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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Prerequisites: PY105 and HD108 This course offers students basic theories and principles about adolescent development from psychological, sociological, and biological perspectives. It offers an integrated exploration of such topics as theoretical viewpoints, research methodologies, physical and cognitive development, personality dynamics, social interactions, family influences, sexual attitudes and behaviors, achievement and careers, and problems and disturbances unique to the adolescent years. A particular emphasis is placed on the establishment of a conceptual framework so that adolescence is understood in relation to the entire life cycle. NOTE: Offered as HD210 and PY210. Students may not receive credit for both HD210 and PY210.
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3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 and HD108 This course explores the early, middle, and later years of adulthood in contemporary society. Particular emphasis is placed on the biological, personality, social, and vocational changes that characterize the adult years. While exploring the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial realms overall, the course will consider such specific phenomena as adulthood's developmental tasks, gender roles, marriage and parenthood, the career cycle, issues in gerontology, and death as the final stage of the life cycle. NOTE: Offered as HD211 and PY211. Students may not receive credit for both HD211 and PY211.
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3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: Must be a Human Development major and have earned a minimum of 45 credits or have permission of the Department Chair and/or Instructor HD220 is an overview of career fields related to Human Development and Family Studies. Career inventories and research generate individual career paths. Professionals in the fields of counseling, elementary education, school psychology, and social work offer students a realistic assessment of the personal characteristics and education required for their respective fields. Visits to human service agencies afford firsthand experience. Throughout the course, students develop tools for success, including a resume and interviewing techniques.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: HD108, PY105 This course offers the student an opportunity to study the extent to which thinking and action can be applied to ethical and moral situations. The course will provide an in-depth examination of ethics and morality, including historical, philosophical, religious, legal, sociological, multicultural, psychological and human developmental perspectives. A particular emphasis is placed on the identification and application of moral thinking skills designed to better understand and perhaps resolve ethical issues at the personal, interpersonal and professional levels.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Pre-Practicum Component: 20-25 hours Prerequisites: HD/PY108 or HD/PY209 This course is an examination of development form birth through the years of early childhood. The course will explore major child development theories as well as patterns of growth in such areas as physical, motor, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, aesthetic, and social development. Variations in patterns of development are also presented. Course contains a variety of field-based assignments. NOTE: Offered as HD310 and PY310. Students may not receive credit for both HD310 and PY310.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: PY105 This course will focus on quantitative descriptive and referential statistics, including graphic measures, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and variability, correlation, probability estimations, linear regressions, analysis of variance, non parametric statistics and confidence intervals. The course will provide a basic understanding of statistical analysis within the context of applied behavioral science examples with exposure to current technology. NOTE: Offered as HD330 and PY330. Students may not receive credit for both HD330 and PY330.
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3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105, PY108, and HD330, C- or better in HD330 An introduction to the methodologies used to evaluate human development research. Guidelines for the assessment, interpretation, and utilization of research studies are presented. Emphasis is placed on data collection techniques, fundamental quantitative and qualitative research techniques, statistical methodology, methods of scientific inquiry, computer programming, and the design and execution of research investigations. Research theory is combined with practical and applied exercises in research methods.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: HD108, HD220, and junior status An overview of community programs designed for individuals and families of all ages. Attention is focused on those historical, social, economic, and political forces shaping current community programming models. Issues of scope, function, legitimacy, accountability, and service effectiveness are explored. Students are exposed to a variety of community programming settings related to individual and family services. Lecture material and reading assignments are integrated with classroom guest speakers and guided tours and observations of centers and facilities.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: HD108 An in-depth examination of the family as a social institution and how it shapes the course of human development. The student is exposed to models and systems of family development, the multifaceted dynamics of intrafamily relationships, and interactions of the family with various elements of the sociocultural environment. Attention is also focused on family interaction processes, including communication processes, power relationships, open and closed family systems, parent-child relationships, and conf lict resolution processes.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Prerequisites: HD220, HD335 and junior status or permission of the instructor A practical and extensive fieldwork experience in the area of human development and family studies, such as in an agency, institution, or educational setting. The fieldwork experience is under the direction of a faculty member of the Human Development and Family Studies Program in conjunction with an on-site field supervisor. Students must be available 8-10 hours per week, including scheduled seminar meetings with the faculty member and other participating fieldwork students. The purpose is to integrate human development and family studies theory with practical applications. Weekly journals and an extensive final report must be submitted for assessment in addition to a separate evaluation submitted by the field supervisor. NOTE: Offered as HD340 and PY340. Students may not receive credit for both HD340 and PY340.
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