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2026-2027 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University

PSYC 4474 - Contemporary Issues in Human Development


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
This course explores current events and issues in terms of the impact they may have on development. Topics covered will vary from one semester to the next; these might include the effects of epidemics/pandemics on psychosocial development, or the effects of the current economic climate on postsecondary students’ self-concept and motivation, or current research on disorders in childhood, or the causes and effects of cyberbullying, or the causes and effects of elder abuse, or topics regarding other events that are current in a given semester.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  and PSYC 2235 , and one 3000-level PSYC course, all with a minimum grade of C.