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Human Development

The major in Human Development has been discontinued. Students currently working toward the B.A. degree in Human Development (as well as readmitted students and transfer students accepted before Fall 2004) will be allowed to complete the degree requirements but must graduate by Summer 2006. For a listing of degree requirements consult the 2001-2002 UCR General Catalog.

UPPER-DIVISION COURSES

HMDV 106. Practicum in Child Development (4) Lecture, 3 hours; practicum, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Introduction to sociocultural perspectives of child development. Topics include sociocultural theories of development, motivational aspects of learning, technology in education, and school-home linkages. Application of child development theories and research related to them takes place during fieldwork assignments in after-school, computer-based programs for elementary and middle school students. Cross-listed with EDUC 106 and PSYC 106.

HMDV 116. The Exceptional Child (4) Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Characteristics of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, emotional disturbance, visual impairments, deaf, or gifted. Emphasizes educational programs and considers the effects of gender, socioeconomic, ethnic, and linguistic factors. Cross-listed with EDUC 116.

HMDV 117. Mental Retardation (4) Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. The organic and cultural basis of mental retardation. Physical, psychological, emotional, and social development of persons with mental retardation. Covers mild and severe forms of mental retardation. Does not meet requirements for the education specialist credentials. Cross-listed with EDUC 117.

HMDV 120. Guidance in Special Education (4) Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 116/HMDV 116 or consent of instructor. Application of principles and techniques of counseling children with disabilities and their families or guardians. Emphasizes the role of the teacher in educational, personal, and vocational (transition) guidance for exceptional children. Includes materials for working with families from diverse cultural and linguistics backgrounds. Cross-listed with EDUC 120.

HMDV 129. Educational Assessment of Individuals with Disabilities (4) Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 116/HMDV 116 or consent of instructor. Principles and techniques of assessment and educational planning for children with disabilities. Includes examination of a broad range of assessment tools for general and special education. Cross-listed with EDUC 129.

HMDV 130. Mild and Moderate Disabilities (4) Lecture, 3 hours; written outside work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 116/HMDV 116 or consent of instructor. Explores characteristics, etiology, and identification of individuals with mild and moderate disabilities, history and laws influencing their treatment and education, and current education and transition issues. Includes mild and moderate retardation, learning disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders. Cross-listed with EDUC 130.

HMDV 131. Moderate and Severe Disabilities (4) Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 116/HMDV 116 or consent of instructor. Explores characteristics, etiology, and identification of individuals with moderate and severe disabilities, history and laws influencing their treatment and education, and current education and transition issues. Includes mental retardation, serious emotional disturbance, and autism. Cross-listed with EDUC 131.

HMDV 135. Psycholinguistics (4) Lecture, 3 hours; reading (extra), 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): a grade of "C-" or better in the following courses or consent of instructor: PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012. Introduction to psycholinguistics emphasizing the psychological implications of linguistic theory, including the effect of syntactic structure on the comprehension, production, and retention of speech; the course of language acquisition; and models of the adult language user. Cross-listed with PSYC 135.

HMDV 150. Human Micro-evolution (4) Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 002 or ANTH 002H; relevant preparation in the life sciences; or consent of instructor. The methods of classical and population genetics applied to the understanding of evolution and variation in contemporary human populations. Cross-listed with ANTH 150.

HMDV 160. Sociology of Education (4) Lecture, 3 hours; reading (extra), 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Comparative analysis of educational institutions in complex societies and their relationship to the society's political and economic structure with an examination of the school as a societal subsystem consisting of teacher, student, and administrator roles and its own evolving subculture. Cross-listed with SOC 160.

HMDV 160A. Development in Infancy and Childhood (4) Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. An overview of the developmental process from the prenatal period to late childhood. Covers physical growth as well as development in the motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social areas. Cross-listed with PSYC 160A.

HMDV 160B. Development in Adolescence and Adulthood (4) Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; HMDV 160A/PSYC 160A; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. An introduction to the biological, social, and cognitive processes that influence development beyond childhood. Discusses contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of stability and change in adolescence and adulthood. Topics include physical and intellectual functioning, personality, social roles and relationships, and coping and adjusting. Cross-listed with PSYC 160B.

HMDV 161. Personality Development (4) Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. Study of the development of human personality from birth through late adolescence. Emphasis is on the impact of interpersonal relationships on the acquisition of human traits, emotional reactions, and patterns of adjustment. Cross-listed with PSYC 161.

HMDV 163. Cognitive Development (4) Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. An analysis of the intellectual development of the child from birth to maturity, mechanisms of intellectual growth, and the relationship between language development and cognitive development. Cross-listed with PSYC 163.

HMDV 165. The Cultural Bases of Human Development (4) Lecture, 3 hours; reading (extra), 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. Examines the social, emotional, and intellectual aspects of human development from a cultural perspective. Covers theory, research, and methods of studying the cultural bases of psychological growth. Topics include socialization practices, parenting, social relations, language and cognition, schooling and academic achievement, acculturation, and ethnicity. Cross-listed with PSYC 165.

HMDV 166. Adolescent Development (4) Lecture, 3 hours; reading (extra), 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, PSYC 012 with grades of "C-" or better; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. Examines individual and relational development from early adolescence into young adulthood. Emphasis is on the mutual influences of family relationships and adolescent development as well as on the linkages between family, peer group, school experience, and the broader sociocultural context of development. Topics include the psychosocial impact of puberty, cognitive change, and socioemotional adjustment during adolescence. Cross-listed with PSYC 166.

HMDV 174. Socialization and Personality (4) Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or consent of instructor. An analysis of socialization from various theoretical perspectives with emphasis on the impact of patterns of child rearing on personality development. Treatment will be historical and cross-cultural, with particular attention to the relationship among family structure, social structure, and socialization processes. Cross-listed with SOC 174.

HMDV 182. Urban Problems (4) Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An interdisciplinary examination of selected urban problems such as civil disorders, transportation, housing, welfare, and planning. Cross-listed with SOC 182 and URST 182.

HMDV 193. Senior Seminar in Human Development (2) Seminar, 2 hours. The goal of the seminar is to provide those students who are in their last or next-to-last quarter a summary experience in which they are exposed to a variety of developmental topics. In consultation with the instructor, each student will prepare a project for presentation to the seminar. The project may be a significant extension of a paper prepared for a previous course or a new reading or research project developed for the seminar.