HD 6650

Poverty, Children and the Environment

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This seminar examines how the physical and social contexts of disadvantage shape child development. We investigate how childhood disadvantage influences biology and health as well as cognitive and socioemotional development through the settings disadvantage children grow up in.

Prerequisites/Corequisites One research methodology course and one statistical course.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Outcomes

• In depth knowledge of poverty and child development.
• Write a grant proposal.
• Lead in class discussion.

When Offered Spring.

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