Download PSY 447, Psychology of Adolescence

Course Prefix and Number: PSY 447, Psychology of Adolescence
Learner Outcomes
Understand adolescent development,
relationships, and culture in a social/ethic
context along with the revolutionary
changes in society and how they affect the
lives of adolescents
Understand and articulate the sexual,
physical, intellectual and body image
changes that adolescents undergo
Understand and critically discuss the
changes that adolescents undergo
concerning self-concept, identity, ethnicity,
and gender
Understand and critically evaluate the
social development of adolescents
including adolescent society, culture,
relationships, morality, values, beliefs and
behavior
Articulate and evaluate the changing world
of adolescents and their families
Recognize and evaluate the educational
and vocational developments and choices
that are available to adolescents today
Evaluate and articulate the psychosocial
problems of adolescents including
alienation, substance abuse, addiction, and
dependency
Develop an appreciation for the varied and
extensive sources of information/research
that encompass topics that adolescent
psychologists explore
Understand and assess the various
techniques and tools that are available to
adolescent psychologists within each of the
venues they may be working
Learn about and critically evaluate the
development of moral judgment, character,
values, beliefs, and behavior of adolescents
Assessment options
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers
Class participation, essay examinations,
and critical analysis papers