APSY 1030 Child Development

This is one of two foundational courses (APSY 1030 & APSY 1031) focused on multiple dimensions of child development from the prenatal period through middle childhood, with a consideration of applications to educational and other applied settings. The course offers an overview of the array of research methods used in developmental psychology; normative trends in physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development; and factors and processes that affect developmental change and optimize child development. Key questions in the field of developmental psychology, such as "How do nature and nurture together shape development?" and "How do children become so different from one another?" will recur across topics to help students establish a coherent understanding of child development.

Course overview

Department
Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
School
LSOE
Credits
0
Level
Undergraduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Corequisites
APSY1032
Satisfies core
Social Science

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Requirements fulfilled

  • Lynch Core Path: Social Science Core path (Current undergraduate curriculum)
  • Psychology: Courses That May Be Applied to the Minor (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
  • University Core: Social Science (All undergraduates)

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Official evaluation summary

4.02 / 5

Based on 1,489 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Elida V Laski
    Fall 2026, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 3.94/5
  • Courtney Colgan
    Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.40/5
  • Erin Kim
    Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.19/5
  • Hyun Young Cho
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.38/5
  • Ji Hye Park
    Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.66/5
  • Jiwon Ban
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024 · Official rating 4.65/5
  • Julie Macevoy
    Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.46/5
  • Lindsay Lanteri
    Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.55/5
  • Linxi Lu
    Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.22/5
  • Muanjing Wang
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.35/5
  • Sinwoo Bae
    Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.21/5
  • Yilin Liu
    Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.41/5
  • Yilin Wang
    Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.35/5
  • Kennedy Damoah
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.00/5
  • Ruoying Zhang
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.29/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · 245 Beacon Street Room 107 TuTh 09:00AM-10:15AM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Devlin Hall 018 F 12:00 Noon-12:50PM · Offered
  • Section 03
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Carney Hall 305 F 10:00AM-10:50AM · Offered
  • Section 04
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Devlin Hall 018 F 10:00AM-10:50AM · Offered
  • Section 05
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Devlin Hall 018 F 11:00AM-11:50AM · Offered
  • Section 06
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Devlin Hall 117 F 11:00AM-11:50AM · Offered
  • Section 07
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Carney Hall 305 F 12:00 Noon-12:50PM · Offered
  • Section 08
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Devlin Hall 018 F 01:00PM-01:50PM · Offered
  • Section 09
    Fall 2026 · Elida V Laski · Campion Hall 231 F 02:00PM-02:50PM · Offered