This course is designed to emphasize and examine aspects of human development across the lifespan. It includes a holistic approach to developmental changes that integrate theories, research and application. It will provide an overview of the development of the individual and the family in society. Students are encouraged to formulate a personal philosophy of what constitutes optimum growth and development of children of all ages. Students will also be encouraged to examine the events of their own lives in developmental perspective to increase their self-awareness.

This course seeks to develop students’ understanding of themselves and the world through the study of methods and theories used by social and behavioral scientists. This course seeks to describe, explain, and analyze individual and collective human behavior and relationships to prepare students to grasp the diversities and complexities of human life, past and present, and come to an informed sense of self and others.

Invitation to the Lifespan (5th ed.) by Kathleen Stassen Berger. Publisher: Macmillan Learning ISBN: 9781319331986

• Inclusive Access Content: FLHD 1500 - Achieve Read and Practice for Invitation to the Life Span (1-Term Online)

Based on SUU/USHE Essential Learning Outcomes, and NCFR Content Areas; students will be able to:

• 1. Examine: Examine institutions and human behavior through social and behavioral concepts, methods, or theories. USHE Learning Outcome 2.5.1 (Aligns with NCFR #3)
• 2. Analyze: Identify diverse perspectives to explore and examine social and behavioral phenomena. USHE Learning Outcome 2.5.2 (Aligns with NCFR #3)
• 3. Apply: Apply discipline-relevant and scientific theories and methods to make inferences about or applications to social and behavioral phenomena at personal, institutional, or cultural levels. USHE Learning Outcome 2.5.3 (Aligns with NCFR #3)

Grading Scale

1. Exams (200 points total): You will have 4 exams in this course. Each exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions. You will have 60 minutes and two attempts to complete each exam. You may NOT use your textbook or notes to complete the exams. You will use Honorlock which is a Chrome extension and exam proctoring application to monitor your exams. You will need to ensure you have access to a working computer with a camera and sufficient access to wifi.

2. Learning Curves ( 470 points total): Each chapter will include 2-3 "Learning Curves" for a combined 30 points per chapter.

   • These "learning curves" allow students to utilize the textbook's e-book platform to take interactive and adaptive "quizzes" pertaining to various topics from each chapter.
   • Each learning curve is set to be completed at a specific total point value. Students will answer questions worth varying point values. Students will be given questions until they reach the designated total point value. Meaning, if students complete each learning curve, by the due date, it is very possible to receive 100% on each learning curve "quiz"
   • More information can be found HERE.
   • Please see Canvas for the due dates

3. Introductions (30 points): In order to make this online class as personal as possible, please record an introduction of yourself that you will upload to a discussion board. Then, respond to at least 3 of your peers’ videos. Instructions on how to do this are included in the assignment shell. Please see Canvas for the due date.

4. Letter to Future Child (30 points): This assignment requires you to integrate the role of nature and nurture in child-rearing with your personal philosophy of a productive life. Please see Canvas for the due date.

5. Video Observation-Infancy (30 points): This assignment provides an opportunity for you to observe and identify developmental milestones of infants. Please see Canvas for the due date.

6. Video Observation-Toddlerhood (30 points): This assignment provides an opportunity for you to observe and identify developmental milestones of toddlers. Please see Canvas for the due date.

7. 17-. Research Topic Selection (10 points): This assignment engages the learner in choosing a debate topic about human development to research for future assignments. Please see Canvas for the due date.

8. Friendship Reflection (30 points): This assignment requires you to read, analyze and reflect on your own friendships growing up. Please see Canvas for the due date.

9. Research Article Summaries (50 points): This assignment requires you to locate and summarize articles that address both sides of your selected debate topic (Research Topic Selection assignment). Please see Canvas for the due date.

10. Research Poster Presentation (90 points): This assignment requires you to create a video poster presentation based on your research debate and post it for classmates to view. Please see Canvas for the due date.

11. Adolescent Suicide Prevention (30 points): This assignment requires you to research and evaluate online resources focused on adolescent suicide prevention and compose a personal insight paper that reflects on your findings and personal experience. Please see Canvas for the due date.

12. Research Poster Video Viewing and Feedback (40 points): This assignment engages peers in viewing and evaluating and providing feedback to the video poster presentations of classmates. Please see Canvas for the due date.

13. Adulthood Interview (30 points): This assignment requires you to select and interview two adults regarding the aging process and reporting on your experience. Please see Canvas for the due date.

14. Life Sketch (30 points): This assignment invites you to create your own life sketch as if you are coming up on your 100th birthday. Please see Canvas for the due date.

1. Emotional Safety - Emotional Safety - Emotional Safety - Emotional Safety - Due to the emotionally and psychologically vulnerable content that will be discussed throughout this course, it is essential that all participants contribute to an environment of emotional safety. In the event of a student participating in emotionally unsafe comments/behavior, the instructor will provide feedback which will serve as a warning. At that time, the student will be invited to converse with the instructor about what made their comments/behavior emotionally unsafe. If the behavior is repeated, students will be referred to campus services. If you find you are emotionally overwhelmed by content in this or any other course, the University Counseling and Psychological Services Center (CAPS) is a resource available to you. The phone number for CAPS is: 435.865.8621.

2. As a student in this course, you are responsible for the content presented in this course and for your own learning. If you need help, please ask. If you have questions about the material that you are interested in or curious about that is not addressed in the course, please ask. If you have questions about expectations for an assignment, please ask. If you do not understand a concept being taught/discussed, please ask. The instructor is a resource to you; however, if you do not communicate that you need help, the instructor cannot help you.

3. All assignments are due at midnight on the due date unless otherwise noted and should be turned in via Canvas. The instructor will not accept assignments turned in any other way.

4. Assignments may be turned in early. You may turn in up to 3 assignments up to 3 days late without questions or penalty. Any late work beyond this will only be accepted if you have formal accommodations in place through the Disability Resource Center or support through the Office of Student Outreach and Support. This applies to all assignments that will receive a grade. Please do not rely on Canvas to remind you of when assignments are due; please be proactive and know when assignments are due. All assignments for the semester are already entered into Canvas.

5. All documentation must be done in APA 7th Edition format. For this course, abstracts, cover pages and headings are not necessary. You will not be docked for using these. When required to use outside sources, students are expected to use credible sources; wikipedia is not allowed for use as a reference in this course. OWL at Purdue is a great resource! Please do not rely on any automatic reference/citation formatting tools/engines as these often produce incorrect citations/references. If you are going to pursue your education in the social sciences field, you may find it useful to purchase an APA manual. If it is discovered that you used a false source, generated by AI or any other source, this will be considered academic dishonesty and SUU Policy 6.33 will be followed.

6. For better or worse, AI is here to stay. We must learn to work with AI without allowing it to overtake human processes such as critical thinking or human connection. In this course, using AI is acceptable as long as you use it as a resource and not to replace your own cognitions or emotions. Some examples of acceptable use of AI in this course are to: help you organize your own thoughts, help you edit your assignments that are your own writing, or help guide you in your research in the way a teacher or librarian might help. It is unacceptable to to use AI to complete your assignments which means it is unacceptable to ask AI to write your papers or presentations for you.

   If you use AI, the expectation for this course is that you use it as a resource. You must properly cite it if you use it. If it is discovered that you are using AI without properly citing it or you use AI to generate work that you turn in as your own, SUU Policy 6.33 for Academic Integrity will be followed.

7. All papers must be typed in either Arial or Times New Roman with a 12 point font, 1 inch margins and double spaced. If your papers are not double spaced, I will not grade them. The exception to this is the research poster you will create for an assignment.

8. Grammar and following instructions matters! Your grade will be affected by these things. Please pay attention to page requirements - both minimums and limitations. Once the page limit is reached, I will stop reading and any information included after that point will not be considered in your grade. While your grade will be impacted according to assignment rubrics for incorrect grammar and poor writing mechanics, because of the amount of time it takes to do so, I will not be editing your papers as I grade them.

1. Syllabus Quiz (25 points) - This will count as your commenced attendance assignment. If you want full points for this assignment, it needs to be done by the due date. You will have the option to complete it until the deadline for commencing attendance. If you do not complete it by this deadline, you will be at risk of being dropped from the course. Please review the syllabus prior to taking the quiz. It is open note. Please see Canvas for the due date.

1. DISCLAIMER: Please know I want to be a support to you and because I am operating within a system, I am limited in what I can and can’t do to support you. If you are in need of accommodations, please reach out to the Disability Resource Center on campus who can help you access short-term and long-term accommodations. If you have a complaint about any professor or course on campus, please take the following steps:

   1. Talk to the professor
   2. If you feel like you can’t talk to the professor, please go to the chair of the department, contact information for this person can be found on the department’s website.
   3. Other resources include:
      1. Dean of the college where the course is housed
      2. Provost’s office
      3. Dean of Students
   4. Regardless of the steps you take, leaving feedback in your end of semester course evaluations is important. These are anonymous; instructors do not have access to them until after grades are posted.