Sheridan Course Outlines

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Over two centuries ago, the Mississauga people welcomed settlers to this territory, providing sustenance and engaging in trade and commerce. Between 1781 to 1820, eight treaties were signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who opened their territory to settlement. Today, Sheridan campuses are located on Treaty 14, also known as the Head of the Lake Purchase of 1806 and Treaty 22 and 23 of 1820.

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Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2025
Prerequisites: (PHYG13383D) (PHYG16693)
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: (PBAHS) Athletic Therapy - PHYG16693, BIOL14717 (PBHSK) BHSc Kinesiology & Health Promotion - BIOL25960, PHYG20025. A minimum 60% is required for all prerequisite courses.

Program(s): BAHSc Athletic Therapy, BHSK Kinesiology & Health Prom
Program Coordinator(s): Paul Brisebois, Tanya Holloway, Kerry Hately
Course Leader or Contact: Jacqueline Vandertuin, Joanne Hodder
Version: 20250902_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Classes are 3 hours per week over 14 weeks. An overall minimum grade of 60% (C) is required to pass this course.

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Students examine human growth and development across the life span. Students also consider the implications of age and sex-associated variations in growth and development on motor skills and physical performance from infancy to older adulthood.

Program Context

BAHSc Athletic Therapy	Program Coordinator(s): Paul Brisebois
Building on learning from Exercise Physiology for Athletic Therapy PHYG16693 and Human Physiology for Athletic Therapy BIOL14717, this is a second year core course providing students with fundamental knowledge and practical skills to apply appropriate exercise interventions on a wide range of aged populations. This course will provide students with knowledge in the area of human growth, development and exercise.
BHSK Kinesiology & Health Prom	Program Coordinator(s): Tanya Holloway, Kerry Hately
Building on learning from Human Systems Physiology BIOL25960 and Exercise Physiology PHYG20025, this is a second year core course providing students with fundamental knowledge and practical skills to apply appropriate exercise interventions on a wide range of aged populations. This course will provide students with knowledge in the area of human growth, development and exercise.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

	Critical Performance:
	By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to create customized motor learning and performance programs for clients of all ages.

Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

Describe theoretical perspectives of physical growth and aging of body systems.
Appraise the development of human locomotion and postural control and balance.
Summarize ballistic and manipulative skills development based on age and physical activity level.
Illustrate sensory-perceptual development during aging.
Correlate the development of the cardio-respiratory, muscular and nervous systems to the age and physical activity level.
Relate the development of strength and flexibility based on age and physical activity level.
Describe the change in body composition associated with age and exercise.
Create enhanced motor learning and performance programs for a variety of ages using physical activity with constraints.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS

	Midterm Exam	30.0%
	Final Exam	35.0%
	Assignment	25.0%
	Quiz # 1	5.0%
	Quiz # 2	5.0%
	Total	100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:

TEST AND ASSIGNMENT PROTOCOL  
 
To encourage behaviours that will help students to be successful in the workplace and to ensure that students receive credit for their individual work, the following rules apply to every course offered within the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies.  
            
Students are responsible for staying abreast of test dates and times, as well as due dates and any special instructions for submitting assignments and projects as supplied to the class by the professor.
Students must write all tests at the specified times. Missed tests, in-class activities, assignments and presentations are awarded a mark of zero.  If an extension or make-up opportunity is approved by the professor as outlined below, the mark of zero may be revised by subsequent performance.  The penalty for late submission of written assignments is a loss of 10% per day for up to five business days (excluding weekends and statutory holidays), after which, a grade of zero is assigned. Business days include any day that the college is open for business, whether the student has scheduled classes that day or not.  
Students who miss a test or in-class activity or assignment or fail to submit an assignment on time due to exceptional circumstances are required to notify their professor in advance of the class whenever possible.  A make-up test may be supplied for students who provide an acceptable explanation of their absence and/or acceptable documentation explaining their absence (e.g., a medical certificate). All make-up tests are to be written at a time and place agreed to by the professor and the student upon the student's return. Alternately, students may be given an opportunity to earn the associated marks by having a subsequent test count for the additional marks. Exceptional circumstances may result in a modification of due dates for assignments.
Unless otherwise specified, assignments and projects must be submitted at the beginning of class. 
Students must complete every assignment as an individual effort unless, the professor specifies otherwise.
Since there may be instances of grade appeal or questions regarding the timely completion of assignments and/or extent of individual effort, etc., students are strongly advised to keep, and make available to their professor, if requested, a copy of all assignments and working notes until the course grade has been finalized.  
There will be no re-submission of work unless this has been previously agreed to or suggested by the professor. 
Students must submit all assignments in courses with practical lab and field components in order to pass the course.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

Challenge Exam
Notes:
Other
Notes:

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s):
Course material costs can be found through the Sheridan Bookstore

	Type	Description
Required	Textbook	Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Robert M.; Claude B.; Oded Bar-Or, Human Kinetics, Second Edition, 2004, Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences - Kinesiology and Health Promotion (PBHSK)
Optional	Textbook	Human Motor Development, A Lifespan Approach, V. Gregory Payne, Larry D. Isaacs, McGraw Hill, 8th, ISBN 978-0-07-802249-4, Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy (PBAHS)
Optional	Textbook	Motor Learning and Performance,, Richard A. Schmidt, Craig A. Wrisberg, Human Kinetics, 3rd, ISBN 0-7360-4566-X, Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy (PBAHS)
Optional	Textbook	Life Span Motor Development, Kathleen M. Haywood, Nancy Getchell, Human Kinetics, 5th, ISBN 13: 978-0-7360-7552-7, Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy (PBAHS)
Optional	Textbook	Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity, Robert M. Malina, Claude Bouchard, Oded Bar-Or, Human Kinetics, 2nd, ISBN 13: 978-0-88011-882-8, Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy (PBAHS)

Applicable student group(s): Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences - Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Course Details:

1. Athletic Therapy Program at Sheridan is delivered utilizing a competency-based education (CBE) model in its curricula. Upon graduation, students will be proficient in a set of competencies (AT Expert, Communicator, Health Advocate, Leader, Professional, Collaborator, and Scholar) according to CATA standards and requirements. This teaching and learning strategy is entrenched in curriculum of Allied Health professionals in Canada. CBE is a framework that identifies desired performance characteristics in training proficient and at entry level to practice Allied Health professionals. For a list of competencies associated with this course, please refer to the Course Plan and/or the Program Virtual Community CATA Folder which includes further information about the CBE Framework and the Programmatic Evaluation Plan.

2. To ensure competency development, participation in labs is mandatory. This allows faculty to observe the development of all essential skills required to practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and ensures public safety. Non-compliance poses a serious liability to both the program and your professional development. In the event a student misses more than 20% of the scheduled labs or consecutive labs within a module, they will be placed on a learning contract created by their faculty. Failure to meet the terms of the learning contract prior to any course evaluation will result in disqualification from attempting the subsequent practical examination. It also may result in the removal from external/internal field placement and hinder future practicum experiences.

Programs:

Honours Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences - Athletic Therapy (PBAHS)
Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences - Kinesiology and Health Promotion

Group Assignment (25%) and Quizzes (2 x 5%) - Staggered Throughout Semester

Module 1

1.0 Fundamental Concepts

1.1 Defining development and domains

1.2 Model for studying motor development

1.3 Identifying developmental changes

1.4 Universality verses variability: A developmental paradox

Module 2

2.0 Cognitive, social and emotional development

2.2 Prenatal development

Module 3

3.0 Effects of early stimulation and deprivation

3.1 Physical changes across the lifespan

3.2 Physiological changes: health related fitness

Module 4

4.0 Movement and changing senses

4.1 Infant reflexes and stereotypies

Module 5

5.0 Voluntary movement in infancy

5.1 Fine motor development

Module 6

6.0 Development of Human Locomotion

6.1 First voluntary locomotor efforts: creeping and crawling

6.2 Walking across the life span

6.3 Running across the lifespan

6.4 Development of cardiorespiratory endurance

6.5 Physiological responses to short-term exercise

6.6 Physiological responses to prolonged exercise

Module 7

7.0 Development of Ballistic Skills

7.5 Overview of Strength and Flexibility

7.6 Development of strength

7.6 Development of flexibility

Midterm Exam: Units 1-7 (30%)

Module 8

8.0 Youth Sports

Module 9

9.1 Development motor delays

Module 10

10.0 Development of Body Composition

10.1 Body composition and exercise in children and youths

10.2 Body composition and exercise in adults

10.3 Obesity

10.4 Movement in adulthood

Assignment #2 (25%)

Module 11

11.0 Interactions Among Constraints

11.1 Using constraints to enhance learning in physical activity setting

Final Exam: Units 8-14 (35%)

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Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Any changes to course curriculum and/or assessment shall adhere to approved Sheridan protocol. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.

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