological adaptation to altitute: Cardiovascular system,ventilatory response to hypoxia, pulmonary gas exchange
2 Physiological adaptation to altitute: Acid-base balance, endocrine and metabolism
3 Exercise in hypoxic and hypobaric environment: Physiologic outcomes of training at altitude
4 Exercise induced hypoxemia
5 Paper presentation and discussion related to physiologic adaptation and exercise at altitude
6 Physiological adaptation to microgravity: Animal and human models to mimic microgravity
7 Paper presentation and discussion related to adaptation to microgarvity
8 Mid-term exam
9 Physiological adaptation to hyperbaric environment
10 Positive g-force
11 Paper discussion related to hyperbaric environment and positive g-force
12 Exercise in hot environment
13 Exercise in cold environment
14 Paper discussion related to exercise in hot and cold environment features and flexibility.
15 Circadian ritm and exercise
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

John B. West, Robert B. Schoene, James S. Milledge High Altitude Medicine and Physiology, 4 edition. A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2007. Robert C. Roach Peter D. Wagner Peter H. Hackett (Eds). Hypoxia and Exercise. Springer, 2005. Brooks, G.A., T.D. Fahey, and K.M. Baldwin Exercise Physiology Human Bioenergetics and Its applications.. McGraw-Hill Companies; 4 edition Exercise Metabolism. Mark Hargreaves (Editor), 2. Edition. Human Kinetics, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Yüksekokulu,
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Yerleşkesi 35340 Inciraltı/IZMIR

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 3 8 24
Preparation for final exam 4 8 32
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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