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HDFS 815. Physical and Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan. 3 Credits.

Critical examination of physical and cognitive change in human development across the lifespan, including major theories and key research in the area. Emphasis will be on the interplay of genetic/physical and contextual factors on development. Restrictions: HDFS doctoral student or Instructor Permission.

Developmental Science

http://catalog.ndsu.edu/programs-study/graduate/developmental-science/

Developmental Science is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of behavioral, psychological, and social aspects of human development that draws from fields including Human Development and Family Science and Developmental Psychology. Developmental Science entails the study of human development across the lifespan, integrating the biological, cognitive, and socioemotional underpinnings of development, and incorporating the familial, social, institutional, and cultural contexts in which development occurs.