Begins Monday January 6
Graded work is due January 12 at midnight

• Introduction to the Course, Syllabus, and Expectations
• Lesson 1: The Developmental Perspective and Developmental Clocks
  • Lesson 1 Quiz
• Lesson 2: Developmental Theories
• Lesson 3: Research in Human Development: Biography as Research

Review the Biography description in the Biography folder on the main page of Blackboard

Submit your Biography Proposal as soon as possible.

• Lesson 4: Prenatal Development, Genetics, and Critical Periods
  • Lesson 4 Quiz
• Lesson 5: Multicultural Perspectives on Childbirth
• Lesson 6: Early Physical and Motor Development
  • Lesson 6 Quiz

Begins Monday January 20
Graded work is due January 26 at midnight

• No classes Monday January 20 - Martin Luther King Day
• Lesson 7: Self Awareness
  • Lesson 7 Quiz
• Lesson 8: Early Cognitive Development: Genetic Epistemology
• Lesson 9: Early Cognitive Development: Information Processing
  • Lesson 9 Quiz

Begins Monday January 27
Graded work is due February 2 at midnight

• Lesson 10: Early Cognitive Development: Mind, Culture, and Language
• Lesson 11: Erikson: Developing Trust, Autonomy, and Initiative
• Lesson 12: Attachment
• Tuesday, January 28 - Guest Speaker - Marth Nabor on Attachment

Begins Monday February 3
Graded work is due February 9 at midnight

• Lesson 13: Gender Role Identity
• Lesson 14: Aptitude for School: Intelligence and Exceptionality
• Lesson 15: Erikson: Developing Industry
  • Lesson 15 Quiz

Begins Monday February 10
Graded work is due February 23 at midnight

• Lesson 16: Family Systems Theory
  • Lesson 16 Quiz
• Lesson 17: Social Groups and Social Control: Family, Friends, and Media
• Lesson 18: Perspective Taking

Begins Monday February 17

• Winter Recess

At this time your interviews of your subject should be completed and you should be starting to pull together the paper to do the final write up.

Begins Monday February 24
Graded work is due March 2 at midnight

• Lesson 19: Puberty
• Lesson 20: Concrete and Formal Operational Thinking/Information Processing
• Lesson 21: The Development of Moral Reasoning
  • Lesson 21 Quiz

Begins Monday March 3
Graded work is due March 9 at midnight

• Lesson 22: Adolescence and Identity
• Lesson 23: Erikson: Developing Identity and Intimacy
• Lesson 24: The Myths and Realities of Storm and Stress

Mid Term Grades are Due March 8

Mid Term Grades will be calculated based on Weeks 1-8

• 25% - Attendance
• 50% - Lesson Quizzes
• 25% - Cultural Dimensions of Pregnancy Assignment

Begins Monday March 10
Graded work is due March 16 at midnight

• Lesson 25: What is Adulthood?
  • Lesson 25 Quiz
• Lesson 26: Post Formal Operational Thinking
• Lesson 27: Possible Selves

Begins Monday March 17
Graded work is due March 23 at midnight

• Lesson 28: Love, Intimacy, Puzzle Pieces
• Lesson 29: Divorce and Remarriage

Begins Monday March 24
Graded work is due April 6 at midnight

• Lesson 30: Finding Occupation and Finding Vocation
  • Lesson 30 Quiz
  Lesson 31: Working in a Changing World
• Lesson 32: Learning to Relax
• Lesson 33: Midlife and the Midlife Event
• Lesson 34: Introduction to Marcia’s Theory of Identity Status
• Lesson 35: Middle Age: Their Kids and Their Parents
  • Lesson 35 Quiz

Begins Monday March 31

• Spring Recess

Begins Monday April 7
Graded work is due Apirl 13 at midnight

• Lesson 36: Aging and Late Life Demographics
• Lesson 37: Late Life Cognition and Memory
  • Lesson 37 Quiz
• Lesson 38: Mental Health and Aging
  • Lesson 38 Quiz

Begins Monday April 14
Graded work is due April 20 at midnight

• Lesson 39: Work, Friends, and Family in Late Life
• Lesson 40: Successful Aging

Begins Monday April 21
Graded work is due April 27 at midnight

• No classes Monday April 21 - Patriots Day
• Lesson 41: Death and Dying
  • Lesson 41 Quiz
• Lesson 42: Grieving Across the Lifespan