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design an intermodal expressive arts therapy session. The expressive therapy continuum will
enable them to assess and analyse art processes at the kinaesthetic, sensory, perceptual,
affective, cognitive, and symbolic levels. The course also aims at inspiring students to explore
the possibilities to use different creative art modalities to work with children. The whole course
will be carried out in a combination of experiential workshops and seminars to facilitate students
to learn different expressive arts skills through experiential learning.

PSY 503 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at providing students with an overview of developmental psychology
and helping them understand how individuals change using a lifespan approach. Different
theoretical perspectives and research methods used in the study of human development will
be introduced. In addition, students are encouraged to conduct field research related to
developmental psychology.

PSY 504 Personality and Individual Differences
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course offers students an introduction to the major psychological perspectives of
personality development. Students will learn different ways of understanding individual
differences and/or similarities based on empirical research and grounded theories on human
development, personality classifications, and a variety of innate and learned mechanisms
involved in the formation of traits and characters.

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