Introduction to Child and Youth Studies
Theories, methods and issues involved in studying children and youth from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics may include the history of childhood, family life, peer relations and children and youth with special needs.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to CHYS and CHLH until date specified in BIRT guide.
School Learning
(also offered as EDUC 2F01)
Psychological processes involved in learning in a school setting. Cognitive theories of learning applied to examples in each of the major school subject areas with emphasis on the specific nature of the learning associated with each subject. Topics may include individual differences and problems in evaluating school learning.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CHYS 1F90 or PSYC 1F90.
Child and Youth Development
Basic concepts and contemporary issues in the development of the child and youth, including processes in cognitive and social-emotional patterns of change. Developmental theory and research provides the conceptual framework.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, BSc/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), CHLH, LING (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and BPhEd/BEd majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: CHYS 1F90 and PSYC 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Note: a half-day placement per week is required for all students. School placements in the Niagara Peninsula are arranged by the CHYS Co-ordinator. Transportation to placement is a student responsibility. Screening, such as police checks for criminal activity may be required. This course is designed to promote the bridging of disciplines. Students may not concurrently register in PSYC 2F12.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 2F12.
Diversity and Development
Theoretical aspects of development of children and youth with exceptional needs. Topics may include cognitive, physical and psychological/emotional differences.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: CHYS 1F90 and PSYC 1F90.
Co-requisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as SOCI 2P38)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological perspectives on the relationship between childhood, youth and society. Topics include children and youth in schools, communities, popular culture and state policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: CHYS 1F90 and SOCI 1F90.
Rhythmic Activities for Children
(also offered as PEKN 2P93)
Elements of rhythm development of rhythmic abilities; role of rhythm in motor skill acquisition performance; practical experiences with small apparatus; methods of music education and curriculum planning.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), BPhEd, BKin or BPhEd/Ed majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one of PEKN (PHED) 1P90, CHYS 1F90, PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PHED 2P93.
Physical Activity for Preschoolers
(also offered as PEKN 2P94)
Movement experiences for preschoolers in dance, games and gymnastics. Topics include the impact of physical activity on the developing child, pre-schooler's characteristics and needs, motor development principles and planning age-appropriate movement activities.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), BPhEd, BKin or BPhEd/BEd majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.
Prerequisites: one of CHYS 1F90, PSYC 1F90, PEKN (PHED) 1P93.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PHED 2P94.
Child Language Acquisition: Early Stages
(also offered as LING 2P98 and PSYC 2P98)
Theories, research and methods in early language development. Linguistic stages in the development of child language at the level of grammar and meaning (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Discourse as an indicator of the socialization process. The effect of interaction with care givers. Early bilingualism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: LING 1F91 or PSYC 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Child Language Acquisition: Late Stages
(also offered as LING 2P99 and PSYC 2P99)
Later acquired aspects of language, especially syntactic, semantic and pragmatic. Development of ability to use linguistic ambiguity and humour. Reading and writing skills, registers. Abnormal language development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P98 or permission of the instructor.
Qualitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Studies
Qualitative research design and analysis. Topics include participant observation, interviewing, archival research, discourse analysis, ethics.
Lectures, tutorial, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors.
Prerequisite: one of MATH 1F92, PSYC 2F23 (2F24), SOCI 2F10 (for CHYS/SOCI combined majors).
Theories of Development and Socialization
(also offered as PSYC 3P11)
Interdisciplinary exploration of child and youth development and socialization, including the foundational literature in psychology, sociology and anthropology, as well as contemporary and critical interpretive theories of childhood and youth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Quantitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Studies
Practical, theoretical and ethical issues in quantitative research design including computer applications and analyses.
Lectures, tutorial, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors.
Prerequisite: one of MATH 1F92, PSYC 2F23 (2F24), SOCI 2F10 (for combined CHYS/SOCI majors).
Learning Disabilities
Current theoretical, methodological and remedial approaches to learning disabilities in children and youth. Cognitive and social aspects of learning disabilities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: Open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P35.
Psychology of Parenting
(also offered as PSYC 3P23)
The determinants, varieties and consequences of parenting. Focus on psychological research findings in contemporary parenting/parenthood issues. Topics include the transition to parenthood, different styles of parenting, dual-career parents and abusive parents.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), CHLH and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Cognitive Processes in Childhood
The development of processes of perception, attention, representation, memory, thinking and language within an information processing framework. Emphasis on cognitive processes related to learning. Theoretical issues and empirical controversies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10.
Developmental Disabilities: Issues of Inclusion
Philosophical and practical issues of inclusion of the child and youth with disabilities in the family, schools and the community.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P35.
Children, Youth and Families
Research on children and youth in families from historical, comparative and contemporary perspectives. Topics may include theories of the family, comparative family relations, issues of social change and policy and their impact on children and youth in the context of family life.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P38.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI (WISE) 2F21 and 2P21.
Focus on Early Childhood Education I
(also offered as EDUC 3P50)
Early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include the historical and societal influences on early childhood education, program models derived from theories of learning and child development and research on the effectiveness of these programs.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10.
Focus on Early Childhood Education II
(also offered as EDUC 3P52)
Methods in early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include curricula, instructional strategies and evaluative techniques.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CHYS 3P50.
Note: enrolment limited to 25 students to be determined by academic standing. Students will be involved in a field placement working with young children in a community setting.
Thinking and Development
Theoretical and applied issues in the development of thinking abilities including how this is expressed in the development of motor control.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10.
Psychology of Computers in Education
(also offered as PSYC 3P74)
Uses of computers in education in light of current theories of child and youth development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: one of MATH 1F92, PSYC 2F23 (2F24), SOCI 2F10 (for CHYS/SOCI combined majors). May be taken concurrently.
Note: this is not a computer programming course.
The Health of Children
(also offered as CHSC 3P80)
Biological, psychological and sociological determinants of health during childhood. A wellness perspective will be emphasized.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHLH, CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and WKHL majors, until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: CHSC (HLST) 1F90 or CHYS 2F10.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in HLST 3P80.
Family Conflict and Violence
(also offered as SOCI 3P83)
Conflict within modern family relationships. Contemporary research on spousal violence, power and decision-making, sexual abuse and child abuse. Socio-historical factors contributing to increased family stress. Institutional and interpersonal strategies for reducing family conflict.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and SOCI majors, until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Assessment of Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs
Issues in the assessment of children, as well as preventative and early intervention strategies. A variety of assessment techniques including testing, observation and rating scales.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined), CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Approaches to Family Assessment and Intervention
Theoretical, research and clinical issues pertaining to assessment and intervention with families. Interventions include parent training, self-help groups and family counselling. Focus on early identification and intervention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 14.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth
(also offered as SOCI 3P92 and WISE 3P92)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological approaches to the development of gender identities and sexuality amongst children and youth. Topics include the role of families, schools, peers and state policies in such processes.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 2P38, SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10), WISE 2P90 (2F90) or 2P91.
Behavioural Challenges of Children and Youth
Factors influencing behavioural challenges presented by children and youth, within a multi-modal paradigm. Case examples will be used to illustrate the model from the perspective of assessment and intervention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P35.
Childhood, Youth and Equity Issues
Research on contemporary children and youth with a focus on how age and generation intersect with social class, race and gender. Topics include children's rights, child poverty and equity strategies.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisites: CHYS 2P38.
Applied Studies of Diversity and Development
Theoretical applications in diversity and development related to childhood and youth. Topics may include field work relationships, participant observations, report writing and ethical issues. Involves an extended community placement.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 2P35, 3P20, 3P35.
Note: enrolment will be limited to the availability of an appropriate match between a student and a child/youth. Transportation to placement is a student responsibility. Screening such as police checks for criminal activity may be required. This course meets on a variable schedule throughout both the Fall and Winter terms.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 3P27.
Policies of Childhood and Youth: Canadian Perspectives
Canadian initiatives in child welfare, education, health and children's rights are located within a broader global context. The roles of national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, professionals, adults and children.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P38.
Policies of Childhood and Youth: The Rights of the Child
Canadian and global initiatives in child provision, child protection and child participation before and after the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P38.
Contemporary Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies
Current research in the area of child and youth cultures. Topics may include the ethnography of childhood, youth and popular culture.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2P38.
Directed Readings I
Program of study not available among the regular course offerings, designed in consultation with the faculty member directing the course.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and approval of the co-ordinator.
Note: arrangements must be agreed upon with the co-ordinator prior to registration. Normally taken in conjunction with an honours thesis.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHYS 3V90.
Directed Readings II
Program of study not available among the regular course offerings, designed in consultation with the faculty member directing the course.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and approval of the co-ordinator.
Note: arrangements must be agreed upon with the co-ordinator prior to registration. Normally taken in conjunction with an honours thesis.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHYS 3V91.
Conflict, Contradictions and Development
(also offered as PSYC 3Q93)
Conflict in early human development including the understanding of the causes, management and outcomes of conflicts. Cognitive and social strategies used to resolve conflicts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12 or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Topics in Social Development
(also offered as PSYC 3Q94)
Social competence, aggression, friendship and other topics in social development from a variety of developmental perspectives. Methodological and training issues relevant to the study of social development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12 or permission of the instructor.
Special Topics Seminar
The topic will vary depending on the needs of the program and availability of a faculty instructor.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Honours Project
Group research projects providing experience with different methods of data collection and analysis.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: CHYS 3P10 and 3P15 (2P20).
Honours Thesis
Research project carried out under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: CHYS 3P10 and 3P15 (2P20).
Co-requisite: CHYS 4P99.
Note: students must be admitted to the honours program and must consult with the Chair before registering for a thesis.
Treatment Alternatives for Children and Adolescents: Dynamic Therapies
(also offered as PSYC 4P31)
The theoretical background, research and evaluation of current therapeutic approaches to emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children and adolescents. Topics include play therapies, non-directive, expressive and Gestalt approaches; group methods, use of modelling, goal setting and evaluation methods.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Note: students participate in practicum placement.
Treatment Alternatives for Children and Adolescents: Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches
(also offered as PSYC 4P32)
Behavioural theory and techniques; social skills training, cognitive theories, contingency management and relaxation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or PSYC 2F12.
Note: students participate in practicum placement.
Issues in Diversity and Development
Contemporary issues of social policy and practice affecting the diversity and development of children and youth.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 3P20, 3P35, 3P90, 3P94, 3P96.
Issues in Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as SOCI 4P38)
Canadian and international research on childhood and youth in changing societies. Topics include globalization of childhood and youth, child labour, child welfare and Canadian policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 3P23, 3P38 (2P91), 3P91, 3P92, 3Q93, 3Q94.
Maturation and Development
(also offered as PSYC 4P56)
The influences of brain physiology and maturation on psychological development and vice versa and the role of heredity in understanding human development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (single or combined), NEUR and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 3P56.
Structure of Oral Narrative
(also offered as LING 4P60)
Topics include functions of storytelling, characteristics of tellers, relationship between storytelling and social identity. Experience in performance of a variety of oral narratives, with a focus on Canada.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CANA, COMM (single or combined) and LING (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Issues in Thinking and Development
Contemporary issues in learning and development. Topics may include memory, cognitive approach to motor development and social cognition.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 3P11, 3P25, 3P65.
Thesis Seminar
Applications of principles of research design and data analysis.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: CHYS 3P10 and 3P15 (2P20).
Co-requisite: CHYS 4F99.