Learning Outcomes
Basic Skills – Consistent with UWGB’s General Education Learning Objectives, students will demonstrate skills in listening, speaking, writing, and use of computers, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving. Examples:
- Use APA style effectively when writing papers
- Demonstrate basic proficiency with a computer-based statistical package
- Use library facilities and computerized databases (e.g., PsychINFO) to locate pertinent information
- Present material effectively in class participation and in individual and group oral presentations
Theoretical Knowledge – Students will understand physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development across the life span and the major theoretical perspectives in the field.
- Learn to evaluate alternative approaches to promoting optimal human development
- Conceptualize the field in terms of the complexity or reciprocal biopsychosocial interactions
Research Skills – Students will possess an understanding of the scientific methods involved in research on human development.
- Have the ability to critically assess the merits of basic and applied research
- Have the ability to accurately interpret and use such research
- Understand the basic principles of research designs from the variety of relevant disciplines
- Understand the ethical issues involved in research
Application – Students will apply knowledge of human development to intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal issues.
- Participate, for example, in service learning, applied research, and/or internships
- Have the ability to apply information gained in the major toward future career and personal goals
- Engage in positive citizenship
- Be proficient in solving multidisciplinary problems
- Understand the ethical issues involved in application
Diverse Context – Students will recognize the role of context (i.e., ecological systems) in the processes of human development.
- Understand and be able to apply key components of cultural diversity (e.g., social class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation)
- Develop an understanding of the ways in which historical periods influence human development