GPSA503 Human Development: Adolescence to Adulthood (3 credits)

Tuesday, 12:00 – 2:20pm GPSA 503 Human Development: Adolescence to Adulthood/Gerber

This course will focus on the intra-psychic, developmental, and biopsychosocial processes that occur during puberty to adulthood will be examined, concentrating on the expression of the basic drives as the individual emerges and separates from the dependencies of childhood and eventually leaves home to start life on his or her own. Freud’s hallmark of maturity, “the ability to work and love,” will be used to study the conflicts and resistances of theses crucial stages. Students examine these processes through readings, case presentations, and personal experience.