The relationship between diet and health, the role of nutrition in reducing individual health risk, and contemporary issues in nutrition will be discussed. Family Wellness Description Investigates the physical, mental, and social aspects of wellness, focusing on the interaction of these with the individual, family and community. Infant Development Description Growth and development from conception through the third year of life, empahsizing how children learn. Includes physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Students interact with and observe infants and toddlers in a laboratory setting.
Students implement developmental exercises and activities.
Open to all students. Child Development Description Emphasizes the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of preschool children. Includes participation, observation, and completion of assignments in a laboratory setting utilizing developmentally appropriate practices. The dynamics of marital relationships and the changes influencing marriages today. Emphasizes preparing for marriage, love and intimacy, dating and mate selection, marital communication skills, sexual adjustment, choosing parenthood, marriage dissolution, and marital growth.