CHESS 16-43 REV PSY 36000

February 23, 2017

Purdue Northwest Curriculum Document

Program Name: Psychology

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Document No: CHESS 16-43 REV PSY 36000
Proposed Effective Date: Fall 2017
Submitting Department: Psychology, CHESS
Date Reviewed by Department: November 10th, 2016
Submission Date: February 23rd, 2017
Date Reviewed College/School Curriculum Committee: March 03, 2017
Contact Person: David Pick, Interim Dept Head

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Approval by Faculty Senate: May 5, 2017
Date Reviewed by Senate Curriculum Committee: 4/14/17
Name(s) of Library Staff Consulted: NA
Will New Library Resources Used?: No
Form 40 Needed?: Yes

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Task: Course Change or New Course Proposal

Program Name(s): Psychology
Degree Name(s): BA/BS

Section II: This section is for changes in courses only

Subject: Change course description for PSY 36000
Justification: Raising standards while opening course up to students with credit in PSY 23500.

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Current:

PSY 36000 – Developmental Psychology

Credit Hours: 3.00.

Not open to students with credit in PSY 23500. An examination of behavioral ontogeny: differences and similarities arising out of successive transactions of organism with environment over time. Specification of processes and outcomes from conception through maturity. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate

Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Psychology-PNW Department

Course Attributes: TransferIN, Upper Division

Prerequisites: Undergraduate level PSY 12000 Minimum Grade of D-

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Proposed:

PSY 36000 – Developmental Psychology

Credit Hours: 3.00.

An examination of behavioral ontogeny: differences and similarities arising out of successive transactions of organism with environment over time. Specification of processes and outcomes from conception through maturity. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000

Credit hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate

Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Psychology-PNW Department

Course Attributes: TransferIN, Upper Division Prerequisites: Undergraduate level PSY 12000 Minimum Grade of C-

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Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes

Impact on Students:
Impact on University Resources: NA
Impact on other Academic Units: