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Level 7
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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Prerequisites
- 20 Credits or more at Level 6 and Above in Psychology.
Educators, parents and counsellors, among others, need to be able to describe, understand, explain and predict human development, based on theories of and research into child and adolescent development.
When you complete this course you should be able to answer the three fundamental questions:
- who is this person?
- how did they get to be this way?
- how are they likely to develop from this point on?
What you will learn
When you complete this course you will be able to:
- critically evaluate theories of human development, as a means of determining how major theories aid understanding of child and adolescent development
- critically evaluate research into child and adolescent development.
- identify and explain developmental processes
- discuss how biological, psychological and environmental factors impact on child and adolescent development
- make predictions about child and adolescent development based on your own analysis of case studies and theoretical explanations.
Assessment
Assessment for this course is:
- 70% internally assessed
- 30% exam.
For more information, including and a full list of exam times see our exam information:
Exam dates and venue information
From T1 2023 this course will be 100% internally assessed.
Textbooks
There is a textbook needed for this course. Visit our textbook page for more information.
How to enrol
Before enrolling in this course you need to:
- choose the qualification you will study the course under
- check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.