This is a 1-credit continuing seminar for all developmental students and other students interested in development. The seminar, offered each semester, provides a forum for student and student-faculty discussions on professional issues and for student and faculty presentation of their research. Typically, once a year or once every two years each faculty member teaches a specialized seminar in his or her area of expertise. In recent years, these topics have included the psychology of aging, factor analytic techniques, intelligence across the life span, social cognition, language development, use of microcomputers in psychological research, gender concepts, and social approaches to cognitive development. In addition to these required courses, students are heavily encouraged to take additional courses in statistics and computers.
All students learn how to use statistical package programs.
Students develop a flexible, individualized program of study that includes additional courses geared to their particular interests. A current student, for instance, interested in language disorders has taken a series of courses on language and communication problems in the Department of Communication Disorders. Several students in the last three years have received, or are in the process of earning, a Certificate in Gerontology awarded by the Center for Gerontological Studies. Requirements for this certificate include a set of courses in gerontology offered in various departments and colleges in the university and a research project on gerontology. Research training outside of coursework .