SW 205 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

Institution:

Limestone University

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Description:

This course will present an overview from a systems/ecological approach of the life cycle of human development from conception to later adulthood. The course will concentrate on the cognitive, social, emotional, and physiological theories of human behavior. Focus will be on detailing the various developmental stages of conception through young adulthood (later adolescence). The part that socioeconomic, gender, and cultural diversity plays in the normative processes of socialization of children within family contexts will also be discussed. This course is designed to familiarize the prospective social worker, psychologist, counselor, or teacher with knowledge of normative patterns of human behavior and to provide the tools to assess for appropriate individual developmental functioning of infants, children, adolescents, and their families. Prerequisite: Biology 101 or 114, and Social Work 203, 204 or permission of instructor. Credit, 3 hours.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.limestone.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 795-7151

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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