Cph 3610 Human Development In A Global Perspective

CPH 3610: Human Development in a Global Perspective

Course Description:

This course provides a comparative analysis of the life course and stages from infancy through adolescence and adulthood, to old age and death. Various developmental processes are addressed, including socio-emotional, cognitive, and physical. Various perspectives are explored from the social sciences including an analysis of rituals and rites of passage and roles at various life states, to the biological where students study predictors of menarche, fertility, brain development as well as stages of physical and mental decline. Particular emphasis on cross-cultural differences in human development is explored throughout the course.

Required Textbook and Materials:

The main required textbooks for this course are listed below and can be readily accessed using the provided links. There may be additional required/recommended readings, supplemental materials, or other resources and websites necessary for lessons; these will be provided for you in the course’s General Information and Forums area, and throughout the term via the weekly course Unit areas and the Learning Guides.

This course does not contain a main textbook; resources to all required reading will be provided in the course Learning Guide for each week.
Some of the materials for this course can be found in this archive.

Software Requirements/Installation:

No special requirements.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Identify and describe the underpinnings of highlighted theories in Human Development and the Life Course
2. Integrate and analyze human development against health behavior outcomes
3. Integrate and analyze human development across the life course and cultural contexts

Course Schedule and Topics:

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week. The Final Exam will take place during Week/Unit 9 .

Week 1: Unit 1- Theories of Human Development & The Life-course

Week 2: Unit 2- Birth & Infancy

Week 3: Unit 3- Childhood

Week 4: Unit 4- Adolescence

Week 5: Unit 5- Emerging Adulthood & Adulthood

Week 6: Unit 6- Family formation & Mid-life

Week 7: Unit 7- Aging & Late Life

Week 8: Unit 8- Death, Dying, and Mourning

Week 9: Unit 9- Final Exam