Course Information
Child Development - Birth To 3 (Infant/Toddler)
| University: |
Texas Tech University |
| Course Number: |
HDFS 3310 |
| Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $430 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: |
May 31, 2023 - July 01, 2023 |
Course Description
This course focuses on development from birth to age three. It covers major theories and research about development including growth patterns, influences of disabilities and risk factors, environmental factors and their effects on attachment styles, language acquisition, brain development, cognitive development, social-emotional development, and perceptual and sensory motor skills.
Contacts
Instructor
Holly Wright
Office: 806-742-3000
holly.d.wright@ttu.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Infant Development: A Topical Approach
Alan Fogel
Edition: 2nd Edition (2015)
ISBN: 978-1-59738-060-7
Publisher: Sloan Publishing
Course Access
Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at Texas Tech University, the TTU campus coordinator, Ashlee Murden, will email instructions to each student enrolled in the courses taught by Texas Tech. This e-mail will contain information regarding the setup of their eRaider access through the campus IT Help Central department. If assistance is needed regarding setup of their eRaider access, IT Help Central can be contacted at 806-742-4357 (HELP) or toll-free at 877-484-3573 or ithelpcentral@ttu.edu. Students will need to identify themselves as a GPIDEA/AGIDEA student to IT Help personnel for proper guidance. The e-mail will also include information about accessing the Texas Tech Blackboard system for their courses. Courses will be available on the first day of class, but may not be available prior to that date.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
Comments
This is a very intensive course for summer and has extensive weekly writing requirements in addition to a comprehensive observation of a young child and a two-part paper. The text is required and utilized for the course as well as exams so you will need this text for this course.
