HD 4520

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HD 4520
Culture and Human Development

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the central role of culture in human development. It draws on diverse theoretical perspectives, including psychology, anthropology, education, ethnography, and linguistics, to understand human difference, experience, and complexity. Empirical reflections are taken upon major developmental topics such as cultural aspects of physical growth and development; culture and cognition; culture and language; culture, self, and personality; cultural construction of emotion; culture issues of sex and gender; and cultural differences in pathology.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: HD 1150 or HD 1170 or PSYCH 1101.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 20 students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4520

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16789 HD 4520   SEM 101

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