University Of Kwazulu Natal Biokinetics, The Science of Movement and the application of exercise in rehabilitative treatment of performance.
Movement is an essential part of everyday life, depended on constantly by people of all ages. Movement affects development, learning, communicating, working, health, and quality of life. At the most basic level, movement permits people to navigate and to stay oriented within their environment. It is critical for most work and recreation and allows people to interact more fully. For these reasons, movement is a defining element of quality of life
Movement may be diminished or lost because of heredity, aging, injury, or disease. Such loss may occur gradually, over the course of a lifetime, or traumatically in an instant.
Conditions of movement loss that are linked with chronic and disabling diseases pose additional challenges for patients and their families. From the public health perspective, the prevention of either the initial impairment or additional impairment from this environmentally orienting and socially connecting functioning requires significant resources.
University of Kwazulu Natal Biokinetics, Prevention of movement loss or the resulting disabling conditions through the development of improved disease prevention, detection, or treatment methods or more effective rehabilitative strategies must be a global priority.
The profession of Biokinetics has evolved as a primary care health profession responding to the universal need for quality, accessible, cost-effective health care. Biokineticists are widely distributed in communities around the world; they provide economic value for the services they offer; they detect a wide spectrum of conditions at a savings to the health care system; they provide entry into the health care system for many patients who would otherwise not seek care; they prepare our children for the competitive marketplace by assuring their physical fitness and preparedness for learning and achievement; they maximize employment productivity and benefit economic stability; and they promote quality of life and individual independence, rather than more costly institutionalized and supported care.
Biokinetics primary function is to improve physical functioning and health care through exercise as modality.
Biokinetics is the profession concerned with health promotion, the maintenance of physical abilities and final phase rehabilitation, by means of scientifically-based physical activity programme prescription
A Biokineticist is a clinical exercise specialist who:
- Functions within professional alliance to health and medicine, and is recognised by and registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
- Improves a person’s physical wellbeing and quality of life through individualised scientific assessment and the prescription of exercise in rehabilitative treatment to prevent or intervene with certain ailments and the enhancement of performance (sport and work).
- Evaluates & Measures: body posture, body composition, blood pressure, glucose levels, lung function, heart rate, fitness, muscle strength, endurance, power, flexibility and other health screenings.
- Is a health professional who through health promotion and wellness create a better quality of life for people they work with?
Undergraduate degree-Sport Sciences
The curriculum for the qualification Bachelor of Sport Science, comprising modules with a total credit point value of 384 credits as approved by the Senate, shall extend over six semesters of full-time study.
CHS – SPSC 2 Progression requirements
To maintain their good standing, and to avoid either warning for slow academic progress or exclusion from the University, students must maintain minimum rates of progression through their qualifications. Minimum rates of acceptable progression for this qualification are set out below.
Number Semestersregistered | Min. Progressionrequirements | “At Risk” threshold(75% of Maximum) | Normal progression |
1 | 32 | 54 | 72 |
2 | 64 | 96 | 128 |
3 | 96 | 138 | 184 |
4 | 144 | 192 | 256 |
5 | 176 | 240 | 320 |
6 | 216 | 288 | 384 |
7 | 256 | 320 | |
8 | 296 | 384 | |
9 | 384 | ||
10 | 384 |
Curriculum for Bachelor of Sport Science(B-SPS) | |||
Level 1 | |||
Code | Name of Module | Credits | Sem |
SSBR101 | History & Management of Sport Science | 16 | 1 |
SSBR113 | Principles of Coaching & Conditioning | 16 | 1 |
SSBR115 | Practical Component level 1A | 8 | 1 |
HPHS111 | Basic Human Physiology | 16 | 1 |
SSBR112 | Elements of Human Anatomy | 16 | 2 |
SSBR114 | Kinesiology & Health Education | 16 | 2 |
SSBR116 | Practical Component 1B | 8 | 2 |
HPHS112 | Physiological changes in Exercise and Training | 16 | 2 |
choose ONE of the following isiZulu Modules: | |||
ZULN101 | Basic isiZulu languages Studies A | 16 | 1 |
ZULM105 | Academic Writing | 16 | 1 |
ZULN101 (non-Zulu speaking students) ZULM105 (Zulu speaking students) | |||
Total credits: level 1 | 128 | ||
Level 2 | |||
SSBR211 | Evaluation, Statistics & Measurement of Sport Science | 16 | 1 |
SSBR215 | Practical Component level 2A | 8 | 1 |
PSYC101 | Introduction to Psychology A | 16 | 1 |
SSBR216 | Practical Component level 2B | 8 | 2 |
SSBR218 | Ethics | 16 | 2 |
SSBR233 | Applied Exercise Physiology | 16 | 2 |
Biokinetics and Exercise Electives | |||
SSBR213 | Biomechanical Principles of Sport Science | 16 | 1 |
SSBR234 | Kinanthropometry and Nutrition | 16 | 2 |
PSYC102 | Introduction to Psychology B | 16 | 2 |
Leisure Science Electives | |||
SSBR221 | Recreation | 16 | 1 |
GEOG110 | Human Environments | 16 | 1 |
GEOG220 | Geographies of Urban & Rural Change | 16 | 2 |
Total Credits: level 2 | 128 | ||
Level 3 | |||
SSBR311 | Sport Psychology | 16 | 1 |
SSBR315 | Practical Component level 3A | 16 | 1 |
SSBR316 | Practical Component level 3B | 16 | 2 |
HLSC340 | Applied Research Methods | 16 | 2 |
Biokinetics and Exercise Electives | |||
SSBR314 | Rehabilitation Science | 16 | 2 |
SSBR319 | Functional Anatomy and Sport Injuries | 16 | 1 |
SSBR304 | Exercise Biochemistry | 16 | 2 |
HLSC311 | Clinical Sciences 1 | 16 | 1 |
Leisure Science Electives | |||
SSBR312 | Recreation | 16 | 2 |
SSBR317 | Recreation Services and Disabilities | 16 | 1 |
PSYC102 | Introduction to Psychology B | 16 | 2 |
HLSC116 | Community Studies | 16 | 2 |
Total credits at level 3Total credits for the degree | 128384 |
Career Opportunities
- Biokineticist
- Strength and Conditioning Specialists
- Medical Representatives
- Lifestyle Consultant
- Clinical Exercise Physiologists
- Exercise / Sport Science Research
Fitness Industry
- Personal Trainer
- Gymnasium Manager
Sport Industry
- Sport Coach / Manager
- Sport Psychologist
- Sport Retailer
- Professional Sport
- Sport Event Manager
Recreation and Leisure Industry
- Recreation Manager
- Recreation Programmer
- Leisure Consultant
- Teambuilding Consultant
- Outdoor Adventure Facilitator
- Resort Manager
- Sport Tourism Manager
Education Sector
- Sport Teacher
- Community Programming
- Lecturer
- Researcher
Other
- Entrepreneur
- Sport Journalism
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