University of the West Indies

This course examines the Caribbean, with specific attention to the historical, environmental, socio-cultural features of modern existence that have come to constitute Caribbean experience. Special attention is given to moving beyond a linguistically singular and myopic vision of the Caribbean, to one that emphasizes its complexities and contradictions through a comparative lens. While it explores the various routes of cultural formation, it also explores the social institutions that shaped the region and the processes of socialization and indigenization that took root.

This course explores the research on the processes by which children acquire their first language. It also examines second language acquisition and theories of second language learning.

This course examines the Spanish language in four major skill areas: grammar and composition (written experience), listening comprehension, reading comprehension and conversation (oral expression).

This course examines the nature and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative inquiry, including the basic techniques of qualitative methodology in Psychology.

This course explores the major conceptual and theoretical bases underlying western psychological approaches to the study of human growth and development. It is also an introduction to the techniques used in the scientific study of human growth and development.