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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
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HK 25300 - Principles Of Motor Development


Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to motor development from a life-span perspective. Students will learn how infants develop from mainly reflexive beings into children and adults that are capable of interacting with the world in a goal-directed manner. This course specifically examines how changes in physical growth, aging, and maturation of the central nervous system influence motor performance. Finally, the decline of motor skills associated with advanced age is discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring.