This course studies the etiology, diagnosis, characteristics, prognosis, and treatment of children with social, emotional, and intellectual special needs. This course studies the principles and theories of learning with emphasis on their relevance to human development and educational practice. This course is a survey of principles and theories showing the ways that group living influences the individual. Topics include attitude change, prejudice, leadership, altruism, love, and environmental psychology. This course is an introduction to the discipline of sociology and the key concepts it uses to understand the social nature of man.
Emphasis is placed on culture, socialization, group behavior, and social inequality.
This course is an analysis of the difficulties encountered in American society by both racial and cultural minorities and conditions contributing to this social disorganization. This course is an in-depth study based on the assumption that any human situation can be most fully understood by taking into account the physical, psychological, and cultural forces affecting it. Provides the student with the opportunity of integrating knowledge from courses in biology, psychology, and sociology. The first semester covers the prenatal period through the school age child. The second semester covers adolescence through the aging years and death.