Description of Courses

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HuD 406 Processes Of Human Development (3) Study of developmental processes and their conceptualization in laboratory and field settings. 

HuD 410 Socio-Cultural Dynamics Of Human Development (3) Understanding of the social and environmental influences on human development. 

HuD 411 Child Growth And Development (3) The period of development from conception to adolescence, research methods and findings. 

HuD 412 Cross-Cultural Patterns In Child Rearing (3) The process of the acculturation of the child considered cross-culturally. 

HuD 413 Child Welfare (3) Trends in public policy regarding programs for the protection of the child in American society. 

HuD 415 The Exceptional Child (3) Characteristics of children who deviate physically, mentally, socially or psychologically from normal children. Methods of identification and the development of remediation programs. 

HuD 425 Adult Development (3) Normative life crises and transition in adulthood: affective, cognitive, cultural, economic, interpersonal, physiological, social, spiritual and vocational aspects. 

HuD 499 Special Topics In Human Development (3-6) Directed individual study of some particular topic of interest.

Phil 305 Contemporary Ethics (3) Examination of the systems by which moral decisions are made and the criteria of value and evaluation which they presuppose. 

Phil 320 Aesthetics (3) The nature and aims of art and of the aesthetic experience, criteria of judgment and standards of criticism in the various genre of art; literary, visual, auditory and performance. 

Phil 410 Philosophy Of Religion (3) Study of the nature of religion and religious experience, its varieties and the metaphysical, epistemological and ethical problems involved in examining their meaning in life. 

Phil 450 Oriental Philosophy (3) In depth study of the major philosophical systems of India, China Japan, and Southeast Asia including various schools of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. 

Phil 460 Political Philosophy (3) Study of theories of the state, authority and the individual, law, natural rights and the nature of justice. 

Phil 500 Eastern Philosophies Of Religion (3) Study of the nature of Eastern religions and experience, it's varieties, and the metaphysical epistemological and ethical problems involved in examining their meaning. 

Phil 515 Language And Logic (3) Selected topics in semantics, semiotic, formal logic and scientific method are examined in relation to contemporary theories of meaning and truth. 

Graduate

HuD 515 Sociological Approaches To Human Development (3) Advanced theories of the dynamics of social and cultural influences on development. 

HuD 525 Creative Visualization (3) Understanding of the ways in which current theories of visualization can be applied to the dynamics of human development. 

HuD 601 Nutrition And Human Development (3) Study of how all phases of human development are affected by nutritional factors. 

HuD 610 Movement And Health (3) Theories of the importance of various forms of exercise and movement and their effect on the emotions, physical energies and mental processes. 

HuD 699 Dissertation Research (3-12)

Phil 520 Contemporary Philosophy (3) Main trends of 20th Century philosophy: pragmatism, analytic philosophy, positivism, existentialism and phenomenalism.

Phil 530 Selected Topics In The History Of Philosophy (3) Intensive study of the lives, works and influence of selected philosophers or of the nature and influence of selected schools or periods in the history of philosophy. 

Phil 570 Philosophy And The Cosmos (3) An in-depth examination of the major world views which have characterized the human experience, their epistemological assumptions and their historical impact on religion, politics, morals and the arts.