This course provides an overview of human development across the entire lifespan, from
conception to death. This course is one of the core curriculum courses taken by all B.S. majors in
HDFS. It also fulfills a core social and behavioral science requirement for the university.
Students take this course to learn ways in which development continues beyond childhood and
the complexity of that development. This course is important because its focus is on the “big
picture” that may help students in future courses which focus on a narrow age range or content
area. Also, all of us are on a lifespan development journey, and this course represents one way to
see where we have been as individuals and where we might be going.
