ED429 3 Credits Online options Theories of Human Development Provides a multidisciplinary, comprehensive introduction to a range of theoretical approaches in understanding human development. Explores the process of individual change over time that occurs in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Examines central theories of transformation and development that explain human behavior, environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal behavior, and contexts that interact to affect individual development (e.g., school, family, and community).