Human development from infancy through adolescence will be examined.  This survey will include cognitive, physical, emotional, social and cultural factors related to development.

This course provides a survey of modern views of abnormal or maladaptive
behavior and explores definition and general causal factors. Special study is
given to the major syndromes and patterns of the behavior disorders including a brief view of methods of diagnosis and treatment.

A study of the phenomenon of chemical dependency with discussion of
diagnosis, treatment and different intervention approaches; various classes of drugs; their effects on mood, behavior, consciousness, and relationships; their use and abuse.

A systematic analysis of some of the significant social problems of our world today, emphasizing the contributions which social science can make toward the control of these problems.

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