
Life-Span Development

$79

Transferrable Credits
Enroll in this course.
A StraighterLine Membership of $99 / month is required to take all StraighterLine courses.Current students with an active membership only pay the course fee.
All courses include:
- eTextbooks
- 2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
- Multiple chances to improve course grade
- On-demand tutoring & writing center
- Student support 7 days a week
Our Life-Span Development online course provides a general survey of human growth and development theory and science from biological, cognitive, and social perspectives. Life-Span Development dives into each stage of the human life-cycle and is considered against each lens, providing you with an important framework for which to consider human development from birth and infancy to adulthood and ultimately, death.
ACE Approved 2023
After completing this course students will be able to:
There are no prerequisites to take Life-Span Development.
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook retailer; you will still get the eTextbook for free.
Santrock, John W. Life-Span Development. 19th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2024. ISBN 9781266347344
StraighterLine provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
If you have chosen a Partner College to award credit for this course, your final grade will be based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner Colleges for an award of credit. There are a total of 1000 points in the course:
Topic | Assessment | Points Available |
LOs |
1 | Reflective Response: The Life-Span Perspective | 10 |
1, 5 |
1 | Autobiographical Developmental Essay | 50 |
1, 2, 4 |
2 | Reflective Response: Beginnings | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
3 | Reflective Response: Infancy | 10 |
1, 2 |
3 | Graded Exam 1 | 50 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
4 | Reflective Response: Early Childhood | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
5 | Reflective Response: Middle and Late Childhood | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
5 | Graded Exam 2 | 50 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
6 | Reflective Response: Adolescence | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
6 | Midterm Exam | 75 |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
6 | Theory Essay | 175 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
7 | Reflective Response: Early Adulthood | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
8 | Reflective Response: Middle Adulthood | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
8 | Graded Exam 3 | 50 |
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
8 | Research Paper | 200 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
9 | Reflective Response: Late Adulthood | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
10 | Reflective Response: Endings | 10 |
1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
10 | Graded Exam 4 | 50 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
11 | Final Exam | 200 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Total | 1000 |
Final Proctored Exam
The final exam is developed to assess the knowledge you learned taking this course. All students are required to take an online proctored final exam in order complete the course and be eligible for transfer credit.