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KINE 3367. Lifespan Motor Development. 3 Hours.

This course explores the theories of motor development and the applications of these theories to identify continuous processes of motor behavior across the lifespan. The factors mediating human growth and development will be applied. The course focuses on the relationships among growth, gender, maturation, motor performance and the person's context. The critical developmental considerations, with respect to planning and directing movement experiences for individuals across the lifespan, will be emphasized in the course.
Prerequisite: 45 credit hours.

Department of Kinesiology

https://catalog.shsu.edu/undergraduate/colleges-academic-departments/health-sciences/kinesiology/
The mission of the Department of Kinesiology is to advance students’ understanding of relationships among movement, exercise, and skill that occur in the contexts of development, learning, rehabilitation, production, training, and research. The degree programs in the Department of Kinesiology seek to prepare future professionals for movement-related fields such as athletic training, physical education, sport coaching, sport management, athletic performance coaching and training, sport science, performance sport specialization training, fitness training, researching, medical and equipment sales specific to exercise science, and other careers in the fitness and wellness industries and allied health.  Learning occurs through the study of movement, injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, exercise processes, and/or sport industry settings within a framework that emphasizes the clinical and practical implications of theory and research.