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MODULE CALENDAR

The module stretches over a 13-week period, during which the following programme will be
followed:
The program for 2024 is provided below.

CHAPTER ACTVITIES WEEK TIME ACTIVITIES

1 • Orientation 26th 11h10 – • Dialogue and

• Understanding Life- February 13h00 engagement
Span Human
Development
• Theories of Human
Development
• (Evolutionary;
Psychoanalytic)
• Cognitive-
developmental theory
• Learning Theories
• Bioecological systems
• African
Perspective/Worldview

1&2 • Genes, Environment, 04th 11h10 – • Dialogue and

and development March 13h00 engagement
• Guest Lecturer

3&4 • Prenatal Development 11th 11h10 – • Dialogue and

and Birth March 13h00 engagement
• Body, Brain, and
Health

Chapters 1 • Test 1 18th 16h00 – • Assessment

–4 March 17h15
• Guest Lecture • Congenital
11h10 –
defects
13h00
• Genetic
Counselling
 6 • Cognition 25th 11h10 • Dialogue and
March engagement
13h00
• Test 1
Feedback

• 01st April -------- • Holiday

(Family Day)

UFS HOLIDAY: 08th April – 12th April 2024

7&8 • Memory and Learning 15th April 11h10 – • Dialogue and

• Intelligence and 13h00 engagement
Creativity

10 & 12 • Self and Personality 22nd April Holiday • Dialogue and

• Social, Cognition, and engagement
Moral development

Chapters • Test 2 29th April 11h10 – • Assessment

6, 7,8 & 10 12h25 • Submit
assignment

13 • Emotions, Attachment, 06th May 11h10 – • Dialogue and

and Social 13h00 engagement
Relationships

14 & 15 • The family 13th May 11h10 – • Dialogue and

• Developmental 13h00 engagement
Psychopathology

16 • Death and Dying 20th May 11h10 – • Dialogue and

• Exam Preparation 13h00 engagement
•