Child Adolescent and Adult Development Across the Lifespan

People and Society
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Child Adolescent and Adult Development Across the Lifespan

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  • Academic Plan
    PS_0017
  • Cognate
    People and Society
  • Responsible Academic Unit
    Contact Info
    • Name: Yanerys Leon
    • Email: leony@miami.edu
    • Phone: Please contact by email
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  • Recommended for
    All students.
  • Required Courses
    Students must complete at least 3 courses for at least 9 credits.
  • Number of Groups: 3

Cognate Categories

Description

This cognate may begin with a survey of modern scientific psychology. Topics include learning, memory, perception, cognition,personality, intelligence, motivation, emotion, abnormal psychology, development, and therapy. For this cognate every student must take a course in child and adolescent development that surveys significant aspects of growth and development throughout the lifespan with emphasis on childhood and adolescence. Seven higher level courses focus on various developmental issues including thinking and learning in children, social and emotional development, adulthood and aging, language development, infancy, abnormal development and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Option Groups

Complete 2 of the following option groups:

  • Introduction

    Complete exactly 1 course from the following:

    Course Name Credits (Min/Max) Typically Offered
    PSY 110 Introduction to Psychology 3/3 Fall, Spring, & Summer
  • Basic Child and Adolescent Dev

    Complete exactly 1 courses from the following:

    Course Name Credits (Min/Max) Typically Offered
    PSY 230 Child and Adolescent Development
    Prerequisite: C- or higher in PSY 110
    		 3/3 Fall, Spring, & Summer
  • Advanced Development

    Complete at least 1 course from the following:

    Course Name Credits (Min/Max) Typically Offered
    PSY 330 Psychology of Language Development
    Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA and 15 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292 and 3 additional credits of a PSY 200 level class or any NEU class
    		 3/3 By Announcement
    PSY 331 Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
    Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA and 15 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292 and 3 additional credits of a PSY 200 level class or any NEU class
    		 3/3 By Announcement
    PSY 345 Child Psychopathology
    Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA and 15 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230 or PSY 240, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292 and 3 additional credits of a PSY 200 level class, or any NEU class, or MED 551
    		 3/3 Fall & Spring
    PSY 355 Psychology of Thinking and Learning in Children
    Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA and 15 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292 and 3 additional credits of a PSY 200 level class or any NEU class
    		 3/3 By Announcement
    PSY 356 Psychology of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
    Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA and 15 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292 and 3 additional credits of a PSY 200 level class or any NEU class
    		 3/3 By Announcement
    PSY 430 Psychology of Infancy
    Pre-Requisite: 2.5 GPA and 21 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292, 6 additional credits of PSY 200 level classes and 3 additional credits in any 300 level class
    		 3/3 By Announcement
    PSY 431 Psychology of Social and Emotional Development
    Pre-Requisite: 2.5 GPA and 21 credits in PSY including PSY 110, PSY 230, PSY 290, and PSY 291 or 292, 6 additional credits of PSY 200 level classes and 3 additional credits in any 300 level class
    		 3/3 Fall
*Indicates an inactive course

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