Glossary

What Is Developmental Psychology?

Developmental Psychology is the study of the behavioral, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of growth through the human lifespan. At InterCoast Colleges it is a course in the Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program.

What it covers

The catalog describes the course: “This course is an introduction to the study of the behavioral, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of growth through the human lifespan; with emphasis on childhood, adolescence and late adulthood, includes topics on death and dying.”

Which program covers it

In InterCoast Colleges’ Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program, developmental psychology is covered in the course PSY102, Developmental Psychology.

The Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling outline lists PSY102 Developmental Psychology at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.

The catalog lists no prerequisites for PSY102 (“NONE”).

It sits alongside other subjects in the same program: Principles of Psychology, counseling micro skills, law and ethics, the physiological effects of alcohol and college mathematics, all part of the Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program.

This topic is covered in the Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program at InterCoast Colleges.

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