Unit Synopsis
This unit builds upon content from previous units to extend your understanding of biomechanics as it relates to human movement. In this unit, you will explore areas of musckuloskeletal mechanics, biomechanics of locomotion, and the application of biomechanical principles to sports, and strength and conditioning. Through practical activities, you will develop skills necessary to conduct advanced biomechanical analyses as well as develop your ability to think critically about biomechanical data and research.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite Units: Co-requisite Unit: ESSC13007 Functional Anatomy OR ESSC12010 Functional Anatomy Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 3. Portfolio | 60% |
| 4. Practical Assessment | 0% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 32% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE survey
Some student's commented that more timely and clear feedback would have been helpful to their development of content knowledge.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator explores opportunities to provide broad assessment task feedback during the tutorial sessions following release of marks and explicitly invite students to seek clarification on feedback one-on-one if required.
Broad, cohort feedback was provided via a recorded presentation posted to the Moodle Discussion board. During this presentation, clear instructions were provided on where to find individual feedback and an invitation to discuss feedback one-on-one.
Source: Self-reflection
The Unit Coordinator noted that student use/attendance of Moodle Discussion boards and/or Zoom Q&A Sessions was low.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator places clear emphasis on the value of these opportunities and explores ways to encourage future student engagement.
The Unit Coordinator (UC) made a point of highlighting the value of peer-based learning and demonstrated access to the Moodle boards in the unit introductory presentation. Additionally, the UC used the Moodle Announcements thread almost exclusively to broadcast information cohort wide.
Source: Personal communication with students (verbal and email)
Students reported that they enjoyed the emphasis placed on hands-on skill development in the Residential School.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator continue to lead and encourage student practical skill development.
The UC continued to place emphasis on the development of competencies with technology typically used in the biomechanical analysis of movement in industry. Where possible, students were hands-on with equipment and data collection during the Residential School.
Source: SUTE Survey results
Students reported that considerable time was spent on explaining the technology being used during the Residential School, and felt that they would benefit more from more time spent 'hands-on'.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator explore ways of encouraging early student engagement with the unit content, while investigating methods of delivering content on various technology prior to the Residential School.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Survey results
Students reported that there was a considerable amount of weekly content to cover and felt that they would benefit from having content presentations split into shorter length presentations.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator explore means of dividing the content presentations into a series of shorter presentations.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Survey results and personal communication with students
Students reported that having all the unit content available on Moodle from the start of term was valuable in terms of being able to see the topics in advance, and plan workload accordingly.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator continue to explore means of using Moodle to display and deliver content so that students can plan their workloads and engage in a non-linear fashion if desired.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Identify the key components and uses of biomechanics equipment and measurement techniques relevant to evaluate human movement
- Collect and critically analyse data using various pieces of biomechanics equipment to measure and evaluate human movement during a variety of activities
- Communicate outcomes of biomechanical analyses and intervention strategies relevant to sports and exercise
- Critically appraise biomechanics data and research by integrating knowledge from other sub-disciplines in exercise science.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Practical Assessment | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | ||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 4 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | ||||||||