GL/PSYC 3300 3.00 Introduction to Development: Infancy and Childhood

The goal of the course is to teach the fundamentals in the field, and to test a student's ability to integrate this knowledge in a comprehensive and critical manner. The course is organized to give students an introduction to the basics; for infants, preschoolers, and the older children; in terms of theory and research, and […]

GL/SOCI 3210 3.00 Sociology of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth

This course examines the ways in which sociologists study the process of coming of age, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood in a time when globalization is affecting the circumstances, experiences and life prospects of all. The focus of the course is upon the social determinants of growing up and transitioning into adulthood, as well […]

AP/CCY 3103 6.00 Ancient Mediterranean Childhood

Examines childhood experience and the social construction of childhood in the ancient Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to the end of classical antiquity.

AP/CCY 2999 6.00 Global Child and Youth Cultures

This course is a critical, cross-disciplinary introduction to the global cultures of children and young people. It explores the ways young people in diverse places and spaces participate in and express social and cultural values and practices. It seeks to understand culture in the contexts of everyday social practice and the shared values and beliefs […]

AP/CCY 2990 3.00 Gendered Childhoods

CCY 2990 takes a historical and cross-cultural approach to examine how gender and sexuality are constructed in childhood. The course begins with a historical perspective on the genealogies of current discourses of childhood and girlhood. Students will examine how other categories of difference such as class, sexuality, race, and immigration intersect with gendered childhood identities. […]

AP/EN 2174 3.00 20th Century Children’s Literature

This course focuses on children’s literature from the 20th and 21st centuries. According to Peter Hunt, “The study of children’s literature involves three elements – the literature, the children and the adult critics. The relationship between these is complex, partly because childhood and ‘the child’ are difficult to define, partly because adults need to ‘construct’ […]

AP/EN 2173 3.00 Children’s Literature, 1590-1900

This course provides an historical study of children’s literature written between 1590 and 1900. It explores possible ways of reading that literature, taking into account such issues as its cultural context and its audience. We will begin by examining selections from Philippe Ariès' foundational text Centuries of Childhood to establish the cultural and historical context […]

AP/SOSC 2150 6.00 Aging and Caregiving

This course examines the ways environmental factors intersect with social and economic inequalities to produce significant health disparities, particularly for low-income, racial, and Indigenous communities. Specifically, the course focuses on contemporary themes in environmental justice literature, namely environmental racism, gender and class disparities associated with climate change and environmental degradation, the politics of toxic exposure, […]

HH/PSYC 2110 3.00 Developmental Psychology

This course considers physical, intellectual, emotional and social development from birth through adolescence and the impact of the interaction of these various aspects of development upon the individual as a whole.

AP/CCY 1999 6.00 Introduction to Children, Childhood & Youth Studies

This course introduces students to the field of Children, Childhood & Youth (CCY) studies. It reviews many of the methodological approaches that have governed and continue to govern the study of children, childhood and youth. This course focuses on issues around discourses of the rights and power of children and youth and the “new childhood […]