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Course Info for PSYC - 339 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 2227 Title: Developmental Psychopathology Department: Psychology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 16 Current enrollment: 16 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, LSC - 131 Instructor(s): Helt, Molly
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 261, or Psychology 270 or Psychology 273, or Psychology 295.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Course Description:
This course examines the overlap between normal and abnormal child development, exploring the relationship between genetics, prenatal influence, temperament, attachment, trauma, and culture to the ultimate expression of child or adult psychopathology. Emphasis is on risk and protective factors, characteristics of disorders first evident in childhood, and ways that caregivers and societies can promote positive outcomes.