Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology - GCAP 642
Human Development
Overview
GCAP 642: Human Development is a graduate level study of lifespan human development. It has been designed to assist students of counselling in critically examining the classic and contemporary theories of human development. The course will include a survey of the research literature on human development across the lifespan and an examination of one's developmental history. It will focus upon the issues and debates that have prompted humans to theorize about their development and that continue to be so controversial that they are the impetus both for many difficult professional decisions about human development and much of the contemporary research on this subject. The course will also include ongoing consideration of the implications of human development theory, issues, and research for counselling practice.
- Method of Delivery: Paced study; Online
- Credit Weight / Area of Study: 3 credits - Graduate Studies
- Prerequisite: None
Outline
- Lesson 1: Organizing Themes of Human Development
- Lesson 2: Neural and Cognitive Development in the Early Years
- Lesson 3: Emotional Development in the Early Years
- Lesson 4: The Emerging Self and Socialization in the Early Years
- Lesson 5: Realms of Cognition in Middle Childhood
- Lesson 6: Self-Concept and Moral Development: Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence
- Lesson 7: Gender and Peer Relationships: Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
- Lesson 8: Physical, Cognitive, and Identity Development in Adolescence
- Lesson 9: The Social World of Adolescence
- Lesson 10: Physical and Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood
- Lesson 11: Socioemotional and Vocational Development in Young Adulthood
- Lesson 12: Middle Adulthood: Cognitive, Personality, and Social Development
- Lesson 13: Gains and Losses in Late Adulthood
Evaluation
To receive credit for GCAP 642, students must submit all if the course assignments. The passing grade for the course is 70%. The assessment structure for GCAP 642: Human Development is based on the following course activities, with the percentage weighting of each activity as indicated. Your final grade for the course will be based on your performance in these course activities.
Course Activity Weight Participation in Online Discussions 30% Assignment 1: Controversial Issues in Human Development 30% Assignment 2: Integrative Term Paper 40% Total 100%
Academic Accommodation Policy
Students with a disability, who require academic accommodation, need to register with the Access to Students with Disabilities Centre at Athabasca University. Notification of the need for academic accommodation must normally be provided to the program office no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the first day of class. It is the student's responsibility to register with the Disability Centre to request academic accommodation if required and to notify the instructor that such accommodation has been requested. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate individual student needs. However, because GCAP courses are paced, all student are required to participate weekly in the online discussion forums. There are also several courses where online exams are required.
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