MONT 540 - Child Development

This course studies the development of the child from utero through infancy, early and middlechildhood, and its influence on adolescence and emerging adulthood. Each developmental time period will examine major cognitive, physiological, emotional, and social changes that occur. The course examines how factors within the child, family, and broader society shape the process of development. Through classroom and reflective field and personal experiences students will acquire knowledge of developmental changes in children and adolescents, analyze developmental theories, examine developmental processes, interpret developmental research, and apply this knowledge to their work with children.

(Cr: 3