Human Development
223B Mather Memorial
Phone: 386-2697
Richard Settersten
Joseph F. Fagan, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor of Psychology
Grover C. Gilmore, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
Professor, Psychology
Eva Kahana, Ph.D. (University of Chicago)
Pierce F. and Elizabeth D. Robson Professor and Chair, Sociology; Co-Coordinator, Human Development
Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D. (University of Southern California)
Professor, Anthropology
Jerome Kowal, M.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
Professor, School of Medicine
Baila Miller, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Associate Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Director, Joseph and Florence Mandel Alzheimer Caregiving Institute
Danielle Ripich, Ph.D. (Kent State University)
Professor, Communication Sciences
Julia Rose, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Richard A. Settersten, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Assistant Professor, Sociology; Co-Coordinator, Human Development
David D. Van Tassel, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin)
Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History
May Wykle, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. (Case Western Reserve University)
Florence Cellar Professor and Associate Dean, School of Nursing; Director, University Center on Aging and Health
This interdisciplinary minor examines both medical and social aspects of human development over the life course, and is organized around critical health issues (broadly defined). It brings together in one forum the professional perspectives of medicine, nursing, and social services with the academic perspectives of anthropology, communication sciences, history, psychology, and sociology. It also provides practical, clinical, and research experience for the undergraduate student and puts him or her into contact with students and faculty in the School of Medicine and the other professional schools. A student may begin work on this minor in the sophomore year and continue on through the first semester of the senior year.
The minor is divided into three segments and consists of 15 credit hours.
During the first year, students participate in an introductory course (HDEV 203/SOCI 203 Human Development: Medical and Social Aspects) which provides an informative overview of human development. This course combines medical perspectives on human development with those of the social sciences. In addition, students are required to enroll in a traditional course in child development (PSCL 230 Child Psychology).
In the second year of the program, students select two courses from a number of possible electives related to medical and social aspects of human development:
COSI 313, Language Development (3)
PSCL 369, Adult Development and Aging (3)
SOCI 313B, Social Factors in Stress and Coping (3)
SOCI 361, Human Development over the Life Course (3)
SOCI 369, Aging in American Society (3)
ANTH 104, Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
ANTH 304, Introduction to the Anthropology of Aging (3)
ANTH 306, The Anthropology of Childhood and the Family (3)
HSTY 371, Women in American History II (3).
Required Capstone Experience:
In the third year, students participate in a one-semester capstone experience, HDEV 391/SOCI 391, Practicum in Human Development. Students have the opportunity to participate in an ongoing clinical or research project in a department or school participating in the program. Every effort is made to match student interests with available projects in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, and the other professional schools. This practicum provides an independent but supervised experience that gives the student the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member in a way that synthesizes much of the previous coursework.
Human Development (HDEV)
HDEV 202, Human Development II, 3
Medical issues across lifespan. Series of lectures by CWRU Medical School faculty followed by discussions led by course coordinator. Issues include: new approaches to birthing; adolescent substance abuse; myths and realities of AIDS; risk factors and heart disease in middle age; menopause, cognition and aging Alzheimer's disease; senescence; problems in care of elderly; medical ethics of death and dying.
HDEV 203, Human Development: Medical and Social, 3
Social influences on health and illness across the lifespan. Social determinants of health and health behavior, and delivery of health care. Guest lectures from the medical school and other healthcare providers address professional practice issues across the lifespan. Issues include: new approaches to birthing; adolescent substance abuse; myths and realities of AIDS; risk factors and heart disease in middle age; menopause, cognition and aging-Alzheimer's disease; problems in care of elderly; medical ethics of death and dying.
HDEV 391, Research And/Or Clinical Practicum, 3
Prerequisite: PSCL 230 and HDEV 203.
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