Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ANTH-302 Course Name: Human Growth and Development |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Concept of human growth: differentiate between growth and development. Identify
growth,spurt, normaland abnormal growth pattern. 2. Development stages of growth – Pre-natal, natal, infant, childhood, adolescence, maturitysenescence, differences in physique, factors, controlling growth and development onpopulation human growth curves, basic methods of study: cross – sectional, longitudinal,mixlongitudinal. |
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| 2 | 1. Factors affecting growth and development: Genetic, environmental, biochemicalnutritional -
energy value of food, under-nutrition and malnutrition, Nutritional adaptationin Man; cultural
and socio economic. 2. Human physique and somatotypes. 3. Method of studying Growth and development. Milestones in growth, retarded growth,growth spurt, ageing. |
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