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Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-10-06
by Jeri Mullin
(mullinjl@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-10-06
by Jeri Mullin
(mullinjl@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Campus Assembly > Catalog > PeopleSoft Manual Entry

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1079 - Fall 2007

Course:

PSY 2411

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDSS - Division of Social Sciences

Department:

249 - UMM-Soc Sciences, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Introduction to Lifespan

Course Title Long:

Introduction to Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

An introduction to theory, data, and research approaches in development from the prenatal period through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging until the cessation of life. Includes physical, perceptual, cognitive, language, moral, personality, socio-emotional, family, and career development and changes over time, as well as issues of death, dying, and bereavement. Includes a multicultural focus. Students who intend a deeper focus in developmental psychology should consider 3401-3402-3403, an upper-division alternative to this course.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

counts as elective cr for the Psy major or minor, and psy elective for the LAHS major

Grading Basis:

Stdnt Opt

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Every academic year

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

LEC (with final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

LEC

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

1051

Course
Equivalency:

01264 - Psy 3401/Psy 3402/Psy 3403

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

1051

Editor Comments:

Edited for PSoft 10.10.06 jlm. Edited for catalog 10.13.06 NEH.

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

GOALS:
1. That students will gain basic knowledge of the science of developmental psychology across the lifespan from the prenatal period until the end of life, as well as the processes of human development. In addition, we will consider liberal-arts questions that arise from the study of lifespan developmental psychology.
2. That students will understand how knowledge is acquired through scientific inquiry within the field of lifespan developmental psychology, and, consequently, be better evaluators of information both generally and with respect to developmental psychology.
3. That students will deepen their interest in lifespan developmental psychology and increase their motivation to learn more about the area.
4. That students will prepare for careers and other roles that relate to people at all ages across the lifespan, as well as its ending.
5. That students will prepare for independent, lifelong learning about issues that relate to lifespan developmental psychology.
6. That students will partner with me to create an inclusive classroom where mutual respect will flourish.

ASSESSMENT:
Examinations, discussions, and short papers, Web pages, or projects

Assessment
and Goals:

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

MY PSYCHOLOGY COLLEAGUES AND THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE BELIEVE THAT AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE UPPER-DIVISION DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY SEQUENCE WILL SERVE THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND MINOR STUDENTS WHO WANT A LIFESPAN-WIDE COVERAGE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, BUT WITHOUT THE DEPTH. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO SERVE ANY PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS WHO NEED A COURSE IN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, AND WHO WOULD BE SERVED BY ONLY HAVING TO TAKE ONE COURSE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT, INSTEAD OF TWO OR THREE.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Katherine Benson

Requirement
this course fulfills:

SS - SS Human Behavior, Social Processes and Institutions

Provisional
Approval:

Not Requested

Regular
Approval:

Requested on Sep 11, 2006

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