CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Stephanie Thomas/SUNY
Composed: 01/23/2006 04:22 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 01/06/2016
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Course Number: (prefix) HDV (number) 283374 ESC 2.0 Course number: HUDV-3075 HUDV-3075Western Civilization & Human Development

Name: Western Civilization and Human Development
Datatel Title: (30char) Western Civ & Human Develop

Area Coordinator: Julie Shaw Department Code: 10HD Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 5. Western CivilizationFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1, Spring 2, Summer, Fall 1, Fall 2		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1, Spring 2, Summer, Fall 1, Fall 2
First Term Offered: 2006FA (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
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Description: The primary goal of this course is to help students understand the historical context for philosophical issues and controversies that have shaped the contemporary study of human development. The historical inquiry traces conceptualization of human nature from the Greek philosophers and the Hebrew scriptures to current Western beliefs about child and adult development.

Two traditions addressing the nature of human nature, the Greek and Hebrew, will be explored for their continuing influence on contemporary scientific, educational, and therapeutic perspectives on human lives. Within this inquiry, the course considers central philosophical issues that inform and divide the field today: the nature-nurture controversy; continuity versus discontinuity in development (including the controversy surrounding stage theories); and the basic good or evil nature of the human.

Students will gain an appreciation for the major intellectual and heart-felt debates about human nature that have influenced the field of human development. The course will consider their divergent expressions in academia and the world of policy and practice. Throughout this inquiry students will consider the shaping of modern perspectives on human development through the interaction of facts with values and research with beliefs.

Prerequisites: A course in the social sciences or humanities and upper level critical thinking skills.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Western Civilization.

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Major Course Area
Human Development		Minor Course Area
Family Studies, Health Services, History and Civilizations, Human Development, Human Services, Philosophy and Religious Studies		SLN Disciplines
History
Additional Course Requirements
WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


6


Meets General Education Requirement

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Archive Course:

genedcode for dpplanner: 5^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Western Civilization