This course is designed to encourage the student to understand and critique human development models and theories in light of a Christian worldview as well as to interact with some significant contemporary issues in human development as they relate to Scripture. Additionally, this course will provide the student with an understanding of the physical, mental, emotional, sociocultural, and spiritual aspects of human development while examining one’s own developmental issues.

Method of Instruction: This 8 week course is delivered in a digital asynchronous format, with Canvas® as the primary instructional delivery method. Students complete one module per week over the duration of the course. 

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in Module 1: Week 1.

Advising Acknowledgement Quiz

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Discussions (5)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will create a thread between 400-500 words in response to questions (including at least 2 peer reviewed journal articles and at least 1 biblical principle). The student will then reply to an original post of a classmate. Each reply must be between 200-250 words. (CLO: A, B, C, D, F, H, I)

Benchmark Essay: Addiction & Adolescence Assignment

The student will write an essay between 500-600 words (excluding the title page and reference page), drawing information from the textbook and scholarly articles. Each essay must be strongly supported with 2–3  scholarly references in current APA format. These references must be less than 10 years old. The student will not write opinions but support answers to the questions with readings and outside scholarly resources. 

Note: The assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. 

(CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

The student will write an essay between 500-600 words (excluding the title page and reference page), drawing information from the textbook and scholarly articles. Each essay must be strongly supported with 2–3  scholarly references in current APA format. These references must be less than 10 years old. The student will not write opinions but support answers to the questions with readings and outside scholarly resources. 

Note: The assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. 

(CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Benchmark Paper: Developmental Analysis Assignment

The purpose of this paper is for the student to demonstrate the ability to apply a working knowledge of the theories, terminology, and concepts of human growth and development. The student will discuss his/her own development over his/her lifetime and how it relates to the developmental concepts discussed throughout this course. The student will analyze his/her life as it relates to the key aspects of human growth and development.   

The student will also incorporate empirical studies related to his/her chosen developmental aspect of his/her life. The course readings and presentations can be used as support. Depending on the student’s life and influences, there may be more attention placed during one period of time. The student is encouraged to glean information from his/her mother about her pregnancy to see if there were any notable issues during that time. The student is also to include his/her spiritual development with applicable research.   

The body of the paper will be 8–10 pages (excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page). This assignment must be completed adhering strictly to current APA format. The student will include 8–10 peer-reviewed, relevant sources in the paper (at least 7 of the sources must be empirical articles). The sources must be less than 10 years old unless any of the citations are linked to an author whose work is seminal to the student’s topic. 

Note: The assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.  

(CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Quizzes (8)

Each quiz covers the Reading & Study material from the Module: Week. Each quiz contains 20 multiple-choice and true/false questions, is limited to 1 hour, allows 2 attempts and the highest attempt will count towards the grade, and is worth 50 points. 

(CLO: A, B, D, E, F)