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Classes:
Children and War
Psychology Field Study
Independent Field Study
Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Seminar in Peace Psychology
Child Psychopathology

This multidisciplinary upper division course examines the conditions and psychosocial experiences of war-affected children and families.Students review research on war-affected children, observe films on war-affected children, analyze the psychosocial status of children involved in current conflicts, and write papers on psychosocial risks confronted by war-affected children. Humanitarian and peace-building interventions are also reviewed.
download the syllabus "SyllabusPsyc118Ch&War08.doc"

The UCSC psychology department's field study program places students as interns in human service agencies throughout Santa Cruz County. Students supervised by Tony Hoffman provide field service in schools, mental health clinics, group homes, a suicide prevention service, the juvenile court, a post-incarceration program, programs for adults with serious mental illness, youth resource agencies, special education classes, and other community service agencies. Students attend supervision meetings, keep field notes, and work on research projects that assist the placement agencies.

This service learning program trains upper division social science students in work with at-risk children in poor and developing nations. The program trains students about issues affecting at-risk children in Central America. During a five-week period, students live with host families in Puntarenas Costa Rica. They provide community service in nearby El Roblé and Barranca, in a barrio school, orphanages, and albergues (foster programs). Classes and seminars include instruction about Central American street children, abandoned children, child labor, child prostitution, youth substance abuse, child soldiers in Colombia, and local intervention programs. The students receive training in child guidance, in community assessment, service project development, and project implementation. Students design projects that enhance child participation in home, school, and community.
download the syllabus "ANECASeminarSyllabus.pdf"
download the syllabus "ANECASeminarSyllabus 08.doc"

This course is an introduction to human psychological development from the prenatal period through adolescence. It introduces basic issues in developmental psychology, child psychology, and adolescence. Although the course concentrates on topics in psychology, it is also concerned with biological, social, and cultural aspects of development. The course investigates the diversity of development in different familial, social, and cultural contexts. Current research and theory are emphasized.
download the syllabus "SyllabusPsych10win07.pdf"

This senior seminar is a collaborative investigation into current research and ideas in peace psychology. The seminar is intended to stimulate psychologically informed thinking about how to prevent violence and build peace. The seminar is based on a course on the Psychology of Peace and Violence taught at the UN's University for Peace (Universidad para la Paz) in Latin America. The seminar assumes that an understanding the "psychological roots and causes of human aggression and violence is essential for the transformation of cultures of violence into cultures of peace" (from the UN syllabus). Students research psychosocial aspects of violence, conflict, and peace. Class meetings consist of presentations on these topics. Discussions are facilitated by students themselves, using presentations, guided inquiry and group problem-solving.
download the syllabus "SyllPeacePsychSeminar08.doc"

This course is an advanced overview of child psychopathology, reviewing childhood disorders that occur during childhood, the diagnosis of these difficulties, and tactics for intervention. Taught from the perspective of developmental psychopathology, emphasizing the use of empirical research and evidence-based intervention.
download the syllabus "SyllabusChPsychpath08.doc"