Analyzes the five areas of development: physical, linguistic, cognitive, psychological and moral, for children from infancy through adolescence, through readings, lectures, class activities, and student projects. Students will learn about the history of child development theory and research, including classic debates such as nature versus nurture, stage versus continuous development and the balanced view. Major theorists and current research also will be reviewed as students learn key issues and concepts in each of the five areas as well as their influence and dependence on each other. Students will connect theories of development to their own class projects. [ 3 credits ]