Houston Community College-Northeast
Human Growth and Development Lifespan
PSYC 2314-0015 CRN# 22385
{Saturday 1:00pm – 4:00pm
HCC Northline Mall Center Room 229}
8/27/12 – 12/16/12
Contact Information:
Instructor:
Floyd Henderson, M.A., LPC, NCC, LCDCI
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
713-480-2538
Email:
Floyd.Henderson@HCCS.edu
Course Description: A developmental psychology course designed to provide an understanding of
human behavior and characteristics from conception through death. This course includes information on
physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes throughout the lifespan. Theory, research, and
applications are covered.
Course Objective: By the end of the term, students enrolled in this course should be able to:
1. Describe development -including biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial- as an ongoing set of
processes, involving both continuity and change, by giving examples from the literature.
2. Analyze different development events from the perspective of the major theories of
development-cognitive, learning, humanistic, and psychoanalytical- and recognize those theories
when used by others to analyze events.
3. Explain how research contributes to the understanding of development and evaluate and use
research findings to investigate a topic of interest to you.
4. Recall important developmental concepts and be able to recognize and apply these concepts in
various situations.
5. Formulate relevant questions about developmental processes and events and use standardized
techniques for gathering objective answers to these questions.
Textbooks:
Berger, Kathleen S. (2010). Invitation to the Life Span. First edition, Worth Publishers, New York.
ISBN
0-7167-5466-5
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Classroom Expectations: Please arrive on time, keep conversations to a minimum, and have respect
for the opinions of others. Students are not allowed to bring their children to class. All cell phones and
pagers must be turned to a discreet mode or off. Following these rules will make the class a pleasant
experience for everyone. Repeated failure to follow the rules may result in a lower final grade.
Attendance: Classroom attendance is not graded (see the grading section below), but regular
attendance is strongly encouraged. Please notify the instructor if several classes will be missed due to an
emergency.
Exams:
This course has four (4) unit exams worth 100 points each. The exams are typically fifty
to one hundred questions constructed in a multiple-choice format. Students in this course are
responsible for knowing all of the information covered in the lectures and assigned readings. Exam
content is about 50% from the textbook and about 50% from the lecture.
Students are responsible for taking exams at the scheduled times. Make-up exams are only given to
students who can provide documentation that they missed the exam due to a serious illness or
emergency. Make-up exams are given solely at the discretion of the instructor and may be docked one
or more letter grades depending upon the instructor’s assessment of the situation. Students are
responsible for making the arrangements to take a make-up exam. All make-up exams must be
completed before final exams begin.
No make-up exams are given for missed final exams unless the student can document an emergency
situation and obtain approval from the Dean of Academic Affairs.
ADA STATEMENT:
If you have a university-accepted disability and need special accommodations,
please contact the Office of Disability Support Services at (713) 718-8146
immediately. Once you have received a letter of adjustment from the disability office,
appropriate adjustments and modifications can be considered for the class. Please
refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for additional information. If you require
reasonable accommodations because of a physical, mental, or learning
disability, please notify the instructor of this course as soon as possible and
preferably before the end of the first two weeks of class to arrange for
reasonable accommodations.
*The instructor reserves the right to modify the syllabus during the semester.
** Please keep copies of all of assignments and handouts – including this syllabus.
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HCC Course Withdrawal Policy
The State of Texas imposes penalties on students who drop courses excessively. Students are limited to
no more than SIX total course withdrawals throughout their educational career at a Texas public college
or university.
To help you avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, contact your DE professor regarding your
academic performance. You may also want to contact your DE counselor to learn about helpful HCC
resources (e.g. online tutoring, child care, financial aid, job placement, etc.).
In order to withdraw from your DE class, you MUST first contact your DE professor, PRIOR to
the withdrawal deadline to receive a “W” on your transcript. After the withdrawal deadline has
passed, you will receive the grade that you would have earned. Zeros averaged in for required
coursework not submitted will lower your semester average significantly, most likely resulting in a
failing grade of an “F”. It is the responsibility of the student to withdraw from the class; however, your
professor reserves the right to withdraw you without your request due to excessive absences. If you do
not feel comfortable contacting your professor to withdraw, you may contact a DE counselor. However,
please do not contact both a DE counselor and your DE professor to request a withdrawal; either one is
sufficient.
Classes of other duration (mini-term, flex-entry, 8-weeks, etc.) may have different final withdrawal
deadlines. Please contact the HCC Registrar’s Office at 713.718.8500 to determine mini-term class
withdrawal deadlines.
Student Services
EARLY ALERT
HCC has instituted an Early Alert process by which your professor will “alert” you through Distance
Education (DE) counselors of concerns that you might fail a class because of excessive absences and/or
poor academic performance.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
International Students are restricted to ONLY ONE online/distance education class per semester. Please
contact the International Student Office at 713-718-8520 if you have additional questions about your
visa status.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc) who
needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the appropriate HCC Disability Support
Service (DSS) Counselor at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to provide only the
accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
Students who are requesting special testing accommodations must first contact the appropriate (most
convenient) DSS office for assistance:
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Disability Support Services Offices:
System: 713.718.5165
Central: 713.718.6164 – also for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services and Students Outside of the HCC
District service areas.
Northwest: 713.718.5422
Northeast: 713.718.8420
Southeast: 713.718.7218
Southwest: 713.718.7909
After student accommodation letters have been approved by the DSS office and submitted to DE
Counseling for processing, students will receive an email confirmation informing them of the
Instructional Support Specialist assigned to their professor.
NOTICE FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF HCC SERVICE AREA
Students who live or work outside the HCC service area and cannot take paper exams at one of our HCC
testing locations MUST make arrangements for a proctor. Please see the DE Student Services
Additional Resources webpage for more information.
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM CONDUCT
As with on-campus classes, all students in HCC Distance Education courses are required to follow all
HCC Policies & Procedures, the Student Code of Conduct, the Student Handbook, and relevant sections
of the Texas Education Code when interacting and communicating in a virtual classroom with faculty
and fellow students. Students who violate these policies and guidelines will be subject to disciplinary
action that could include denial of access to course-related email, discussion groups, and chat rooms or
being removed from the class.
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Course Overview:
Part I: The Beginnings
The Science of Development: Introduction; Theories of Development; Genes and Prenatal Development
Readings:
Chapters 1 & 2
Exam I:
September 22, 2012
Parts II & III: The First Two Years and Early Childhood
The first two years: Body and brain/ Psychosocial Development; Early Childhood: Body and Mind/
Psychosocial Development
Readings:
Chapters 3, 4, 5 & 6
Exam II:
October 13, 2012
Parts IV & V: Middle Childhood & Adolescence
Middle Childhood: Body and Mind/ Psychosocial development
Adolescence: Body and Mind/Psychosocial development
Readings:
Chapters 7, 8, 9 & 10
Exam III:
November 10, 2012
Parts VI & VII: Adulthood, Late Adulthood, & Death and Dying
Emerging Adulthood: Body, Mind, and Social World
Adulthood: Body and Mind/Psychosocial development
Late Adulthood: Body and Mind/Psychosocial development; Epilogue: Death & Dying
Readings:
Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & Epilogue
Mental Health Service Usage by Students Attending an Historically Black College/University (ED497406)
Author(s): Henderson, Floyd T., II; Geyen, Dashiel; Rouce, Sandra D.; Griffith, Kimberly
Grantham; Kritsonis, William Allan
Source:
Online Submission, Lamar University Electronic Journal of Student Research, v5 Sum 2007
(Article available at: www.eric.ed.gov)
Comprehensive Final Exam: Saturday, December 8, 2012
Writing Assignment
I.
“Who Am I?”
Writing assignment. Three pages, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margin. APA style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Due Date:
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Other Important Dates:
August 31
Registration Ends: Last day to Drop/Add/Swap
September 3
Labor Day Holiday- Offices Closed
September 10
Official Date of Record
November 18
Last day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals – 4:30pm
November 21-25
Thanksgiving Holiday-Offices Closed
December 12
Last class day of Instruction for Fall Semester
December 13-19
Final exam period
Grading:
The total number of points accumulated during the term will be calculated for each
student at the end of the term. There are 500 points possible. Final letter grades will be determined by
applying the following percentage cutoffs to the total number of points accumulated. The cutoffs will be
strictly applied without rounding.
Grade:
A
B
C
D
F
Percentages:
90.0% TO 100.0%
80.0% TO 89.9%
70.0% TO 79.9%
60.0% TO 69.9%
Less than 60%
Total Points:
450 to 500
400 to 449
350 to 399
300 to 349
Less than 299
Academic Dishonesty: Any form of academic dishonesty will result in a final grade of “F” for those
involved and disciplinary action from the college. Academic dishonesty includes the following:
cheating (for example, discussing exam questions with students who have not yet taken the exam),
plagiarism (copying the intellectual work of others without giving the original author proper credit),
unauthorized collaborations, falsification of information, and submission of written papers to more than
one class. In addition, stealing or destroying library materials is not acceptable.
Additional Information:
Each student is to provide and maintain an email account throughout the
duration of this course. The student will be responsible for maintaining and checking this email account
on a weekly basis. The instructor will utilize this format to communicate messages, exam information,
and assignments to the students.
Psychology Resource:
An outstanding resource for the psychology student is the Psych Web,
http://www.psychwww.com.
The Psych Web contains APA style resources, books, brochures, journals, an updated version of the
APA Manual Crib Sheet, Psychology departments on the web, careers in Psychology and self-quiz
sections.
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