SP3004 - Motor Learning and Motor Control

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Only Available to students other than listed as approved by the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science.

Skill classification, measurement of motor performance, theories of motor control, motor learning, practice and feedback.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an ability to conduct tests of motor function and to evaluate problems in motor learning and control;
• to understand the neural, mechanical and cognitive bases for controlling movement;
• to understand the neural, physiological and cognitive changes that underpin the acquisition of movement skills.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Prerequisites:

SP1001 and SP2003

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Andrew Edwards
Lecturers:	Dr Robert Crowther, Dr Andrew Edwards.
Contact hours:	18 hours lectures 5 hours tutorials 18 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); individual report (30%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Andrew Edwards
Lecturers:	Dr Robert Crowther, Dr Andrew Edwards.
Contact hours:	18 hours lectures 5 hours tutorials 18 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); individual report (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.