Life-Span Development
Life-Span Development provides a general survey of human growth and development theory and science from biological, cognitive, and social perspectives. Each stage of the human life-cycle is considered against each lens and will provide students an important framework for which to consider their own and other’s development from birth and infancy to adulthood and ultimately, death.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Identify prenatal and infant development
Describe physical development across the lifespan
Describe cognitive development across the lifespan
Describe socioemotional development across the lifespan
Explain death and dying and attitudes about death