Date: Fall 2017-2018
Source: University of Detroit Mercy
Program: Master of Community Development
Course: MCD 5040 - Introduction to Human Development
Instructor: Dr. Cheryl C. Munday, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology Department, College of Liberal Arts and Education
Description
This course applies human development principles and methods to define the interaction between the social, natural, and built environments and to study the behavioral and attitudinal reaction of the human inhabitant in terms of mutual and ongoing transactions. The course integrates theory, research, and practice in human ecology and ecofeminism; reviews critical factors affecting people in their environment; and offers a basis to assist community developers in the design and planning of the human environment in terms of social sustainability.
Special emphasis will be given to neighborhood and residential environments. Through intensive seminar readings and guest lectures, we will discuss human development principles and research to define the interaction between the social, natural, and built environments and to analyze the behavioral and attitudinal reaction of neighborhoods and communities in terms of mutual and ongoing transactions. Our focus this term will be on community health.