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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

309633 (v.3) Neuroscience Neurodevelopment 242

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.

Area: Department of Occupational Therapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): Admission into 303542 (v.8) Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy) or any previous version
AND
    309629 (v.1) Anatomy 131 or any previous version
    OR
    313401 (v.2) Functional Anatomy 100 or any previous version
Syllabus: Normal development of the nervous system. Central nervous system: structure and function. Somatosensory systems. Motor systems: role of brainstem, basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor cortex in controlling posture and coordinated movement. Role and integration of reflexes in relation to normal development. Development of cognition perception, visual motor integration, language and feeding behaviours. Developmental checklists and screening tools.
Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External