Social and Emotional Development in Childhood and Adolescence

This course explores human growth and development over the lifespan, critically examining the ways in which relationships, identity, culture, cognition, and human biology interact to shape an individual. Developmental issues, beginning with attachment in infancy, social and emotional development in childhood, identity in adolescence and young adulthood, and vocational growth in young adulthood, are discussed. Students will draw on psychological, sociological, educational, literary, and artistic perspectives to scaffold their understanding of human development.