1. Area E and ENGR 10 Assignments
Overview of Student Development

2. SJSU General Education
Area A – Basic Skills (9 units)
Area B – Science & Math (9 units)
Area C – Humanities & Arts (9 units)
Area D – Social Sciences (9 units)
Area E – Human Understanding & Development (3 units)
SJSU Studies (12 units)

3. Area E – SJSU General Education
Course Content Goals:
Understand yourself as an integrated physiological, social, and psychological entity;
Be able to formulate strategies for lifelong personal development;
Be able to employ available university resources to support your academic and personal development.

4. Area E – SJSU General Education
Student Learning Objectives:
Recognize the physiological, social/cultural, and psychological influence on your well-being
Recognize the interrelation of the physiological, social/cultural, and psychological factors on your development across the lifespan
Use appropriate social skills to enhance learning and develop positive interpersonal relationships with diverse groups and individuals

5. Area E – SJSU General Education
Student Learning Objectives (cont.):
Recognize yourselves as individuals undergoing a particular stage of human development, how your well- being is affected by the university’s academic and social systems, and how you can facilitate your development within the University environment

6. Area E Activities and Assignments
Teamwork
Work with diverse groups and individuals
Reflections
Employ university resources
Recognize the physiological, social/cultural, and psychological influence on well-being
Paper
Recognize selves as individuals undergoing a particular stage of human development
Robot Discussion
Recognize the interrelation of the physiological, social/cultural, and psychological factors on development across the lifespan

7. Class Survey How Old Are You?
A) Younger than 18 B) C) D)
E) Older than 30

8. Class Survey Do you feel you have reached adulthood? Yes No
In some ways yes, in some ways no

9. Class Survey
Which of the following do you think is most important for becoming an adult?
Making Independent decisions
Accepting responsibility for yourself
Getting Married
Becoming financially independent
Finishing your education

10. What the public thinks

11. Developmental Periods
infancy
early childhood
middle childhood
adolescence
emerging adulthood
adulthood
late adulthood
18-25 years old
Arnett’s Model
Adolescence
Emerging Adulthood
Young Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood

12. What are Characteristics of Emerging Adults?
Exploring identities
Instability (work, romance, residence)
Focusing on self as independent
Believe themselves “between” adolescent & adult
Believe life holds many possibilities
NOT Universal – LOTS of variation

13. Domains of Development
Social
Psychological (Cognitive & Emotional)
Physiological
Social
Cognitive
Emotional
Physiological
GE Guidelines
This Class

14. Developmental Domains
Cognitive
thinking, learning, understanding, gaining knowledge, perceiving; ideas; beliefs; attitudes; identity formation; etc.
Emotional
self-esteem; pride; shame; sympathy; empathy; mental health; stress; anxiety; happiness; anger; hopelessness; etc.
Social
relationships with family; significant others; peers; classmates; professors; interactions with others; group memberships and activities; cultural relationships; etc.
Physiological
health (such as: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, STDs/HIV/AIDS); fitness; nutrition; physical activities; etc.
Psychological

15. Student Development Paper
word paper on “college student development”
Paper will examine development in all four development domains (physiological, social, emotional, cognitive)
You can explore a topic of your choosing (e.g., friendships, stress, romantic relationships, nutrition, health, etc.) related to college student development – as long as you cover all four domains

16. College Student Development Paper
Assignment Preparation
Watch video by Dr. Maureen Smith
Review Paper Guidelines and Rubric
Review Audio Lectures and Videos
Choose Topic
Read and Find Articles on Emerging Adulthood
Write Outline and Review
Write Paper

17. Materials in Canvas Paper Guidelines Suggested Topics for the paper
Rubric for Grading Paper
Audio Lectures
Lifespan Development and Area E (21 minutes)
Emerging Adulthood (29 minutes)
General Issues in College Student Development (20 minutes)
College Student Developmental in the Context of Developmental Domains (40 minutes)
Paper-overview and how to find the references (15 minutes)
Quizzes
Take Emerging Adulthood quiz Oct 13
Take Lifespan Development quiz.
Take the College Student Development quiz
Four Required Articles on Student Development

18. Materials in Canvas
To prepare, read the four required articles – Oct 29
Burgess, S. R., Stermer, S., & Burgess, M. R. (2012). Video game playing and academic performance in college students. College Student Journal, 46(2), (PDF Link)
Conley, K. M., & Lehman, B. J. (2012). Test anxiety and cardiovascular responses to daily academic stressors. Stress And Health: Journal Of The International Society For The Investigation Of Stress, 28(1), doi: /smi.1399 (PDF Link)
Holman, A., & Sillars, A. (2012). Talk about 'hooking up': The influence of college student social networks on nonrelationship sex. Health Communication, 27(2), doi: / (PDF Link)
Zawadzki, M. J., Graham, J. E., & Gerin, W. (2013). Rumination and anxiety mediate the effect of loneliness on depressed mood and sleep quality in college students. Health Psychology, 32(2), doi: /a (PDF Link)

19. Important Dates
Learn about Lifespan Development and Emerging Adulthood –
Listen to: Lifespan Development and Area E (audio lecture 21 minutes)
Listen to: Emerging Adulthood (audio lecture 29 minutes)
Take Lifespan Development quiz. Oct 20
To prepare, read the four required articles –
Listen to: General Issues in College Student Development (audio lecture) (20 minutes)
Listen to: College Student Developmental in the Context of Developmental Domains (audio lecture) (40 minutes)
Take the College Student Development quiz Oct 27
References – Nov 3
Find the additional four (or more) references for your College Student/Emerging Adult Development paper and submit them to Canvas in APA format.
Watch the paper-overview audio lecture that explains how to find the references
College Student Development Outline Due – Nov 10
College Student Development Paper Due – Nov 14

20. Tips for a Good Score 600 – 1000 Words
Format: Introduction, Body and Conclusion
Body: Four Sections (one for each domain)
Connect or bridge sections
References Cited in Body and Listed on Last Page (APA style)
Not a Self-Reflection but a Research Report