Human Development and Psychology

Curriculum

2009-10 Requirements

The following HDP program requirements are for the 2009-2010 academic year only and are subject to change for the 2010-2011 academic year.

HDP students must complete 8 courses before graduation, as outlined below:

• 1 Culture and Social Development course (courses listed below)
• 1 Cognitive and Language Development course (courses listed below)
• 1 Research Methods and Data Analysis course (courses listed below)
• 3 additional courses which focus on Human Development and Psychology
• 2 elective courses (either at HGSE or at another Harvard or MIT schools through cross-registration)

Culture and Social Development courses (1 course) 

• AH-103 Educational Outcomes in Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (spring, Harris)
• AH-125 *The Science of Learning, Behavior, and Health: Implications for Social Policy (spring, Shonkoff)
• AH-516 Chinese Education in Comparative Perspective (fall, Fong)
• H-137 Emotional Development: Biology, Relationships, Culture (fall, Fischer)
• H-175 Good Work in Education: When Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics Meet (spring, Gardner)
• H-236 Adolescent Development: Psychosocial Implications for School Practice and Community Partnerships (spring, Hill)
• H-250 Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood (fall, Harris)
• H-331 Risk and Resilience in Social Contexts from Birth to Young Adulthood: Strategies of Prevention and Intervention (year-long, Jones)
• H-370 The Promotion of Social Development in Students: The Prevention of Disability and Distrust in Schools (fall, Selman)
• H-382 The Problems Kids Have: Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children (fall, Feigenberg)
• H-392 *Childhood Trauma: Dynamics, Interventions, and Cross-Cultural Perspective (fall, Groves)
• H-525 Immigration, Education, and Identities in the United States (fall, Louie)
• AH-600 Parenting, Schools, and Achievement (spring, Hill)
• H-603 Educating for Civic Responsibility (not offered, 2009-10)
• H-607 Ethnicity, Context, and Family Dynamics (fall, Hill)
• H-611 Moral Adults: Moral Children (spring, Weissbourd)
• HT-100 Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain (year-long; counts as 2 courses, Fischer)
• HT-500 Growing up in a Media World (fall, Blatt)
• S-504 Introduction to Qualitative Research (fall, Fong)
• T-006 Adult Development (spring, Kegan)
• T-405 Social Dimensions of Teaching and Learning (fall, Gehlbach)

Cognitive and Language Development courses (1 course)

• AH-103 Educational Outcomes in Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (spring, Harris)
• AH-125 *The Science of Learning, Behavior, and Health: Implications for Early-Childhood Policy (spring, Shonkoff)
• H-107 Introduction to Education Neuroscience (fall, T. Rose)
• H-137 Emotional Development: Biology, Relationships, Culture (fall, Fischer)
• H-152 *Children and Emotion (not offered 2000-10)
• H-180 *Cognitive Development and Trust in Testimony (spring, Harris)
• H-217 Adolescent into Adult: Development through the College Years (not offered 2000-10
• H-250 Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood (fall, Harris)
• H-370 The Promotion of Social Development in Students and a Sense of Community in Classrooms (fall, Selman)
• *H-371 *Theories and Methods of Child/Adolescent Cognitive and Psychological Assessment (spring, Gortych
• H-382 The Problems Kids Have: Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children (fall, Feigenberg)
• H-392 *Childhood Trauma: Dynamics, Interventions, and Cross-Cultural Perspective (fall, Groves)
• H-700 From Language to Literacy (fall, Uccelli)
• HT-100 Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain (year-long; counts as 2 courses, Fischer)
• HT-123 Informal Learning for Children (not offered, 2009-10)
• T-006 Adult Development (spring, Kegan)
• T-407 Learning in the Content Areas (not offered 2009-10)
• T-440 Teaching and Learning: "The Having of Wonderful Ideas" (fall, Duckworth)
• T-540 Cognition and the Art and Science of Instruction (fall, Perkins)
• T-560 Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Challenge of Individual Differences (spring, Rose)
• T-605 The Work of Jean Piaget (not offered 2009-10)

Research Methods and Data Analysis courses (1 course)

• **AH-600 Parenting, Schools, and Achievement (spring, N. Hill)
• S-005 Introduction to Educational Research (fall, Tivnan)
• S-012 Empirical Methods: Introduction to Statistics for Research (fall, Tivnan)
• S-030A Intermediate Statistics: Applied Regression and Data Analysis (spring, Jones)
• S-030B Intermediate Statistics: Applied Regression and Data Analysis (spring)
• S-052 Applied Data Analysis (fall, Willett)
• S-504 Introduction to Qualitative Research (fall, Fong)

**For students who have already had some exposure to statistics.

Notes on Courses:

*Limited enrollment course

3 additional courses which focus on Human Development and Psychology

2 Elective courses (HGSE or Cross-registered)

It is important to note that the HDP master's program does not lead directly to teacher certification or counseling licensure, e.g., school adjustment counseling, guidance counseling, psychological counseling, although some courses offered in HDP may serve to fulfill partial requirements for these professional tracks. The requirements for certification vary across states and professional organizations, and students should check carefully with the appropriate agencies about their eligibility and the requirements for certification. Students who need further information about programs leading directly to certification should refer to the Teacher Education Program, the Language and Literacy Program for Reading Specialists (Initial Teacher Licensure), or other programs at HGSE.

Cross-Registration

Many HGSE students choose to take courses at other Harvard graduate schools (aka, cross-registering), including the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Harvard's schools operate on different schedules. Therefore, remain mindful of school's individual calendars and deadlines: start of classes, vacations, and exams.

For more information about cross-registering at other Harvard schools, please visit: https://crossreg.harvard.edu/

HGSE Course Catalog

For more information about HGSE course offerings, view the entire HGSE course catalogue