APSY 7418 Applied Child Development
This course will help students understand fundamental principles of cognitive, linguistic, social, and affective development as they apply to children's lives at home, in school, and in their communities. The course is designed to provide students with the skills to apply classic and contemporary research and theory to a wide variety of child-facing fields of practice in education, psychology, social services, and beyond.
Course overview
- Department
- Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- pre req undergraduates junior/senior status
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.53 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.76 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 7
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Eric Dearing | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 25 |
| Summer 2025 | Anne Dufault | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 16 |
| Fall 2024 | Eric Dearing | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 20 of 26 |
| Fall 2023 | Eric Dearing | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 8 of 9 |
| Fall 2022 | Eric Dearing | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 25 |
| Summer 2022 | Claudia Kruzik | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 2 of 7 |
| Fall 2021 | Eric Dearing | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 9 of 14 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 01