DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG CHILD

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe physical, cognitive, and social development from conception through middle childhood. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the ways in which biological processes lead to similarities and differences in physical, cognitive, and social development. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the ways in which environmental factors lead to similarities and differences in physical, cognitive, and social development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how child development research is conducted Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply developmental science to improve the lives of children. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe physical, cognitive, and social development from conception through middle childhood. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the ways in which biological processes lead to similarities and differences in physical, cognitive, and social development. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the ways in which environmental factors lead to similarities and differences in physical, cognitive, and social development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how child development research is conducted Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply developmental science to improve the lives of children. Audience: Undergraduate