Child Development and Family Studies (B-K), A.B.Ed.
Program of Studies - Infant/Child Development Specialized Track
Job options for this track might include developmental specialists in early intervention programs for young children with disabilities, developmental evaluation centers, health care settings, and mental health or public health centers.
AFAM 102 - The Black Experience (3). An interdisciplinary course designed to provide a broad survey of the black experience in the Americas with special emphasis on post-emancipation developments.
EDUC 416 - Aesthetics Education: Arts, Culture and Learning (3). Introduction to developmental aspects of children's art and to the application of art materials and processes to teaching at the elementary and intermediate levels.
EDUC 250 - Risk and Resiliency: Challenges and Opportunities in Education (4). Explores factors that put children at risk for educational failure and interventions to increase resiliency. Service and learning experiences in educational and community agencies are integral to the course.
EXSS 159 - Fitness Management (3). This course is designed to give the student practical and theoretical knowledge in health promotion programs and services. Labs in fitness testing prescription, exercise leadership, and nutrition are included.
EXSS 211 - Adapted Physical Education (3). This course is a study of problems related to body mechanics and the needs of the physically handicapped student.
INLS 532 - Children's Literature and Related Materials (3). Survey of literature and related materials for children with emphasis on twentieth-century authors and illustrators. Highly recommended, but tough course!
LING 101 - Introduction to Language (3). A survey of the many aspects of human language, including the history of language, similarities and differences among languages, language and culture, dialects, writing systems, child language acquisition, animal "languages," and the use of computers in analyzing languages. Linguistic methods used to describe and relate languages.
LING 200 - Sound Patterns in Language (3). Prerequisite, LING 101 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the analysis and description of phonological systems. Includes some preliminary training in phonetics.
LING 203 - Language Acquisition and Development (3). Prerequisite, LING 101. Provides an introduction to first-language acquisition, focusing on the acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well as on the social context of language acquisition and issues of atypical language development.
NUTR 240 - Introduction to Human Nutrition (3). Human nutrition and relationship to health and disease processes. Presented as an integrated body of knowledge derived from several disciplines. Functions and sources of human's food. The relevance of nutrition to individual well-being, social welfare and economic development.
PSYC 230 - Cognitive Psychology (3). Topics in attention; memory; visual, auditory, and other forms of information processing; decision making; and thinking.
PSYC 225 - Sensation and Perception (3). Topics in vision, audition, and the lower senses. Receptor mechanisms, psychophysical methods, and selected perceptual phenomena will be discussed.
PSYC 222 - Learning (3). Topics in conditioning, verbal learning, memory, and problem solving.
PSYC 245 - Behavior Disorders (3). Major forms of behavior disorders in children and adults, with an emphasis on description, causation, and treatment.
PSYC 435 - Topics in Cognition (3). Examines selected topics in cognitive psychology, examining issues related to thinking, memory, consciousness, language or higher-level perception.
PSYC 507 - Autism. Prerequisites: PSYC 250 and PSYC 245. This service-learning course will study autism through coursework and through working with individuals with autism in supervised community placements. Enrollment size: 15. Topics include an historical perspective on autism, issues in classification and diagnosis, current etiological theories, assessing and understanding patterns of functioning (emphasizing social, communication, and cognitive skills), developmental and lifespan issues, family concerns, service provision, and intervention approaches. Highly recommended by students who took the class!
PSYC 467 – Development of the Black Child. Prerequisite: PSYC 250. Topics include peer and social relations, self-esteem, identity development, cognitive development, school achievement, parenting, family management and neighborhood influences.
PSYC 468 - Family as a Context for Development (3). Explores how the family influences children's development. Topics include genetics, family structure (e.g., single parents, working mothers, divorce, number of siblings); discipline; parental values and beliefs; ethnic diversity.
SPHS 530 - Introduction to Phonetics (3). A detailed study of the international phonetic alphabet with emphasis on the sound system of American English. Application of phonetics to problems of pronunciation and articulation.