CHILDHOOD AND THE FAMILY: PRENATAL THROUGH PRE-ADOLESCENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe change in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development from conception through middle childhood, particularly in the family context. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify biological, psychological, and social mechanisms related to developmental change. Audience: Graduate 3. Discuss how biological, psychological, and social mechanisms interact in a dynamic and reciprocal fashion to shape early human development. Audience: Graduate 4. Think critically about human development research, including how research methods, content, findings, and theories impact understanding of early human development and relate to contexts. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply knowledge of early human development to identify policy and intervention pathways for promoting optimal health and well-being from conception through middle childhood. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe change in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development from conception through middle childhood, particularly in the family context. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify biological, psychological, and social mechanisms related to developmental change. Audience: Graduate 3. Discuss how biological, psychological, and social mechanisms interact in a dynamic and reciprocal fashion to shape early human development. Audience: Graduate 4. Think critically about human development research, including how research methods, content, findings, and theories impact understanding of early human development and relate to contexts. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply knowledge of early human development to identify policy and intervention pathways for promoting optimal health and well-being from conception through middle childhood. Audience: Graduate