Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian PerspectiveSemester Course

Major Discipline(s)
Child Development, Human Development, Psychology
Type
Elective Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

What are the psychosocial challenges for adolescents today? The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the physical, emotional, social, moral, and psychological changes occurring during the transitional period of adolescence and the challenges that adolescents experience today. Adolescent development, psychopathology, and implications for treatment and change are considered, and similarities and differences from a Scandinavian perspective are presented.

Related Discipline(s)

This course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):
Sociology

Faculty

Nicole Leewuen Hueng

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

MA (Cognition and Communication, Københavns Universitet, 2021). BA (Psychology major, Neuroscience and Studio Art minors, Lake Forest College, 2018). Previously was a research assistant at the Danish Research Center for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) using 7T fMRI to investigate dopamine pathways in the midbrain. Currently teaching as a substitute teacher at the International School of Hellerup and working as a content creator in a counesling start-up. I am originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and first came to Denmark as a DIS student in the Fall of 2016. I came back to do my masters in August 2019 and have been here ever since. With DIS since 2022.