Human Development and Family Science

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Spring 2024

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Launch Seminar (1 Hour)

Reflection Seminar (1 Hour)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

EHE 1100 College Survey (1 Hour)

Supporting Course Requirements (9 Hours)

• PSYCH 1100 Introduction to Psychology (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
• SOCIOL 1101 Introductory Sociology or SOCIOL 1102 Social Found. of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Social Class (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Div.) (3)
• STAT 1350.xx Elementary Statistics, or STAT 1450.xx Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (either can overlap with GE Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis) (3)

Major Requirements (39 Hours)

Major Core 24

• HDFS 2200 Family Development (3)
• HDFS 2400 Life Span Human Development  (3)
• HDFS 2410 Child Development, or HDFS 2420 Adolescence & Emerging Adult Development (3)
• HDFS 2210 Helping Skills in Context (3)
• HDFS 2367 American Family Issues (3)
• HDFS 2900 Methods in Human Ecology Research (3)
• HDFS 3200 Foundations of Family Science (3)
• HDFS 3440 Human Sexuality & Intersectionality across the Lifespan (3)

Group A (6 Hours)

Choose 6 hours from the following choices:

• HDFS 4370 Families & Stress (3)
• HDFS 5200 Foundations of Couple & Family Therapy  (3)
• HDFS 5340 Intimate Relationships (3)
• HDFS 5350 Families with Adolescents (3)
• HDFS 5410 Infant-Toddler Development: Current Research & Controversies (3)
• HDFS 5430 Adult Development & Aging (3)
• HDFS 5440 Human Sexuality in Context (3)
• HDFS 5560 Advanced Family Development (3)
• HDFS 5890 Special Topics in Family Development (3)

Group B (9 Hours)

Choose at least 9 hours from the following choices:

Any Group A courses not used toward fulfilling the Group A requirement

• HDFS 2189 Introduction to Field Work (4)
• HDFS 2350 Parenting (3)
• HDFS 2410 or HDFS 2420 (whichever not taken in Major Core) (3)
• HDFS 3189.xx Field Work with Targeted Populations (1-3)
• HDFS 3193 Practicum in HDFS Research (1-3)
• HDFS 3300 Promoting Early Language & Literacy in ECD&E (3)
• HDFS 3310 Developing Age Appropriate Curriculum for Infants & Toddlers (3)
• HDFS 3320 Development Age Appropriate Curriculum in Youth Programs (3)
• HDFS 3330 Service Learning & Positive Youth Development for School Age (3)
• HDFS 3450 Positive Guidance of Young Children in Group Contexts (3)
• HDFS 3620 Intervention & Prevention Practices: Development & Evaluation (3)
• HDFS 3800 Professional Development (1)
• HDFS 3850 Leading Early Childhood Education, Childcare, & School-Age Programs (3)

Total Hours: 75-88

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 32-45

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap credits where possible.