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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ANT118Exercise in Extreme ConditionsElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To teach students the principles of physiology stress created by different environmental conditions and the responses given to it in terms of adaptation.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Yunus Emre ÇİNGÖZ
Learning Outcomes
1The student will define different environmental conditions.
2The student will understand the physiology, stress and responses to different environmental conditions.
3Learn the precautions to be taken during exercise in different environmental conditions
4Discuss the adaptation responses activated during the adaptation process in different environmental conditions.
5Learn the impact of different environmental conditions on performance
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NO
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NO
Course Contents
Examining how human physiology is challenged in different environmental conditions (temperature, cold weather, high altitude and hypoxia).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Treatment of general theories of environmental physiology
2Basic concepts of thermoregulation
3heat stress
4Heat stress II
5Hydration strategies in exercise
6cold weather exposure
7Cold weather exposure II
8Midterm Exams
9getting into cold water
10Physiology of diving and hyperbaria
11Medium altitude training and performance
12Mountaineering and high altitude physiology
13Mountaineering and high altitude physiology II
14Microgravity and space travel
15Chronobiological rhythm and exercise performance
16Final Exams
17Final Exams
Recommended or Required Reading
McArdle W.D, Katch F.I,Katch V.L, Exercise Physiology, Energy, Nutrition &Human performance: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Seventh edition;2010;p.303-352. Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Stephen S. Cheung, Human Kinetics, 2010
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
NO
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures629.5177
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1		PO
2		PO
3		PO
4		PO
5		PO
6
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High