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Course Information

Measurement Methods 2 - Movement, Strength, Body Composition, and Physical Capacity

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding and practical skills in performing and evaluating measurements of movement, strength, body composition, and physical capacity.

Course Details

• Course code: IKA302
• Level: Master's level
• Credits: 7.5 credits (ECTS)
• Offered by: Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science at the Faculty of Education
• Study pace: 50%
• Time: Day
• Location: Göteborg
• Language: Swedish
• Duration: 1 Sep 2025 - 4 Nov 2025
• Part of semester: Quarter 1 to 2

Course Content

• Theoretical lectures for understanding and training in critical thinking concerning technical, physiological, and mathematical background of different devices and approaches.
• Practical experiments to design and perform measurements and to evaluate reliability, validity, and usability of different methods.
• Presentation seminars to debate and evaluate outcomes of the practical experiments, as well as to train in scientific argumentation and critical thinking.
• Skill training in using measurement devices, methods, software, creating datasets, searching databases, and reading scientific papers.

Entry Requirements

• Bachelor degree in sport science, food and nutrition, nutrition, medicine, physiotherapy, or equivalent.

Combination with Other Courses

This course can be combined with other courses in the Food and Nutrition and Sport Science Tracks.

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