PSYC 3480
Adolescence: Theory and Development
Course Description
Pre-Requisite(s):
PSYC 2700 or 6 hours in Psychology
Course focus: 1) Background and theories of adolescence, 2) contributions to adolescence from: puberty, intellectual growth, and identify formation, 3) contexts of adolescence: the family situation, peer groups, school, and culture, 4) special topics of adolescence; religious, moral, and sexual development, sex roles, career planning (and achievement), disorders (drugs, delinquency, depression, suicide, etc.).
