Section Info: PSYCH-330DV-01

Course Title: Lab in Developmental Psychology: 'Arts Education and Psychosocial Development'

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

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: Arts education is a common experience in childhood and adolescence. This course presents an overview of developmental psychology research methods and research in psychology of the arts. Students will work in teams to analyze multi method longitudinal data on children's K-12 participation in theatre and their development of psychosocial skills. The course will involve methodological considerations including open science practices, data cleaning and management, coding bias, construct validity, reliability, and individual differences, as well as issues surrounding longitudinal studies. Students will design and complete a research project on qualitative and/or quantitative data and analyses.

Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Megan Stutesman		mstutesman@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Tuesday	01:30PM - 04:20PM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: PSYCH-204.	Take previously	Required

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Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 15	Enrollment: 14	Available: 0	Waitlist: 11

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.