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
LSOE
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall,Every Spring,Every Summer

Catalog details

Prerequisites
pre req undergraduates junior/senior status

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.53 / 5

Based on 82 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

  • Lindsay Lanteri
    Summer 2026
  • Yilin Liu
    Fall 2026
  • Anne Dufault
    Summer 2025 · Official rating 4.70/5
  • Claudia Kruzik
    Summer 2022 · Official rating 4.00/5
  • Eric Dearing
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.79/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Summer 2026 · Lindsay Lanteri · TuTh 04:00PM-07:00PM;synchronous · Offered
  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Yilin Liu · Campion Hall 9 M 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered