Course Code
PSYC 2000
Academic Year
2016-2017
This course is designed to introduce Bachelor of Nursing students to theory, methodology and research
findings in the field of life-span developmental psychology. Organized topically, it will examine
developmental changes from conception to death by focusing on biological, cognitive and socioemotional
processes. Students will learn about the development of intelligence, language, self, identity, personality,
gender and morality across the human life span. Moreover, they will examine the social contexts of
development including family relations, peer groups and friendship. The course will end with an
examination of death and grieving. Students who have taken PSYC 402 Lifespan Development cannot take
this course.