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COURSE SYLLABUS
1. TITLE OF COURSE: Human Growth and Development: GT-SS3
PREFIX/NUMBER: PSY 235 CREDIT HOURS: 3
2. PREREQUISITE: REA 090 or permission of the instructor
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: TBA
SUPPLIES:
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Examines human development from conception through death, emphasizing physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial factors.
This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-SS3
5. COURSE GOAL:
Students will develop a knowledge of the stages of human development through theory, research, and practical examples. Students will become aware of issues specific to human growth and development and the interaction between physical, cognitive, psychological, and social factors throughout the lifespan.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
I. Identify the biological factors associated with prenatal development.
II. Evaluate the environmental factors associated with prenatal development.
III. List and explain the physical factors associated with infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and aging.
IV. Compare and contrast the cognitive factors associated with infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and aging.
V. Discuss the emotional factors associated with infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and aging.
VI. Identify and discuss the psychosocial factors associated with infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and aging.
VII. Examine and interpret the emotional factors associated with death and dying.
VIII. Identify and differentiate the psychosocial factors associated with death and dying.
8. COURSE OUTLINE
I. Prenatal Development
A. Biological factors
B. Environmental factors
II. Infancy
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
III. Childhood
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
IV. Adolescence
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
V. Young Adulthood
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
VI. Middle Adulthood
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
VII. Aging
A. Physical and cognitive factors
B. Emotional and psychosocial factors
VIII. Death and Dying
A. Emotional factors
B. Psychosocial factors
9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information. |