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Unit of Study HBIO1006 - Growth and Development (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Experience the remarkable journey of human movement! In this unit, you will learn about how our body’s ability to move efficiently and proficiently changes across our lifespan and the pivotal role it plays in our everyday lives. You will study typical and atypical developmental trajectories and the many factors that interact to influence them. Whether you aspire to be an exercise scientist, exercise physiologist, coach, teacher or more, this unit provides powerful knowledge and skills to understand what it means to design and run developmentally appropriate activities, programs and interventions.   

Unit content

  1. Foundational concepts
  2. Motor skill development and ageing
  3. Physiological development and ageing
  4. Growth and maturation
  5. Environmental constraints
  6. Developmental assessments

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term2
Term2
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2
Lismore
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe foundational concepts in growth, development and ageing

explain physical, physiological, motor and psychosocial development across the lifespan

analyse the factors that impact growth, maturation, and ageing

demonstrate proficiency in developmentally appropriate assessments

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