Development Across the Life Span

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This is a graduate level survey course on the scientific discipline of human development across the life span. S PSY 503 Development Across the Life Span (3) The purpose of this course is to give graduate students, especially in the professional practice areas of psychology, such as counseling psychology, school psychology, and clinical psychology and other developed practice areas (e. g., counselor education), an overview of the study of human development across the life span. This survey of the scientific discipline of human development will cover three major areas, with a cultural emphasis: theory, methodology, and research findings. A variety of influential development theories (non exhaustive), in conjunction with classic and contemporary research, will be examined with the goal of providing a framework for comparing and contrasting various theories, concepts, and supporting research as well as understanding their use in the professional practice and research endeavors.