Section Info: PSYCH-230-01

Course Title: Developmental Psychology

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: Examines changes in cognitive, social, and emotional functioning, including theory and research that illuminate central issues in characterizing these changes: the relative contributions of nature and nurture, the influence of diverse contexts on development, continuity versus discontinuity in development, and the concept of stage.

Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
KC Haydon		kchaydon@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Tuesday and Thursday	03:15PM - 04:30PM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: A 100-level Psychology course or AP Psychology.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
NXEDP0001	NXEDP: Nexus in Educational Policy and Practice	This course is approved for the Educational Policy and Practice Nexus track

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 33	Enrollment: 31	Available: 0	Waitlist: 28

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.