ECEF 1003 Introduction to Child Growth and Development
This course is an overview of child growth and development; stages of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth from prenatal through adolescence. Other topics include historical and theoretical foundations in development and education, research methods and designs, educational testing and assessments, prenatal development and birth, parenting styles and special needs. This is a general education course not open to students with credit in Psychology 2003. This is designed to be taken as an associate degree applicable/non-transferable course in preparation for lower division eight (LD8) as designed by the Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP). See www.childdevelopment.org for more information on LD8. It also satisfies a core requirement as part of the Child Development Matrix.
Distribution
Social Sciences
Advisories
Advisory: Eligibility for English 1000 and Reading 1005 strongly recommended; 48 hours lecture