CPSY1904
CPSY 1904 - International and Cross-cultural Studies of Childhood (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Freshman Seminar
Institute of Child Development (11219)
TCED - College of Education and Human Development
CPSY 1904 - International and Cross-cultural Studies of Childhood (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Freshman Seminar
Course description
Through reading, discussion, and written reflection, the course seeks to help students examine what it means to develop as a human being, to think about the practical and ethical issues humans face in guiding children?s development, and to learn how these issues are resolved in different communities around the world. The course seeks to develop an appreciation of the variety of human childhoods, and how the changes that humans themselves make in their economic and political structures, can affect this at both familial and societal levels. This course seeks to introduce students to the very wide variety of experiences that comprise human childhood across a wide variety of geographical, economic, and cultural circumstances. Students will learn about the basic paths and purposes of childhood in human societies ranging from modern European societies, traditional African and South Asian, Japanese and Indonesian societies, through technologically primitive societies in New Guinea. Students will develop a strong sense of the roles that historical societies played in the development of our contemporary understanding of human childhood.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
A-F - A-F Grade Basis
Lecture
Requirements
001475
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Global Perspectives
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall