COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CYCLING (ELECTIVE)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS TEACHING

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN ŞERIFOĞLU

Offered to

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS TEACHING

Course Objective

Introducing cycling specific general knowledge, teaching of basic skills and techniques

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able to; Have knowledge about cycling disciplines and related equipment, competition rules and basic skills
2   Understand proper cycling position, choosing bicycle, basics of bicycle maintenance
3   Understand anatomical, aerodynamically, biomechanical and physiological factors affecting cycling performance

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cycling for sport, transportation and recreational purposes, cycling disciplines
2 Cycling equipment, basics of bicycle maintenance
3 Choosing a bicycle and equipment s, adjustments for proper position on a bicycle
4 Teaching steps on how to ride a bicycle
5 Acquisition of movement skills through bicycle activities
6 Anatomical, aerodynamically, and biomechanical factors affecting cycling performance
7 Physiological factors affecting cycling performance
8 Physiological factors affecting cycling performance
9 Supporting physical fitness through bicycle activities
10 homework, presentation
11 Planning of recreational cycling activities from groups
12 Cycling in Turkey: infrastructure, institutions, athletes, projects
13 Future directions, projects related with recreational cycling
14 Using bicycle in transportation, infrastructures, regulations

Recomended or Required Reading

Burke, Edmund R. (2002) Serious cycling
Hugh McClintock. (2002) Planning for Cycling: Principles, Practice, and Solutions for Urban Planners .
www.uci.ch (World Cyclion Union Webpage)
Asker E. Jeukendrup. (2002) High-Performance Cycling
Shannon Sovndal. (2009)Cycling Anatomy: Your Illustrated Guide for Cycling Strength, Speed, and Endurance
D.D.Barry, M. Barry, S. Sovndal (2006) Fitness Cycling

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, practice, homework, guided invention, problem solving, collaborative teaching, deductive and inductive teaching methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written exams and field applications, assessment of knowledge and skills, in addition to making presentations, discussions and assigning grades to students with homework

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Hakan Şerifoğlu
Necat Hepkon Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi Izmir Caddesi, Çolak Ibrahim Bey Mah. 91/3 Sok. No:2 Seferihisar/Izmir
90 (232) 743 10 01
hakan.serifoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

no restriction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14
LO.24
LO.33

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

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