Child Development (CDV)

Overview of physical, cognitive, social and emotional development from conception through the end of adolescence; theoretical advances in child development; individual and contextual contribution to developmental processes.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CDV 150 or CDV 325. Examines the historical approaches and theoretical principles of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood learning environments, curriculum development, and teaching. Emphasis is placed on how play, adult-child interactions, and family-school relationships support children¿s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and language development. Introduces the roles and responsibilities of an early childhood educator, including the reflective curriculum cycle.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Live Scan and current negative TB documentation. CDV 180. Development from conception through 2 years; changes through prenatal period; birth; development of attachment; infant care issues. 3 hours of lecture, 1 unit of observation in infant-care settings.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite(s): CDV 220. Students will learn and begin to create developmentally appropriate curriculum and teaching practices for children ages 2 to 6 years across developmental domains and content areas. Connections between curriculum, curriculum design, and children's physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and language development are examined.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite(s): CDV 240. This course introduces the observation and assessment strategies and tools used to document development and learning in early childhood. Ethical issues, strengths, weakness and appropriate use of these methods will be discussed.

Offered Fall, Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 150 is required. Contemporary topics of interest in Child Development.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites:CDV 150 and MAT 131 or MAT 132 or PSY 230 are required. Junior Standing is recommended. Various methods used to study children; quantitative and qualitative data; measurement issues; basic data analytic techniques. 3 hours lecture, 1 hour lab. A grade of C or better in this course fulfills the GWAR requirement for Child Development majors.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 150 is required. Provides an overview of physical, cognitive, social and emotional development from conception through 6 years.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 150 is required. Physical, cognitive, social and emotional development from 6 to 12 years. Emphasis on home, school, and community contexts and their interconnections; developmental analysis related to contemporary issues in areas of health and education.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 180 and CDV 240 are required. Observation and assessment methods in early childhood and their significance in guiding development and designing programs for children birth through 8 years.

Offered Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 180, CDV 240 and CDV 325 are required. Provides students with the methods and principles of supervising teachers, volunteers, student teachers, staff and other adults in early childhood education settings. An emphasis is placed on the development and role of early childhood professionals as mentors and leaders.

Offered Fall

Prerequisite: CDV 150 is required. Physical, cognitive, social and emotional development from 12 to 20 years, focusing on developmentally unique changes at individual, interpersonal and social levels.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CDV 150. The development of the individual identity along multiple dimensions of age, gender and abilities in the contexts of class, culture, and ethnicity. Issues of hierarchies, the development of prejudice and discrimination at individual and institutional levels.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 320, CDV 325, and CDV 360. Co-Requisite: CDV 330. The development and key tasks of the parenting role are examined, focusing on the influences of family systems and diverse contexts. Evidence-based parent education approaches and child guidance strategies that promote healthy child outcomes across diverse caregiving roles and settings are discussed.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Jumpstart Corp member and department consent. Examines early language, literacy, and multi-lingual development with an emphasis on environmental factors. Provides techniques for engaging children in language and literacy activities and opportunities for students to evaluate and reflect on their civic engagement. Course open to Jumpstart Corps members only. Department consent required.

Offered Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330 and CDV 360. Study of social and emotional development from birth through adolescence; development of the self; temperament and emotion; attachment, peer, parent-child, and early romantic relationships; interpersonal skills and moral development.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: CDV 320, CDV 325, and CDV 360. Co-Requisite: CDV 330. Childhood stress is examined within a risk and resilience framework. Concepts and theories explaining developmental risk and the protective factors and intervention strategies that promote adaptive coping and adjustment in various contexts will be discussed.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite:CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330, CDV 360, CDV 380 are required. Enduring issues related to children's development that have led to policy decisions; process of policy making; current issues that require policy decisions; evaluating the impact of policy on children and families.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330 and CDV 360 are required. The process of immigration as an influential factor in development; changing ecologies and adaptation demands on individuals and families; informal and formal support structures.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 320, CDV 325 and CDV 330 and CDV 360 are required. Examines family structure, love, mate selection, marital communication, divorce, remarriage, gender roles, and domestic violence across diverse contexts with a special focus on the factors that enhance healthy family relationships and children's development.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330, and CDV 360 Theoretical and empirical overview of cognitive and language development from birth through the end of adolescence; second language acquisition; interconnections between cognitive development, language development and schooling.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330, and CDV 360 Poverty as a unique context of development; developmental processes and child outcomes in poverty; family interactions and generation of coping mechanisms in the context of poverty; special needs of poor children

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CDV 320, CDV 325, CDV 330, CDV 360. Introduction to key concepts, developmental theories, empirical research, and evidence-based practices related to children and adolescents with developmental disorders and disabilities. Utilizes a developmental science approach to understanding the child and family within community and cultural contexts.

Required Prerequisites: CDV 220, CDV 240, CDV 260, CDV 325. Recommended Prerequisites: CDV 462. Plan and implement curriculum activities with developmentally appropriate goals and methods based on observations of children. Practice and demonstrate skills expected of a beginning preschool teacher in California.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites:CDV 363, CDV 366 and CDV 380 are required. Integration of knowledge about theories, empirical findings and practice in Child Development; emphasis on writing and presentation skills.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): CDV 320, CDV 363, CDV 366, CDV 380. Provides students an opportunity to integrate knowledge about theories, empirical findings and research practices in child development. Students learn and apply research methods. An emphasis is placed on writing and presenting research reports for academic or non-academic audiences.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Investigation of a single topic, chosen in consultation with a faculty member, culminating in a paper, presentation, or project. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Upper division standing. Contemporary topics of interest in Child Development. Repeatable course.

Offered As needed

Pre-requisite: CDV 363, CDV 366 and CDV 380 are required. Must take Seminar and Supervision. Faculty supervised experience in any approved Child Development setting. Weekly seminar designed to facilitate the integration of Child Development knowledge and theory with students' fieldwork experience. students will examine and integrate personal and professional goals and values to gain an understanding of the self in a professional role. Each seminar provides an opportunity to share field experiences and problem solve.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: CDV 320 and consent of instructor are required. Project selected in consultation with a faculty supervisor and a plan made to implement the project; meetings held regularly. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.

Offered Fall, Spring